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As someone who likes to fool around with video from time to time, I figured a nice little list of things that I’ve come across would do more good to those who truly care about the finer aspect of films.  Everything from Online Screening to Sound Effects are here…so check it out!

1. ProjectYourLive.com - ProjectYourLive is a cool little minisite promoting the yourLive software.  yourLive is an online video client that can provide a user a private room of 10, 100, or even 1000 users. How can this be useful you ask?  Well if an independent filmmaker wants to present his film online to an audience, what better place to do it?  You could set a time, send private invitations, the viewers can chat while it’s going on, see each other.  It’s pretty much a virtual screening.  Pretty cool stuff.
2. BlogTV.com - Any filmmaker needs to promote his product whether before or after release. What better way than with a live blog? You could provide a mysterious campaign, have one of the actors from your film promote it in advance, get an attractive female to blog and become a blog TV celebrity that just happens to be in your film…the possibilities are endless to the kind of promotion you can do.
3. JumpCut.com - This is for the real low budget guys out there. Can’t afford to get in the editing suite? Can’t afford the software or a computer good enough to run it on? Well maybe JumpCut is for you. It’s an online Video Editing application. How much easier can you get?
4. SoundSnap.com - Tired of the same old screams for your slasher flick? Looking for more realistic glass breaking for the barroom brawl?  How about babies crying for the orphanage fire?  Well then check out soundsnap, royalty-free, community-driven, user-generated sound effects. It’s like the hippie food coop for sounds. Pretty sweet.
5. IndieGoGo.com - When you are dead broke and desperate. IndieGoGo is a cool little hybrid site that lets you connect with other filmmakers, actors, fans, etc…but also fundraising. They try to help you reach and get fan-funded video projects. If you’re that desperate, it’s worth a shot.  Kind of like an ideablob for films.
6. Vimeo.com - Vimeo is the holy grail of high quality video uploads. If you want to put up your stellar HD trailer without the crappy YouTube conversion, then there’s a good chance Vimeo is what you need.  What it lacks in marketing, SEO, and users, it more than makes up for in quality and ease of use. Vimeo is the future, and the more you use it, the better off the world is.

That’s it, 6 really cool freaking tools. Be sure to check them, and feel free to repost these tools. Some credit would be nice, but you can’t get everything.

Good luck to all the filmmakers, feel free to fill me on your upcoming projects.

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Filed under: Featured, Random Thoughts, Social Media, Viral Video on September 21st, 2008