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Founder of SoKap, crowdsourcing and crowdfunding go to guy, indie filmmaker, father, mustard maker, meat lover, pseudo vegetarian, devout humanist and overall good moralist.

Oct 26, 2009

no more "starving artist"

At The Biracy Project we don't believe in the term starving artist. In fact we much prefer the starving middleman, starving investment banker, starving aggregator, or starving hedge fund.

Ted Hope, one of the most prolific producers of great independent films wrote a great article for filmmaker magazine back in 1995 outlining the beginning of the demise of what is now really happening in the independent film world. Here are some of the highlights.

I've spoken to Ted about what it is that we are doing, and without taking too many liberties (as we are not live yet) it seemed to me that he was very interested in our model as it answers a lot of questions that indie filmmakers need answered.

At The Biracy Project we take a path of least resistance approach to filmmaking. We look at the traditional models and ask the question - What is in my way and how can I eliminate all things that stand to encumber my vision and restrict me from the people who may want to see my films?

At The Biracy Project we don't believe in the term starving artist. In fact we much prefer the starving middleman, starving investment banker, starving aggregator, or starving hedge fund.

As The Biracy Project launches in a few short days we are going to be asking for the support of filmmakers and people who make their living in the business of telling visual stories to climb aboard and help us get launched. Our BETA is just a proof of concept that will allow people to see what tools we are providing and how people can use the system, make suggestions for ongoing tooling and programs, and allow producers to begin building their own project ideas that they will be able to list right after beta.

Come join us and see how we're going to shift the focus of power back to the creative people, get the audience involved and eliminate a lot of the costs that encumber independent creativity within media arts.

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