Forward thinking: empowering the storyteller

Power to the Pixel Think Tank: PART TWO The first part of the report from the Power to the Pixel Think Tank in London centred on the engaged audience as the driving force of a cross-media movement. The theme for the second report is empowerment of the film-maker, content creator or storyteller. As...

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Two-Day Power to the Pixel Event at the Edinburgh International Film Festival

Power to the Pixel presents Tales from the Digital Frontier a special two-day event on 23 & 24 June at the Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF). Open to EIFF Industry Delegates, register by 10 June for preferential rates.

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Power to the Pixel’s 2009 London Forum Set for 14–16 October

Power to the Pixel’s 2009 Cross-Media Film Forum is set to begin on the opening day of the Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival.  The Conference, now in its third year, will take place on 14 October and will host an international assembly of independent filmmakers and industry experts,...

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Brett Gaylor’s Open Source Cinema: A Revolution in the Making

Once a complicated and expensive profession to pursue, filmmaking is now open to the public.  Digital media and collaboration tools have given people the ability to remotely work together on new projects and effortlessly build on the works of others. 

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Paula Le Dieu at The Power to the Pixel Forum in London

Paula Le Dieu, MD of Magic Lantern Productions talks about how passion and personal storytelling are key tools for any filmmaker. She goes on to explain how Creative Commons works, how it can empower you and your audience and that the biggest threat to any filmmaker is obscurity. Paula...

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David Straus & Joe Neulight at the Power to the Pixel Forum in London

David Straus & Joe Neulight describe how Withoutabox is working to ‘unbox’ the traditional practices of film distribution to create a company based on monetisation services for filmmakers and rights holders, in contrast to a traditional distribution service based on exploiting rights. They describe how the next 100 years...

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The New Distributors at the Power to the Pixel Forum in London

Michael Gubbins, Editor of Screen International introduces and moderates this session about how the role of the distributor will transform as filmmakers and audiences build closer relationships and the concept of exclusive rights becomes an impossibility in the digital era. With David Straus and Joe Neulight, Founders of Withoutabox,...

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