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iPod Video Film Festival - The UnDoug - 01-05-2006
Saw this story on a local (Philadelphia) website:
http://www.kyw1060.com/news_story_detail.cfm?newsitemid=51553
Local Web Site Holds an ''iPod Film Festival''
by KYW's Ian Bush
A Norristown-based web company wants to bring award-winning original cinema to a small screen near you -- a very, very small screen.
What would Cecil B. DeMille say?
It's the "iPod Video Film Festival" -- and the Norristown-based web site theflux.tv says it's the first of its kind for the video-capable version of the popular media player.
Ryan Ritchey is with the company. He says the competition reflects a growing trend toward small-scale, mass-appeal filmmaking:
"I think what you'll start to see is a lot more short-form content being delivered, whether it's on an iPod, cell phone, or PSP [Sony Play Station Portable]. People want to have this media with them, and i think media creators will adjust and start making specialized short-form programming for these devices."
Ritchey says those interested in creating short-form original content for the film festival include film school students and amateur directors:
"We also have an interesting category called 'family clips' -- that's intended for people who now make a lot of short films: you know, 'Sally Goes To The Beach' and that sort of thing. So that should be a fun category as well."
Think home movies. It costs $15 to enter. And you can watch and judge the entries on your computer even if you don't have a video iPod.
For more information, go to theflux.tv/ipodfest.