A Look Back at Microcosm: Part 6
Monday, November 2nd, 2009Following the premiere of Microcosm we started looking to sell the film to finance putting it in film festivals. What followed was a lot of promotion over web 2.0 channels to let people know about the release of the DVD. This is one of the great boons of the internet: it democratizes art [...]
A Look Back at Microcosm: Part 5
Sunday, November 1st, 2009As the first public screening of Microcosm drew near we were really fortunate to garner some attention of the local media in Wausau, Wisconsin. While it may seem like some that a guy that worked at a news station could easily get coverage for his film, that is not the case. There’s a [...]
A Look Back at Microcosm: Part 4
Saturday, October 31st, 2009Following production we did retreat from the public eye just a bit. Post-production, while just as important as pre and production, is not nearly as exciting or interesting to look at from a glance. All the same, we tried to get a trailer and sample clip up as soon as possible while we [...]
A Look Back at Microcosm: Part 3
Friday, October 30th, 2009While our pre-production was ridiculously open, our production was even more so. To start with, we used Facebook events to invite people to every shoot day that we needed extras for. Not only could they be an extra, but they could also just watch us shoot. All of our shoots in public spaces were open, [...]
A Look Back at Microcosm: Part 2
Friday, October 30th, 2009In continuing a look at all the web 2.0 stuff we did for Microcosm that you just won’t see on any other film that I’m aware of, the script was public very early. While I had sent out previous drafts to friends for feedback, the first public draft was the fourth and we ended [...]
A Look Back at Microcosm: Part 1
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009In the coming days before Microcosm becomes streaming for free here at Stop That Nun, we’ll be posting retrospectives. As a huge web 2.0 guy, I really wanted us to be transparent and open to the public since it’s so easy these days. Between scripts, location scouting photos, dailies and everything else, we [...]