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Online theaters vs. walk-in theaters and the future of

Michael Palombo — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 14:51:00 +0000

By Michael Palombo

Online theaters are popping up with sites like jaman.com, thefilmmakerschannel.net, outlawfilmchannel.com and future sites like your very own fansoffilm.com. The list is growing as if there was a movement toward Internet distribution for filmmaker’s. Well yeaa! and can walk-in theaters keep up.

Clue in filmmakers and fans. The content is growing every day on the Internet, I repeat growing” So if you’re a filmmaker you should be putting your content up before it’s too late. What that means for fans, is new content is being added to the Internet every day, and more fans, seeking new content on the Internet.

So yes there is a film movement online, and filmmakers are finding all kinds of venues to market themselves and their films. The big question, is what is the best way? One word independent! Yes independent and stay that way no matter what netflix offers or any other for that matter. You would be stupid to sale-out now, when the future is here for indie labels. Custom paypal video services like the one filmmakershelp.com provides. That’s embeddable anywhere, that means viral video. It also means the filmmaker gets paid first no matter where is video might be on the web. I mean think about it if your video goes viral you could have thousands of people pay-per-viewing you film all at the same time, and you get paid first, and you make all the money.

This is what I predict for the future of online theaters. The most popular ones of course will be the ones with the most content, and best design. But filmmakers beware of the cost to putting your film on any distribution site/theater site. I see a future trend toward independent labeling and distribution. So I believe sites that supports different I-frames/video players, and is free for a filmmaker to put up a profile and distribute his or her movie from that online theater, those will be the most popular for filmmakers. Theaters can make its revenue from sponsored ads, and even membership dews, for those more popular sites “But not of the filmmakers” Sites that pay you first. That’s an independent online theater that truly supports “art/indie films” putting the filmmaker first, paying the filmmaker first. That will be the future of online theaters.
In my opinion.

Money Bag “the 1st True African Martial Arts Movie

Michael Palombo — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:52:00 +0000

Hollywood is supporting MONEY BAG “The 1st True African Martial Arts Movie” production

Money Bag “the 1st True African Martial Arts Movie” an Aurélien Henry OBAMA Film is an action drama African martial arts movie which will be filmed in the year 2008 in Cameroon a beautiful central African country starring Joe ATEBA « The Unbeatable » an African martial arts champion (who practices Tae kwon do, Kickboxing, Gymnastic and Jukido a Cameroonian mixed martial arts style) who will play beside the beautiful African top model Marina ALIMA who will sing in featuring with BIG DEF a talented African rap singer in the movie soundtrack. In addition to soundtrack album which will promote finest African musicians there will also be a comic book and video game adaptation of Money Bag the movie. The movie will be produced by NGUL Productions (www.ngulproductions.com) run by Aurelién Henry OBAMA.

Hollywood newcomer the African American martial arts actor Khalil MAASI the son of the legendary Martial arts Grandmaster Shaha Mfundishi MAASI, the star of the African American urban drama martial arts movie “The Way” will be a special guest star in Money Bag. With the presence of Khalil MAASI who is one of the associate producer of the film Money Bag. The whole African American community in general and the African Diaspora are supporting this film in which they believe can create new image of Africa and the international black community. Khalil MAASI is following up the legacy of great of African American movie action/martial arts actors such as Jim KELLY, who acted with Bruce LEE, Billy BLANKS “Talon of Eagle” Ron HALL “Blood Sport 2”, Michael Jai WHITE “Universal Soldier” 2, and Wesley SNIPES “Blade” trilogy.

Money Bag the movie not only that it has a total support from the African community around the world but has an international support represented by the British martial arts expert Soke Dr Mike VAMPLEW world president of the Golden Phoenix Alliances Limited Company and M.V.W.S.M.A (Mike Vamplew’s World wide School of Martial Arts) formerly known as IMA (International Martial Arts Academies) based in United Kingdom. M.V.W.S.M.A is represented in more than 38 countries around the world from all the continents of the globe. Mike VAMPLEW is a 10th Degree Black Belt Vambudo, he is the founder of the Vambudo martial arts style and he is also a 4th Degree Black Belt Tae kwon do and holds several Black Belts in several martial arts styles. He is an associate producer of the film who has always been promoting martial arts in Africa.

Hollywood martial arts film icon Loren AVEDON the famous American martial arts film actor of the 80’s and 90’s who have acted in great action movies such as No Retreat, No surrender 2: Thunderbolt, Blood brothers and King of the Kick Boxers is supporting Money Bag as associate producer. . Loren AVEDON is a 4th Degree Black Belt Tae kwon do and 7th Degree Black Belt Hapikido. Loren AVEDON has always been helping out Africa and black community through fundraising and support of the neediest.

Another Hollywood martial arts film icon Jalal MERHI from Canada who is a famous martial arts filmmaker, actor and producer is also an associate producer of Money Bag. Jalal MERHI has worked with best in Hollywood martial arts stars such as David CARRADINE, Bolo YEUNG, Cynthia ROTHROCK, Billy BLANKS, Olivier GRUNNER and many more. He has practices martial arts styles such as Tae Kwon Do then 2nd Dan in Shotokan then master in Choy Lay Fut and hung gar. It is him who gave Billy BLANKS the African American martial arts star his first main role in “Talons of the Eagle”.

Both men Loren AVEDON and Jalal MERHI who are very good friends are very vital in credibility of Money Bag not only that they are famous Hollywood martial arts filmmakers and actors but also they have participated in many international movies and have travel around the world from Asia, Middle East, Europe, South America, North America and finally Africa. Their experience and maturity in martial Arts filmmaking and martial arts film distribution is a great asset for Money Bag.

In the past Hollywood has produced great movies in Africa such as “Amistad” by Steven SPIELBERG, Chaka ZULU, Hotel Rwanda with Don CHEADLE, Hollywood French actor Christopher LAMBERT has already acted two movies in Cameroon, not forgetting Hollywood action star Bruce WILLIS who played in “Tears of Sun” filmed in Cameroon and many Hollywood stars have made successful films in Africa. The Greatest challenge of Money Bag that it will be the 1st true African martial arts movie ever filmed in history of Africa.

History is repeating itself, it was a great challenge for Hollywood in 60’s and 70’s in putting their trust in an Asian actor/filmmaker like Bruce LEE as it is today in putting their trust in an African actor as Joe ATEBA and an African filmmaker Aurélien Henry OBAMA. Hollywood has already proven that African actors can make it big in the scene with Djimon HOUNSOU from Benin who has acted beside Hollywood big names such as Leonardo DICAPRIO, Keanu REEVE, and Russell CROWE.

Hollywood martial arts stars are giving their advice and moral support for the Money Bag. Hispanic American martial arts/action filmmaker Art CAMACHO has given his moral support and some few good advices concerning filming of the movie. Also British American actor Gary DANIELS has also given his blessing for the shooting of Money Bag. African Asian martial arts star Luc BENDZA from Gabon who has played in many Chinese films as a villain has also given his encouragement for Money Bag. African American filmmaker Gerald HAYNES who works also for the African American Hollywood film festival has been a great moral support for the film.

Money Bag will likely be the most expensive film in the history of Africa using a lot of special effects and stunt works. The beauty of African continent and rich African traditional cultural heritage will make Money Bag one of the most exotic action films that Hollywood has ever seen before! Countries like the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and many others are supporting Money Bag film of Cameroon.

For all Hollywood fans, media, investors, producers and filmmakers can visit film website at

www.ngulproductions.com/moneybag

For those interested in helping out can contact Aurélien Henry OBAMA film producer at shiai_magazine@yahoo.com or henry.obama@ngulproductions.com

Links to the following associate producers:

Khalil MAASI www.myspace.com/thewaythemovie

Mike VAMPLEW www.gpmaaa.jvl.com

Loren AVEDON http://www.lorenavedon.com/avedon/

Jalal MERHI http://www.filmonemovies.com/

Independent film quantum physics

Michael Palombo — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 02:21:00 +0000

Produced by Anthony DellaFlora/Taos Communications Empire and directed by Anthony DellaFlora. Do the languages and cosmologies of Native Americans hold the keys to the mysteries of quantum physics and the nature of reality? That’s the intriguing premise of this documentary about the intersection of spirituality, modern science and language. Read comments. Read Filmmakers Profile.

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Fans of film supporting indie filmmakers

Michael Palombo — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 02:41:00 +0000

By DVD at
http://www.demonharvest.com
Trailer

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Fans Of Film Wants To Support Keybowl

Michael Palombo — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:14:00 +0000

After a long wait, the 48 hour film challenge short Keybowl produced by Shooting Fish & Blueprint: Film has been resurrected from the dead! After losing the master copy, the film was painstakingly restored to its former glory from the original footage and can now be found on YouTube alongside the Meniscus screened Bon Appetit.

This largely improvised piece shot in the south of France was seen last summer as part of the NE Lincs Arts Festival, but the version on YouTube is a much leaner version (YouTube videos must be under 10 mins). Please pop over to the site and view them both – the more views, the better the rating!

The links are as follows:

Keybowl
Bon Appetit

Bon Appetit

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Promote This Film

Michael Palombo — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 06:16:00 +0000

Thousands of fans from around the world have joined to support this film’s mission from over 62 countries: Afghanistan, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Estonia,Finland,France,French Polynesia,French Southern Territory, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russia, Serbia/Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela.

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Fans of Film, moving to web

Michael Palombo — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 04:24:00 +0000

Written by Janko Roettgers

Posted Saturday, October 11, 2008 at 12:00 AM PT

5 Reasons to Finally Ditch Cable

How many times have you opened up your monthly bill from Comcast or Time Warner and thought, that’s it, I’m ditching my cable — only to keep on paying? Well the time has come. With countless ways to watch your favorite shows online, ditching cable has never been easier. And with the economic crisis tightening its grip, there’s never been a better time to save some money.

Chances are there’s already a line-up of customers at your cable company’s local office looking to returning their Motorola boxes. The Wall Street Journal this week did, after all, declare that being off the cable grid is now socially acceptable. As much as 20 percent of all TV viewers watch shows online, the paper reported, and half of those people don’t watch TV at all anymore. Still not convinced? No worries, we have five good reasons to finally cancel your cable subscription.

The fundamentals of our economy are screwed. Seriously, do you want to keep sending hundreds of dollars per year to your cable company while your retirement fund tanks? Four out of five American households pay an average of $70 a month for cable or satellite TV, according to the WSJ. Do you really want to be one of them?
There are a ton of ads. Sure, we’re willing to sit through a few of them, preferably entertaining ones, to get content for free. But network and cable TV are increasingly oversaturated with them. Hulu & Co., on the other hand, have far fewer ads. A typical half-hour show features eight minutes of ads on TV, but only two minutes online. That’s six minutes you can spend looking at web sites like ours, making our advertisers happy.
Cable boxes suck. The simple truth is that cable companies are used to competing with pretty much no one, which is why their technology is horribly outdated. The web is full of complaints about Comcast’s DVR, and even newer boxes like Verizon’s FIOS HD DVR don’t stand a chance against TiVo’s interface. On the other hand, there are tons of new and cheap devices that bring online TV into the living room. The soon-to-be-opened-up Roku box is only $99, and it’s easier than ever to download movies through your TiVo, XBox or Apple TV.
There are so many other options. Hulu, NBC Direct, Amazon, the iTunes Store, Joost and Netflix Streams will all let you watch TV shows and movies free or very cheap. As the WSJ noted, 90 percent of all network shows and 20 percent of all cable shows are available online. Sure, there are some hold-outs, and networks like Showtime generally don’t make shows like Weeds available until after the end of the season. Some of our shadier friends tell us that you can always find everything right away on those torrent sites, but we of course wouldn’t know anything about that.
Hulu can save your marriage. People tend to argue that online TV is inferior because you can’t watch it on your living room tube. That tends to be true for most people, but it can also be a good thing. Chances are you and your spouse are busy web workers, which means you’ll both be hammering away on your notebooks while The Daily Show is running in the background. You might as well be sitting in different rooms. Remember the times when watching TV used to be a shared experience? You can go back to that. Just cancel cable, turn off the TV and cuddle up in bed watching Hulu. You’ll thank us later.

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Michael Palombo — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:09:00 +0000

Independent Films

Filmmakers And Fans Wanted

Michael Palombo — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:11:56 +0000

Filmmakershelp is working to bring further Awareness to independent film distribution online.
One of the ways were doing this is talking to other online
Communities about working together.
Here is a letter to one of those communities.
Thats also a member on our new forum.

Looking forward to networking our communities together in many ways.
In my opinion we can help each other grow threw shared focus, collaborative
Community announcements, and cross promotion of events.

That brings me to my first idea of bringing filmmakers, our community
Together for an online film contest for 10k using another community called
ideablob.com were you can post an idea and win 10K.
I have already posted the idea at this address http://ideablob.com/ideas/3526-Online-Film-Contest
If you would like to collaborate and sponsor this, we could cross promote each other, now and during the film contest.
I’ve sent out 200 emails so far, and I’ve put it on the wire with digg, twitter, sribd, I’ve bookmarked it, and I’m making a video for youtube at Big Window Video.

If you like this idea and want to be involved, are just want to share some ideas let me Know. Michael
My primary email michael@filmmakershelp.com

Help a filmmaker win ten thousand dolors

Michael Palombo — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:17:08 +0000

Help a filmmaker win ten thousand dolors
http://ideablob.com/ideas/3526-Video-Film-Contest