http://feraldream.vox.com/library/posts/tags/gigs/page/1/ Adventures in storytelling en Vox Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:07:06 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss gigs http://feraldream.vox.com/library/post/crowdsourcing-advertisements.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(Susan Ee) http://feraldream.vox.com/library/post/crowdsourcing-advertisements.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://feraldream.vox.com/library/post/crowdsourcing-advertisements.html?_c=feed-rss-full Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:07:06 -0700 <p>Crowdsourcing ads can be found on YouTube under &quot;contests.&quot;&#160; A company puts out a theme and filmmakers make a commercial on spec.&#160; Now, <a href="http://www.poptent.net/">Poptent</a>, a startup company, is targeting crowdsource ads by charging companies $25,000 to put up their call for ads.&#160; The filmmakers run off and make ads ON SPEC, then the company chooses one or more spec ads for $5,000-$7,500 each.&#160; </p><p>I have mixed feelings about this business model.&#160; On the one hand, it&#39;s decent money for a contest.&#160; On the other hand, the company makes $25k, the filmmaker makes $5k-$7.5k.&#160; With the YouTube contests, the filmmaker can usually upload your commercial onto YouTube and get the exposure whether or not you win the contest.&#160; I suspect that with Poptent, if you don&#39;t win, you probably can&#39;t let it loose in the wild due to trademark and image issues.&#160; Thus, it&#39;s winner take all and the loser gets nothing but a dent in his/her checkbook and a waste of time.&#160; </p><p>On the third hand, Poptent just launched their public beta a few days ago so there should be very little competition right now...</p><p>Susan Ee<br /><a href="http://feraldream.vox.com/">http://feraldream.com</a><br /> </p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://feraldream.vox.com/library/post/crowdsourcing-advertisements.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22525529e8fdb00fa96a56c300003?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> ads gigs http://feraldream.vox.com/library/post/steady-gig-for-filmmakers.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(Susan Ee) http://feraldream.vox.com/library/post/steady-gig-for-filmmakers.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://feraldream.vox.com/library/post/steady-gig-for-filmmakers.html?_c=feed-rss-full Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:24:55 -0700 <p>Ooh, check this out!&#160; <a href="http://www.expertvillage.com/submit/faq.aspx">Expert Village</a>.&#160; You can sign up as one of their filmmakers and pick an assignment where you agree to make an instructional video and they agree to pay you about $300.&#160; The video should be split into 15, 1-3 minute clips.&#160; The number of clips and the money can vary depending on the assignment.&#160; At first, you can only take one assignment at a time but after they let you into the club, you can grab as many assignments as you like.</p><p>Pretty sweet, eh?&#160; </p><p>Susan Ee<br /> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://feraldream.com/">http://feraldream.com/</a></span></p> </p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://feraldream.vox.com/library/post/steady-gig-for-filmmakers.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22525529e8fdb00f48d1028800001?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> gigs