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Benjamin Schryver's avatar

Regarding physical media: I don't understand why USB drives haven't become a thing as a new physical revenue stream. These days any TV can play at least H264 if not H265/HEVC so the quality is better than DVD or even streaming, DRM protection seems perfectly feasible in collaboration with manufacturers (even in older devices through firmware updates or apps), packaging could be smaller than a cassette tape, and you could even turn them into collectibles by integrating it into a 3D printed figure or logo. Why has this not been done?

Even for NonDē right now it's perfectly doable without DRM. Yes, there's a piracy risk, but I would wager that doesn't affect small films as much as huge ones, and the collectible aspect of it would go some way to counterbalancing that.

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Tom Violett's avatar

Making my first film at 62. A documentary on the personal stories of activists called Voices for Change.

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Ted Hope's avatar

If you'd like a FREE "paid" subscription to FilmStackDailyDigest, it's yours. LMK Tom.

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Tom Violett's avatar

Definitely. Thanks

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Ted Hope's avatar

Done.

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Tom Violett's avatar

Great! Thanks!

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Emily Shesh's avatar

Aiming to shoot my first feature in 2026. The team is starting to come together and we're building momentum! Thanks for the support!

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Jordan Hubacz's avatar

Working on producing my first feature! We’ll be shooting next March

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Ted Hope's avatar

Done!

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Brooke Berman's avatar

I would LOVE to see some posts on second films. Naomi Macdougal Jones used to have this 51 Fund project to support women in making second features and she used to have stats around how much harder is it is to make the second one. For myself I can only say that despite everything everyone said and years of reading of Hope For Film, I still thought lightening would strike and someone would emerge to help make the second and third films easier than the first. And I also know that I can’t make #2 or #3 for the SAG ULB I made #1 on — although I am not opposed to hustling as hard as I hustled. Thoughts? How does a first-time filmmaker grow into her next best self?

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Ted Hope's avatar

That would be a good post. Hey FILMSTACK! Who is going to write up that post?

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Brooke Berman's avatar

ALSO I think I pressed the wrong comment button and I”m aware that my comment might fall under a different heading. Sorry! I’m typing on an Ipad in public.

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Susan Taylor's avatar

Working on my first feature: spanning two wars and one family’s silence, a young immigrant woman in 1936 discovers how the ghosts of the Somme still shape her marriage—and the fate of generations to come.

Happy to pay for my subscription- just grateful for the supportive community.

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Mark Hensley's avatar

Finished my first feature this year. Currently planning my next 2. A horror and a Rincon.

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Ted Hope's avatar

If you'd like a FREE "paid" subscription to FilmStackDailyDigest, it's yours. LMK Mark.

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Mark Hensley's avatar

Thank you

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Tim Lorge's avatar

I'm making my first film called "The Naked Winemaker." It’s the story of a middle-aged woman who returns to her family's Hudson Valley vineyard after her estranged mother’s stroke to find it in financial ruin, under an eco-terror attack, and the takeover target of a wine conglomerate. I submitted an initial application for a NYS tax credit. The project has been placed in the allocation database. I'm not entirely sure what that means, but I'm putting my team together and figuring it out.

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First Features's avatar

I am always working with first time directors. Maybe I can talk them into joining this FilmStack.

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Michael R. Barnard's avatar

I'm diving in again, on my own, trying to launch two feature films.

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Ted Hope's avatar

May the cinema gods smile upon you!

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