http://bradchoate.com/weblog/2006/09/28/why-you-shouldnt-buy-itunes-shows-or-mov\
ies

Sounds good to me, would like to see it work.

Scott

--- In tfsignc@yahoogroups.com, Jim McQuaid <jim@...> wrote:
>
> With all the new (but remarkably experienced) folks recently joining
> TFSIG, I'm proposing a more or less social / networking  get-together.
>
> We met once before at this location and it's midway between Raleigh
> and Carrboro, so to speak.  A dinner meeting is also good for just
> sitting around and getting to know folks.
>
> Here's the proposal.  If five people tell me that they are planning to
> attend, we are on (even though one of them will have a conflict when
> the day arrives!!)  This is a ways out in the future but I know folks
> get scheduled this time of year.
>
>
> TFSIG Dinner / Networking event
> Tuesday, December 8th.
> 6:45PM
> Golden Corral
> 5006 APEX HIGHWAY 55 DURHAM,NC
>
> This is just 1/2 mile South of the intersection of Hwy 54 and Hwy 55
> and slightly further South of EXIT 278 of I-40 ("Hwy 55 exit")
>
>
> Lemme know if you might / will make it.
>
> cheers,
>
> Jim
>
>
>
>
> Writer / Filmmaker
> 919.619.3220
>

Your resident Audiophile will be there unless I have gig.

-Tom Hauser
myspace.com/hoozaudio

Count me in...and my wife will be along as well as the kids. They love Golden
Corral.
-Will-

--- In tfsignc@yahoogroups.com, Jim McQuaid <jim@...> wrote:
>
> With all the new (but remarkably experienced) folks recently joining
> TFSIG, I'm proposing a more or less social / networking  get-together.
>
> We met once before at this location and it's midway between Raleigh
> and Carrboro, so to speak.  A dinner meeting is also good for just
> sitting around and getting to know folks.
>
> Here's the proposal.  If five people tell me that they are planning to
> attend, we are on (even though one of them will have a conflict when
> the day arrives!!)  This is a ways out in the future but I know folks
> get scheduled this time of year.
>
>
> TFSIG Dinner / Networking event
> Tuesday, December 8th.
> 6:45PM
> Golden Corral
> 5006 APEX HIGHWAY 55 DURHAM,NC
>
> This is just 1/2 mile South of the intersection of Hwy 54 and Hwy 55
> and slightly further South of EXIT 278 of I-40 ("Hwy 55 exit")
>
>
> Lemme know if you might / will make it.
>
> cheers,
>
> Jim
>
>
>
>
> Writer / Filmmaker
> 919.619.3220
>

---

From: tfsignc@yahoogroups.com [mailto:tfsignc@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of nic beery
Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 12:34 PM
To: tfsignc@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [tfsignc] Proposed dinner meeting of TFSIG

 

I'd like to do this get together. -Nic _____________________________________________________________________ Beery Media, LLC is a full service video company specializing in Corporate, Association, and Non-Profit productions. Beery Media has won several awards for its productions. Its independent film division has had their short films screened from Cannes to Tennessee. Nic Beery Producer, Editor Beery Media, LLC 118 East Main Street Suite 204 Carrboro, NC 27510 919.883.7472 npbeery@yahoo.com www.BEERYmedia.com Blog with Beery movies and productions; http://beeryblog1.blogspot.com/ --- On Tue, 11/10/09, Jim McQuaid <jim@turnipvideo.com> wrote: From: Jim McQuaid <jim@turnipvideo.com> Subject: [tfsignc] Proposed dinner meeting of TFSIG To: tfsignc@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, November 10, 2009, 12:26 PM   With all the new (but remarkably experienced) folks recently joining TFSIG, I'm proposing a more or less social / networking get-together. We met once before at this location and it's midway between Raleigh and Carrboro, so to speak. A dinner meeting is also good for just sitting around and getting to know folks. Here's the proposal. If five people tell me that they are planning to attend, we are on (even though one of them will have a conflict when the day arrives!!) This is a ways out in the future but I know folks get scheduled this time of year. TFSIG Dinner / Networking event Tuesday, December 8th. 6:45PM Golden Corral 5006 APEX HIGHWAY 55 DURHAM,NC This is just 1/2 mile South of the intersection of Hwy 54 and Hwy 55 and slightly further South of EXIT 278 of I-40 ("Hwy 55 exit") Lemme know if you might / will make it. cheers, Jim Writer / Filmmaker 919.619.3220

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I plan to be there.


--
D Gary Grady
Durham NC USA
DGaryGrady@...

Welcome to the group, to all the newcomers.  It's great to be a part of a
growing community of independent filmmakers.  You'll find this place to be a
great blessing.

Just wanted to share that webisode 3 of 5 is up for my new comedy web series
"The Expert".  Each webisode is under 5 minutes.  You can watch by going to
www.awakenpictures.com and if you like it pass it on.

This is a major experiment for me, in Internet distribution.  It's been a wild
ride but I've learned quite a bit.

Here's some promotion we got through the Eastern North Carolina film commission:
http://www.ibxlifestyles.com/news.php?extend.48
              http://www.filmeast.net/portal/news.php

Blessings,
Tom Swift
www.awakenpictures.com

Sara Peach: multimedia environmental journalist

Web: www.peachreport.com, twitter.com/sarapeach

I'm a recent grad of the master's program at UNC's School of Journalism,
where I began as a print journalist. I saw what was happening to
newspapers, switched into multimedia classes, and haven't looked back.

Primary interest: energy and climate

Other interests: Food - both telling stories about it and sharing it
with others.

Jim McQuaid / durham-based filmmaker, videographer
  >
  > web site: www.turnipvideo.com
  >
  > Making short films since 2000 (not counting high school)
  >
  > Primary interest: drama or comedy about everyday human life (but
  > willing to help with zombie movies)
  >
  > Other interests: having lunch with other filmmakers, trying to figure
  > out DIY distribution
  >
--
Sara Peach

Multimedia environmental journalist

www.peachreport.com

As long as there are no school conflicts, I will be there.

~phoenix~

--- In tfsignc@yahoogroups.com, nic beery <npbeery@...> wrote:
>
> I'd like to do this get together.
> -Nic
>
> _____________________________________________________________________
>
> Beery Media, LLC is a full service video company specializing in Corporate,
Association, and Non-Profit productions. Beery Media has won several awards for
its productions. Its independent film division has had their short films
screened from Cannes to Tennessee.
>
>
>
> Nic Beery
>
> Producer, Editor
>
> Beery Media, LLC
>
> 118 East Main Street
>
> Suite 204
>
> Carrboro, NC 27510
>
>
>
> 919.883.7472
>
> npbeery@...
>
> www.BEERYmedia.com
>
> Blog with Beery movies and productions;
>
> http://beeryblog1.blogspot.com/
>
> --- On Tue, 11/10/09, Jim McQuaid <jim@...> wrote:
>
> From: Jim McQuaid <jim@...>
> Subject: [tfsignc] Proposed dinner meeting of TFSIG
> To: tfsignc@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Tuesday, November 10, 2009, 12:26 PM
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>  
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>       With all the new (but remarkably experienced) folks recently joining
>
> TFSIG, I'm proposing a more or less social / networking  get-together.
>
>
>
> We met once before at this location and it's midway between Raleigh
>
> and Carrboro, so to speak.  A dinner meeting is also good for just
>
> sitting around and getting to know folks.
>
>
>
> Here's the proposal.  If five people tell me that they are planning to
>
> attend, we are on (even though one of them will have a conflict when
>
> the day arrives!!)  This is a ways out in the future but I know folks
>
> get scheduled this time of year.
>
>
>
> TFSIG Dinner / Networking event
>
> Tuesday, December 8th.
>
> 6:45PM
>
> Golden Corral
>
> 5006 APEX HIGHWAY 55 DURHAM,NC
>
>
>
> This is just 1/2 mile South of the intersection of Hwy 54 and Hwy 55
>
> and slightly further South of EXIT 278 of I-40 ("Hwy 55 exit")
>
>
>
> Lemme know if you might / will make it.
>
>
>
> cheers,
>
>
>
> Jim
>
>
>
> Writer / Filmmaker
>
> 919.619.3220
>

Aravind Ragupathi :: Cinematographer / Gaffer / Producer

Web site: www.AravindDP.org
Other: www.ZoningMedia.org

Primary interest: Cinematography / Lighting
Cameras Used: F900, Varicam, RED, 35mm / 16mm, EX1/3
Work Types: Features, TV Spots, Music Videos

Phone: 919-225-9093
Email: aravind@AravindDP,org

Hello all,

I'm a NC triangle-area actor, quite involved with Cary Players community theatre
as actor, producer, member of board of directors. Member of an improv group
called The Unintentionals. Represented for film/TV acting by Talent One.
Pics/resume at nowcasting link.

Thanks, Thom   cell: 919-454-1577
____________________________________________________

http://thomhaynes.nowcasting.com/
http://resumes.actorsaccess.com/thomhaynes
http://www.wilmonfilm.com/profile/ThomHaynes
facebook.com/thom.haynes    skype: thom_haynes

With all the new (but remarkably experienced) folks recently joining
TFSIG, I'm proposing a more or less social / networking  get-together.

We met once before at this location and it's midway between Raleigh
and Carrboro, so to speak.  A dinner meeting is also good for just
sitting around and getting to know folks.

Here's the proposal.  If five people tell me that they are planning to
attend, we are on (even though one of them will have a conflict when
the day arrives!!)  This is a ways out in the future but I know folks
get scheduled this time of year.


TFSIG Dinner / Networking event
Tuesday, December 8th.
6:45PM
Golden Corral
5006 APEX HIGHWAY 55 DURHAM,NC

This is just 1/2 mile South of the intersection of Hwy 54 and Hwy 55
and slightly further South of EXIT 278 of I-40 ("Hwy 55 exit")


Lemme know if you might / will make it.

cheers,

Jim




Writer / Filmmaker
919.619.3220

I'm William Lilly, born and raised in Durham but have lived in Raleigh, Chapel
Hill, Carrboro and Tallahassee, FL. I now reside in Cary. My company is Mori-Dog
Movies, a subsidary of Eternal Rose Entertainment (my wife's company, which
specializes in make-up, photography, and Avon sales). I enjoy all sorts of
films, looking at each opportunity as a new challenge and resume builder, but I
tend to stay away from gratuitous sex and gore. (Not saying I wouldn't do a
well-written slasher film, but I am a family man afterall...)
Most recently I was fortunate enough to work with John Demers and Jim McQuaid
(amongst some other wonderful and creative people) on a TV pilot in Apex, and
I'm in the pre-production and planning phase of my first feature-length film,
"Silentium Est Aurem".
My wife and I can be found all over the web:
www.vimeo.com/moridogmovies (film teaser, shorts, and test footage)
www.facebook.com/moridogmovies
www.facebook.com/eternalroseentertainment

Official web site coming soon.

Although I didn't get accepted this year, big thanks to Jim McQuaid for pushing
me to enter the Carrboro Film festival.
Thanks as well to John Demers for getting me involved with Peak City.

See you all on set!
-W-

Tom Swift wrote:
>
> Has anyone on here ever purchased a DVD download off of Amazon or some
> other source?  Does it take a long time to download? I'd hate to sell a
> download for something if it takes my customer a long time to get it to
> their computer.

I've never purchased a DVD download, but I have burned CD-Rs and DVD-Rs
from an image file. There is an ISO standard image file format widely
supported by DVD and CD writing software, and there are other formats as
well. Odds are whatever software you use to burn DVDs is able to create
disk images and burn DVDs from them.

If you're on a Mac, the disk utility is supposed to be able to both
create an ISO image (as a "CD/DVD Master") and burn one, though I
haven't actually done this myself. (I've directly burned DVDs on Macs,
just not created or burned ISO images.) One bit of nonsense: Apple
apparently insists on giving the ISO image file the extension .cdr, but
all you need to do is rename it .iso.

Before you get too excited about uploading and downloading disk images,
though, you ought to look into (often hidden) restrictions on bandwidth
imposed by your Internet service provider and by whoever provides
hosting services for your website. If they advertise "unlimited"
bandwidth that typically means it's not unlimited, they just don't tell
you what the limit is. Uploading a single DVD image could put you over
the secret limit.

> I've tried uploading 3 minutes or so of my webisodes to Youtube, for
> example and it's taken 3-4 hours to get the best quality possible.

You're not the only person with slow upload time to YouTube (Google for
something like "Youtube upload time" and you'll see a lot of messages.)
3-4 hours for a 3-minute video seems ridiculous, however. How big is the
file? Here's what YouTube has to say, for what it's worth:

http://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=56120


--
D Gary Grady
Durham NC USA
DGaryGrady@...

Ajit Anthony Prem - Durham based filmmaker.

My website: ajitanthonyprem.com


On Monday, November 9, 2009, Jim McQuaid <jim@...> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>       We're having an influx of new members - primarily local filmmakers who
> submitted to the Carrboro Film Festival.  It would be great if folks
> who have joined the list in the last month or so could launch an email
> to the list with a brief introduction.  I'll model the behavior by re-
> introducing myself here:
>
> Jim McQuaid / durham-based filmmaker, videographer
>
> web site: www.turnipvideo.com
>
> Making short films since 2000 (not counting high school)
>
> Primary interest: drama or comedy about everyday human life  (but
> willing to help with zombie movies)
>
> Other interests: having lunch with other filmmakers, trying to figure
> out DIY distribution
>
> cheers,
>
> Jim
>
> Turnip / 919 619-3220
> http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2154854/
>
> www.turnipvideo.com
> www.longest3minutes.com
> www.rogerandtatum.com
>
> www.twitter.com/turnipvideo
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

We're having an influx of new members - primarily local filmmakers who
submitted to the Carrboro Film Festival.  It would be great if folks
who have joined the list in the last month or so could launch an email
to the list with a brief introduction.  I'll model the behavior by re-
introducing myself here:

Jim McQuaid / durham-based filmmaker, videographer

web site: www.turnipvideo.com

Making short films since 2000 (not counting high school)

Primary interest: drama or comedy about everyday human life  (but
willing to help with zombie movies)

Other interests: having lunch with other filmmakers, trying to figure
out DIY distribution


cheers,

Jim



Turnip / 919 619-3220
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2154854/

www.turnipvideo.com
www.longest3minutes.com
www.rogerandtatum.com

   www.twitter.com/turnipvideo

I'm not able to say what Amazon is doing but if you make a file that
is a DVD image file, one could download that file and burn it to a
DVD....

Is that your goal?


Jim




On Nov 7, 2009, at 7:28 PM, awakenpictures wrote:

> One additional question:
>
> It seems that selling downloads that .mov is probably the best file
> format for that...
>
> But what program do I need to be able to convert my DVD to an actual
> DVD download directly on my site the way they do it on Amazon.com?
>
> While going through a third party is excellent for many things
> especially with distribution, it seems that we can lose a lot of
> money by going through Amazon.com at times when they want a large
> cut of the profit if we can do it ourselves.
>
> Definitely,  Inquiring minds would like to know.  Every penny saved
> for my projects is an additional penny that assists my company and
> helps keep it afloat.
>
> Blessings,
> Tom
>
>
> --- In tfsignc@yahoogroups.com, "awakenpictures"
> <awakenpictures@...> wrote:
>>
>> Anyone here have experience with selling video downloads on their
>> website?
>>
>> Couple questions I have is what would you say is the best quality
>> format to provide?
>> And is there a license fee that needs to be paid to various formats
>> if you sell them?
>> Thirdly didn't NC pass the law to tax downloadable content or is
>> that still in discussions?
>>
>>
>> Any additional information you can provide would be great.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Tom
>>
>> --------------------------
>> Tom Swift
>> President
>> Awaken Pictures, Inc.
>> www.awakenpictures.com
>>
>> *watch our New Comedy Web Series The Expert by going to
www.awakenpictures.com
>>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> TFSIG is a mailing list of indie filmmakers in the TriangleYahoo!
> Groups Links
>
>
>
>

One additional question:

It seems that selling downloads that .mov is probably the best file format for
that...

But what program do I need to be able to convert my DVD to an actual DVD
download directly on my site the way they do it on Amazon.com?

While going through a third party is excellent for many things especially with
distribution, it seems that we can lose a lot of money by going through
Amazon.com at times when they want a large cut of the profit if we can do it
ourselves.

Definitely,  Inquiring minds would like to know.  Every penny saved for my
projects is an additional penny that assists my company and helps keep it
afloat.

Blessings,
Tom


--- In tfsignc@yahoogroups.com, "awakenpictures" <awakenpictures@...> wrote:
>
> Anyone here have experience with selling video downloads on their website?
>
> Couple questions I have is what would you say is the best quality format to
provide?
> And is there a license fee that needs to be paid to various formats if you
sell them?
> Thirdly didn't NC pass the law to tax downloadable content or is that still in
discussions?
>
>
> Any additional information you can provide would be great.
>
> Thanks,
> Tom
>
> --------------------------
> Tom Swift
> President
> Awaken Pictures, Inc.
> www.awakenpictures.com
>
> *watch our New Comedy Web Series The Expert by going to www.awakenpictures.com
>