Comments on: film blogging http://gapingvoid.com/2005/08/04/film-blogging/ "cartoons drawn on the back of business cards" Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:03:19 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: gia http://gapingvoid.com/2005/08/04/film-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-7190 gia Sat, 06 Aug 2005 18:44:21 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1658#comment-7190 Frosty, it's written by Alex Garland and directed by Danny Boyle... it wouldn't be possible to be anything *like* Deep Impact :) Thank fuck it's not directed by Michael Bay... Frosty, it’s written by Alex Garland and directed by Danny Boyle… it wouldn’t be possible to be anything *like* Deep Impact :) Thank fuck it’s not directed by Michael Bay…

]]> By: Blogspotting http://gapingvoid.com/2005/08/04/film-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-7191 Blogspotting Fri, 05 Aug 2005 23:32:44 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1658#comment-7191 <strong>Who Would have thunk it: Professional Film Blogger</strong> Gapingvoid writes a professional film blogging job, which sounds really great. Are there other unique blogging jobs out there? Who Would have thunk it: Professional Film Blogger

Gapingvoid writes a professional film blogging job, which sounds really great. Are there other unique blogging jobs out there?

]]> By: frosty http://gapingvoid.com/2005/08/04/film-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-7189 frosty Fri, 05 Aug 2005 20:00:20 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1658#comment-7189 I don't think anyone wants to do away with trailer downloads. If anything, more and better trailers is the trend (think Pixar). The great thing about the blogging angle is it gives the audience more of the inside/back story. Film is glamorous, even in its drudgery. I don't really care whether Brad and Angie hook up, but I'd definitely go look at their phone-cam shots of production. And I'd *really* like to see informal thoughts from the director and cinematographer. With this you can keep people coming back to the site, keep them interested, get them talking about the movie. If the movie doesn't suck (however you want to define that) then it will surely help. Also, the budget for this type of thing is *negligible* in the world of even serious indies, let alone Hollywood numbers. Whenever I think about it I wonder how the film business can be so clueless about the whole topic... but once in a while I talk to some random alien from Hollywood and am reminded what a different world they live in. Anyway, yeah, definitely trailers. And definitely blogs. And please OH GOD PLEASE no Flash simulation of the exploding sun! I don’t think anyone wants to do away with trailer downloads. If anything, more and better trailers is the trend (think Pixar).
The great thing about the blogging angle is it gives the audience more of the inside/back story. Film is glamorous, even in its drudgery. I don’t really care whether Brad and Angie hook up, but I’d definitely go look at their phone-cam shots of production. And I’d *really* like to see informal thoughts from the director and cinematographer.
With this you can keep people coming back to the site, keep them interested, get them talking about the movie. If the movie doesn’t suck (however you want to define that) then it will surely help.
Also, the budget for this type of thing is *negligible* in the world of even serious indies, let alone Hollywood numbers. Whenever I think about it I wonder how the film business can be so clueless about the whole topic… but once in a while I talk to some random alien from Hollywood and am reminded what a different world they live in.
Anyway, yeah, definitely trailers. And definitely blogs. And please OH GOD PLEASE no Flash simulation of the exploding sun!

]]> By: Jack Yan http://gapingvoid.com/2005/08/04/film-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-7188 Jack Yan Fri, 05 Aug 2005 18:22:28 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1658#comment-7188 Two years sound reasonable. For about half a year, I've been talking about one film in which Lucire might appear, called Two for the Money, and it still hasn't seeped in to the Zeitgeist yet. Still hope the movie does well but it may get one of those more boring Hollywood pushes. And in 2005, I'm not totally convinced that it works. I really would rather download a trailer myself, given an incentive to do so. Worked for King Kong, and that was talked about and blogged for years. (Go back to 1999 and someone uploaded an early script.) Two years sound reasonable. For about half a year, I’ve been talking about one film in which Lucire might appear, called Two for the Money, and it still hasn’t seeped in to the Zeitgeist yet. Still hope the movie does well but it may get one of those more boring Hollywood pushes. And in 2005, I’m not totally convinced that it works. I really would rather download a trailer myself, given an incentive to do so. Worked for King Kong, and that was talked about and blogged for years. (Go back to 1999 and someone uploaded an early script.)

]]> By: frosty http://gapingvoid.com/2005/08/04/film-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-7187 frosty Fri, 05 Aug 2005 16:29:45 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1658#comment-7187 Cool. Hugh's Movie Blogging post is one of my all-time favorites. Slightly scary though... I love Danny Boyle, but the synopsis just makes me pray it's a comedy: "Plot Outline: A team of astronauts set out on a mission to re-ignite a part of the dying sun. Another team was sent out before them, but was never heard from again." Hmm... nuclear bombs... asteroids... Seriously though, congratulations Gia. I hope this works so well that blog-like movie promotion permanently displaces all those ten-gigabyte Flash monsters rampaging on the Hollyweb. Cool. Hugh’s Movie Blogging post is one of my all-time favorites.
Slightly scary though… I love Danny Boyle, but the synopsis just makes me pray it’s a comedy:
“Plot Outline: A team of astronauts set out on a mission to re-ignite a part of the dying sun. Another team was sent out before them, but was never heard from again.”
Hmm… nuclear bombs… asteroids…
Seriously though, congratulations Gia.
I hope this works so well that blog-like movie promotion permanently displaces all those ten-gigabyte Flash monsters rampaging on the Hollyweb.

]]> By: gia http://gapingvoid.com/2005/08/04/film-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-7186 gia Fri, 05 Aug 2005 05:08:53 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1658#comment-7186 Thanks so much, Hugh! xxxxx Thanks so much, Hugh! xxxxx

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