MySpace is Your Film Space
Anyone under the age of thirty has heard of MySpace. It's the new direction of the internet, the idea behind it being that the users create the content. At first, the networking site focused on people profiles, reconnecting former classmates and hosting pictures and forums of like-minded net surfers. MySpace has quickly become home to anyone looking to pimp (in the most tasteful of ways, of course) themselves out, though, with entire sections devoted to music and, you guessed it, film.
MySpace Film is an entity unto itself, a completely different world in a massive social network that seems to have far more focus that the cacaphony of profiles on the personal pages. The Film homepage entices, splashing featured filmmakers across the top, polls for user favorites down one side and the requisite search field in the corner. Resident reporter Filmmaker Magazine sets up shop at the bottom of the page; one click gets you to their inclusive profile.
What I find so fascinating about MySpace Film (which I suppose goes for MySpace Music as well) is the democracy with which filmmakers can promote their work. In a world driven by money, where the richest man becomes president and the studio dishing out the most moolah gets the Oscar, MySpace is needed more than ever. Countless DIY filmmakers (like this one, this one, this one and this one) are finally awarded the platform they deserve; I haven't heard of a MySpace catching any distributors' eyes, but I'd say it's just a matter of time.
Of course, it's not just the little guys that have harnessed the power of the 65 million MySpace users; creating a profile for a film is as normal now as commercials before movies in the theater. Major features like the latest Harry Potter, Walk The Line and V for Vendetta all hosted profiles to promote the film. But those profiles are often harder to find. It seems that, if MySpace had to pick sides, they'd be going to bat for the underdogs, the guy with a camera who just wants to make movies.
Do you know of any deserving filmmakers on MySpace or elsewhere? We're all for promoting the heck out of up and comers, so drop us a line and we'll do our part to get the word out there!
MySpace Film is an entity unto itself, a completely different world in a massive social network that seems to have far more focus that the cacaphony of profiles on the personal pages. The Film homepage entices, splashing featured filmmakers across the top, polls for user favorites down one side and the requisite search field in the corner. Resident reporter Filmmaker Magazine sets up shop at the bottom of the page; one click gets you to their inclusive profile.
What I find so fascinating about MySpace Film (which I suppose goes for MySpace Music as well) is the democracy with which filmmakers can promote their work. In a world driven by money, where the richest man becomes president and the studio dishing out the most moolah gets the Oscar, MySpace is needed more than ever. Countless DIY filmmakers (like this one, this one, this one and this one) are finally awarded the platform they deserve; I haven't heard of a MySpace catching any distributors' eyes, but I'd say it's just a matter of time.
Of course, it's not just the little guys that have harnessed the power of the 65 million MySpace users; creating a profile for a film is as normal now as commercials before movies in the theater. Major features like the latest Harry Potter, Walk The Line and V for Vendetta all hosted profiles to promote the film. But those profiles are often harder to find. It seems that, if MySpace had to pick sides, they'd be going to bat for the underdogs, the guy with a camera who just wants to make movies.
Do you know of any deserving filmmakers on MySpace or elsewhere? We're all for promoting the heck out of up and comers, so drop us a line and we'll do our part to get the word out there!
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