[Frameworks] digital-era distro

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I see HD being distributed on VOD services (video on demand) where the buyer downloads the film, paying an extra buck or two for the HD version of that is important to them. 

Jessica

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artist & poet : http://www.station-number-six.com

> On Dec 24, 2016, at 10:01 AM, Beebe, Roger W. <beebe.77 at osu.edu> wrote:
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> All,
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> As I’ve slowly been making HD transfers of my older work, I’m wondering about what people are doing in the current era for circulating HD versions of their films.  Of course, I’m updating my Vimeo versions with the new scans, but since those files get massively recompressed, that’s not what I’m primarily thinking about.  Back in the day (way back in 2007/2009/2011!) I used to do a fairly healthy traffic in DVDs when I toured with my films.  In 2015 when I toured, I didn’t even bother taking merch along, since I have the impression that people no longer collect DVDs much.  (My Mac doesn’t even have a way to play DVDs, and I assume many folks are reliant on their computers as their primary site of consuming films—certainly my students are.)  With the new HD versions, a DVD seems even more perverse, since it would be reconverting these back down to SD.  i could burn Blu-Rays, but authoring BRDs is a bit of a hassle, and I know that many people still can’t play them and many libraries (like the library at Ohio State) won’t collect them.  Which brings me to files.  Are there artists selling work on thumb drives?  Are there libraries buying files on drives?  Are regular people interested in purchasing files?  I was thinking about loading up some thumb drives for my next touring shows just to give it a try, but I thought I’d reach out to you all first.  I guess download is an option too that I haven’t thought much about.
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> I’d be curious to hear from any of you who’ve dealt with these questions.  Ultimately I’m actually not that concerned with turning these new HD transfers into a revenue stream—it’s more about figuring out a way to get these out in the world in an ideal form—but a few extra bucks never hurts.
> 
> Thoughts?
> Roger
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