iTunes Giving Independent Filmmakers A Chance
- March 1st, 2007
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You no longer need to be a Spielberg or a Lucas to get your film on iTunes. Just ask Forum Snowboards. The company created a 30 minute movie called That, which currently sells on iTunes for $1.99. The movie covers snowboarding and is the first video on iTunes to come from an extremely independent filmmaker rather than a big name studio like Paramount. I feel that putting action-sports videos on iTunes is a wonderful idea. Why spend $10-$15 on an overpriced, lame DVD made by some 16-year-old at a skate shop when you can instantly download a feature film for under $2?
To get their content on iTunes, Forum Snowboards partnered with Studio411, a distributor of action-sports flicks that has a deal with Apple. Hopefully we’ll start seeing short films, foreign films, and more independent films appearing on iTMS over the next few months.
iTunes Goes Indie with the Snowboarding Film That [Movieweb]
Robert (Who am I?)
1 year ago
Forum snowboards isn’t exactly an “indie” producer. They are owned by Burton Snowboards — Burton snowboards sells over $200 million worth of gear every year. Also, it is probably worth noting that Burton and Apple have collaborated on a number of projects in the past.
Nikki (Who am I?)
1 year ago
Hi Robert,
Yes, we are owned by Burton, however, the only thing that we share with them are the accounting & shipping departments. Everything else…marketing, product, team & sales…we’re on our own. There are 16 of us that work on the brand. There were 5 people working full time on the movie. Our work with apple had nothing to do with Burton. We made the contacts & sealed the deal on our own. haha it only took 10 months:) And if we made anywhere near 200 million a year maybe i’d have someone else blogging this for me.
Mac Filmmaking (Who am I?)
1 year ago
Good post. It’s interesting to think about having indie content on iTunes.
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http://www.macfilmmaking.com
Film Festival Academy (Who am I?)
1 month ago
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