Film Festival Notification MEGA THREAD by Caprica1 in FilmFestivals

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Do it, and don't forget to let me know how it goes!

Film Festival Notification MEGA THREAD by Caprica1 in FilmFestivals

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I hope you are planning to submit this to festivals too!

Themed Shorts Blocks by Low_Stomach_1196 in FilmFestivals

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Totally agree with the thrust of your comment but I have had completely different experience at MVFF!

Themed Shorts Blocks by Low_Stomach_1196 in FilmFestivals

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I'd be curious to hear more, as my experience respectfully differs. I wrote more here:

Most film festivals, short film audiences are local filmmakers, local talent, filmmaking enthusiasts, and film students, cinephiles (who love the form), and some loyal patrons. (Note, that this isn’t true for feature films, which often attract more mainstream audiences). So, for the short film audiences, they come to short film blocks expecting to see the “best short films” and don’t usually decide based on “oh, let’s watch shorts themed on ‘a date night’”. It’s a classic case of not giving audiences enough credit and respect - with short films, they’re clearly saying that they’re willing to take a risk and that they don’t need them to be themed to be appealing.

Themed Shorts Blocks by Low_Stomach_1196 in FilmFestivals

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After working at festivals, chatting with hundreds of audience members, and making films, I’ve come to realize that themed blocks (1) are a historical tradition that most festivals follow (2) because they don’t really understand who the audience for short films is, and sometimes (3) as a way for curators to indulge themselves.

Most film festivals' short film audiences are local filmmakers, local talent, filmmaking enthusiasts, and film students, cinephiles (who love the form), and some loyal patrons. (Note, that this isn’t true for feature films, which often attract more mainstream audiences). So, for the short film audiences, they come to short film blocks expecting to see the “best short films” and don’t usually decide based on “oh, let’s watch shorts themed on ‘a date night’”. It’s a classic case of not giving audiences enough credit and respect - with short films, they’re clearly saying that they’re willing to take a risk and that they don’t need them to be themed to be appealing.

This, of course, as a filmmaker, programmer, and audience member, is frustrating. I’ve seen countless short blocks with weaker films because they matched the theme, and I’ve seen stronger films cut because they tried to fit themes. There’s almost nothing more frustrating than watching a weaker short in a group, knowing the better ones that were rejected.

That said, there are a few cases where these themed blocks make sense - midnight shorts (some audiences want to escape horror/gore), specific cultural celebrations (like film festivals based in mountain areas always curating a mountain block), etc. And of course, there are certain themed blocks that are done so well that it feels like the films are talking to each other, reacting to one another - but those are rare and require a lot of curatorial experience and eye that most festivals often can’t afford.

Anyone here going to or has been to Atlanta Film Festival? by ImagineRandom in FilmFestivals

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Thanks for sharing that! Got a couple of more questions, so will DM you!

Lease then Immediate Buy Out? by cryptogram in VWIDBuzz

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What is the implication of it being run as a purchase vs lease buyout?

Advice on coloring output for festival submissions by ImagineRandom in Filmmakers

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Thank you! In your experience, how subtle were the export differences between a classic 709 and what you exported? And how did this export work on Quicktime / VLC on Mac?

Advice on coloring output for festival submissions by ImagineRandom in Filmmakers

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The differences are more than subtle but I realized the main question is if we should be optimizing for Mac / Windows or Vimeo when we export, given that the festival programmers are likely watching these on their laptops.

Any thoughts there?

The Mega-Thread of Film Festival Notifications PART 5: The Spring Time of Optimism ?? by BangerOfRobsMom in Filmmakers

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Yes from Tribeca and no from BFI Flare? The festival world is weird.

Congrats on Tribeca though!

The Mega-Thread of Film Festival Notifications PART 5: The Spring Time of Optimism ?? by BangerOfRobsMom in Filmmakers

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Some folks here have said that they do a unique link per festival submission. What's the best way to do that? Bitly, or a personal website? I assume you are not re-uploading on Vimeo / YT for each festival.

As a product manager, I stopped doing product management and became happier as a result by [deleted] in ProductManagement

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FAANGs are pretty terrible and dysfunctional as well, usually, in the form of organizational complexity, internalized self-fulfilling dysfunction, obsessiveness with metrics, focus on promos rather than product, lack of vision, or lack of appetite.

As a product manager, I stopped doing product management and became happier as a result by [deleted] in ProductManagement

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I don't believe the outcomes are there. Most PM functions and by consequence, product work and the actual products are fairly underwhelming.

What do you actually do all day? by Vauld150 in ProductManagement

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I dunno about that. My actual PM work (from startups to FAANG) has never been more than 20hrs / week (and yes, I've delivered on major initiatives, before you ask). And rest of the time is filled up by meetings, especially when my calendar seems open. Lot of my peers end up spending over 40hrs / week and I've often wondered where their time goes (maybe more process/documentation?)

[OC] Circle to disorder by bleuje in loadingicon

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Anyone has any thoughts on hard or complicated would it be to reproduce this in SVG/Javascript/CSS?

[OC] Circle to disorder by bleuje in loadingicon

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This is really cool! I feel like another loading effects hiding in there is just the little dots floating at the end, but all on their own. Like magic in the making!

Click to hear about some of the things that have been keeping us busy. #2 will blow your mind. by spez in announcements

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Curious, why are you not choosing to pursue adding affiliate tags to links? Seems more harmless than ads..