Category Archives: freelancing

ReelRoulette – why didn’t we think of this?

Written by Kasia. Posted on March 30, 2010. Filed under filmmakers, freelancing, motion graphics, opportunities. No comments.
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ReelRoulette is ChatRoulette, but with film/animation/motion graphics reels instead of pantsless dudes. Duh, genius. Click “next” to surf Vimeo reels by talented people (a voyeuristic pleasure if you’re a creative yourself) and, if you’re looking for a new gig, this might just be the funniest way to go about it. What do you have to [...]

Dear Sesame Street

Written by Kasia. Posted on February 23, 2010. Filed under advertising, branded content, collaborative content, contests, crowdsourcing, freelancing. No comments.
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“We, the undersigned, would like to register our concern over the contest you are now conducting…” begins the petition already signed by dozens of animators, arguing against contests, calls for content, crowd sourcing, or whatever you want to call it– essentially, spec work. Professional creatives are taking to the digital streets, with a thoughtful [...]

what’s on your business card?

Written by Kasia. Posted on February 16, 2010. Filed under DIY Everything, design, freelancing. 1 Comment.
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As any freelance/self-employed creative multi-hyphenate director-producer-designer-writer-new media artist-photographer-blogger knows, making business cards is a hassle. What title to use? Keep it simple, and it won’t cover everything you do. Get descriptive, and you’ll sound pretentious and probably run out of space. Are business cards just for people over 40 anyway? At least designing a card is [...]

You are not alone

Written by Brandon. Posted on February 11, 2010. Filed under New Journalism, Technology, Urgent Fam, freelancing. No comments.
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This MOS video from Urgensia fam, Siddharth, on Indians’ pov on piracy is interesting from the standpoint that it confirms that consumers have a very universal view on media piracy.  There’s a nice accompanying article/interview as well.  What’s also of note, is how piracy helped fuel an IT economy and development in Banglore.  I just [...]

Shooting in Dubai from guest blogger: Josh Soskin

Written by Brandon. Posted on January 15, 2010. Filed under freelancing. No comments.
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Dubizzling in Dubai. I recently went out to Dubai to visit a friend who runs dubizzle.com (basically the craigslist of the United Arab Emirates and a good resource for filmmakers if they are traveling in the region). We also made some good future connections out there for production work. Dubai is booming in every possible way [...]

SEO Your Freelance Business, Fool

Written by Henry Goldman. Posted on December 23, 2009. Filed under freelancing. 1 Comment.
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I was recently chatting with Jesse Morgan, an independent producer who made some stuff for Current back in the day, who is working out of Geneva, Switzerland at the moment. I was really curious about how he got gigs in Geneva,  not being native to the country, so I asked him. The answers were, I [...]