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Rene is the kind of movie Kickstarter was born for. It’s outside the box. A passion project by a talented filmmaker. And no one in Hollywood will make it. Rene by Mattson Tomlin He’s found himself in the middle of the woods, filming Rene, a project he wants to finish and get out to the … Read more
We have a special place in our heart for wild, ambitious indies. People like David P. Baker, a fiery filmmaker from Scotland who lives his indie lifestyle with a reckless abandon that leaves us slack-jawed. More than that, David is fiercely loyal to the indie filmmaking community. In fact, we didn’t even realize he was … Read more
Some Movies Belong on the Big Screen And sometimes those movies are independent gems, made with a passion, love, and attention to detail that can only be truly appreciated when projected in a movie theater. Thirty feet tall. At least. That’s they way we’d like to see Radio Free Albemuth. The above video pretty much … Read more
Several months ago we told you about a Kickstarter project we were backing called SnapFocus from Midas Mount. It’s an ingenious piece of indie film making gear made from spare bicycle parts that allows you to control your camera’s focus using bicycle brake handles. It was invented by a filmmaker and former editor of ours, … Read more
There was a little “controversy” over at Huffington Post about whether or not a star like Zach Braff should be able to use Kickstarter to raise money for his films (he just raised $2,300,000.) Especially since he has so many “Hollywood” connections. Should he really have access to the same platform many starving indies count … Read more
We’ve been crazy busy preparing for Oscilloscope’s release of our film Dying to do Letterman, and haven’t blogged in a bit, but wanted to point your attention to a Kickstarter project we think is very worthy. It’s for a thought-provoking documentary called The Girl Who Knew Too Much. We are proud backers of this film, … Read more
Vijay Rajan, director and producer of Journey Through Fire.
Just a quick update about a daring documentary project we’re supporting, Journey Through Fire.
They are now a lot easier to support, having launched a much more convenient-to-contribute to Indiegogo campaign.
Couple weeks back we featured the new SnapFocus Follow Focus System, one of the coolest Kickstarter projects we’ve seen. You can now even see me in the latest video, testing it out, and it’s awesome. (And yes, I’ve bought one. I’m not trading quotes for gear, I love this thing.)
But don’t take my word for it. J.J. Abrams has taken notice of the campaign by Brandon David Cole, getting himself a SnapFocus and sharing the simple, clean statement “love the project.”
What magic is this wizard cooking up?
A young man teams up with his aging neighborhood machinist to create an almost magical piece of filmmaking gear — inspired by bicycle parts.
The sequel to Hugo?
No, the true story of Brandon David Cole (indie filmmaker, editor, giant dreamer) and his new invention, the SnapFocus Follow Focus System.
We’re knee deep in post-production duties on our new show MTV’s CAGED, but had to take a quick moment to share a terrific Kickstarter project we recently backed from Gregory Bayne. It’s called Bloodsworth: An Innocent Man and chronicles the story of the first person on death row cleared by DNA evidence. Here’s some video … Read more