[Frameworks] digital-era distro

Sat Dec 24 18:42:18 UTC 2016

Roger, and anyone else interested in this:

check out http://www.onlinefilm.org/en_EN/index <http://www.onlinefilm.org/en_EN/index>  in Germany.

ONLINEFILM.ORG

... an offer to all independent filmmakers to distribute their films, regardless of their bank balance.
... the chance to make all films available to an interested audience for a fair price.
... a platform through which rightholders can offer films of all genres directly to their customers.

Our Mission: BE FAIR, PAY THE ARTIST!

Registration is for free!
The income generated by each film (minus sales tax/VAT) is then split between the right holder(s) (51%) and the ONLINEFILM AG and its partners (49 %). 
Payment to a right holder is due as soon as 100,00 Euro have been earned with a film.

FILMS ARE MADE TO BE SEEN!

Read more about Digital Rights Fair Trade:
[DRFT – Understanding instead of threats]http://onlinefilm.org/en_EN/news/30361/59015 

ONLINEFILM in Germany

The German ONLINEFILM website considers itself as a cross-country portal which assembles all films uploaded to onlinefilm.org <http://onlinefilm.org/>. Here you can browse through the film collection, add videos (of which you are the copyright holder) and of course purchase any work as a download or stream.

Our partners in Germany :
Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen <http://www.kurzfilmtage.de/> 
Filmgalerie 451 <http://www.filmgalerie451.de/>
KurzFilmAgentur Hamburg e.V. <http://www.shortfilmsales.com/>
Reelisor <http://www.reelisor.com/>
Dokfest München <http://www.dokfest-muenchen.de/>onlinefilm.org
 <http://www.onlinefilm.org/en_EN/index#!partner/>

ONLINEFILM Editorial & Support
C. Cay Wesnigk

Mail: support at onlinefilm.org <mailto:support at onlinefilm.org>

Phone +49 451 5057570
Fax +49 451 282223

Snail mail
Heisterbusch 3
23611 Bad Schwartau
Germany

best,

Jana

> On Dec 24, 2016, at 8:01 AM, Beebe, Roger W. <beebe.77 at osu.edu <mailto:beebe.77 at osu.edu>> wrote:
> 
> All,
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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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