[Reader-list] A site with downloadable short films that helps to promote filmmakers & cg animation artists...

[Noam Sher]

FilmWatcher.com  - A site with downloadable short films that helps to promote filmmakers & cg animation artists... 
You Can Go to:
http://www.filmwatcher.com/
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Independent films or "Indie" films are steadily 
gaining popularity these days and distributing 
mainly over the Internet which is relatively 
inexpensive, very quick, offers circulation and 
is limited only by bandwidth..

The main reason for the popularity is the falling 
prices of digital equipment and the increased 
power of computers. Both high and low-end 3D 
modeling and animation software and digital 
cameras have put film making within the financial 
grasp of the public.

Just as starting musicians sought alternatives to 
breaking into their business, and certain 
established artists disaffected from bloated 
recording companies with the Napster phenomenon, 
the Indies have brought about a new sort of net 
experience - the Virtual Theatre.

Other contributors to the cinema´s presence on 
the web include enthusiastic amateur movie 
makers, animators and film-school students who, 
through whose art, are simply trying to make 
themselves heard. Like certain music-sharing 
services, most of the works presented are if not 
freely-downloadable, free to view online.

Computer-Generated ("C.G.") animation also plays 
a key role, as the same machines which can bring 
these movies into your home via the internet 
can,through digital special effects, be used to 
enhance and now even more easily create that very 
medium. What follows (again - like those music-
sharing services) is a somewhat less-than-random 
surf through some currently available on-line 
short movies, or "shorts" .

A high or low "click" rate can mean the 
difference between The Blair Witch (which started 
out as a web site) and a film that we´ll never 
hear about. Starting a web site is the first step 
in the right direction. The problem is exposure - 
and a single html page coded by your brother´s 
friend just won´t do.

FilmWatcher´s mission is to serve the creators of 
independent entertainment (creators and fans), to 
provide a world-wide exhibition platform to 
showcase their material to a potential audience 
of millions. And unlike other short film sites 
that only give online access FilmWatcher 
specifically provides links to downloadable 
shorts! ... FilmWatcher´s mission is also to 
create a community for the film makers (& the 
film consumers) and to keep current on industry 
news.

FilmWatcher.com Team
Noam Sher | Manny Cort
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