Feral Dream Vox 2009-11-01T18:38:10Z Susan Ee http://feraldream.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00c22525529e8fdb/tags/marketing/ Adventures in storytelling World Fantasy Convention tag:vox.com,2009-11-01:asset-6a00c22525529e8fdb01240b72b486860e 2009-11-01T18:38:10Z 2009-11-01T18:38:10Z Susan Ee http://feraldream.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Wfclogo

I went to the World Fantasy Convention this week at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose. It was my first World Fantasy Convention and I have to say that it ranked as my favorite of the four SF/Fan conventions I've attended (2 WorldCons and Wiscon). ...

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]]> Photo vs Text tag:vox.com,2009-09-28:asset-6a00c22525529e8fdb0123f1657299860f 2009-09-28T17:16:07Z 2009-09-28T17:16:07Z Susan Ee http://feraldream.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I learned the following things: JPEG = good for natural shapes like photos. PNG = good for sharp shapes like text. GIF = old format, avoid if possible Photoshop = good for photos, terrible for text Illustrator = good for text and graphics. Not s...

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]]> Tooth Fairy website is live! tag:vox.com,2009-09-21:asset-6a00c22525529e8fdb0123ddb96dd1860c 2009-09-21T20:50:33Z 2009-10-09T16:34:39Z Susan Ee http://feraldream.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I've had a few people ask me about TOOTH FAIRY's website, so I made one. It's a little different from other website designs, though. Let me know what you think. www.tooth-fairy-movie.com Susan Ee www.feraldream.com

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]]> Parasites, metallic organs, and VFX. Oh, my! tag:vox.com,2009-09-20:asset-6a00c22525529e8fdb01240b5f322e860e 2009-09-20T01:02:18Z 2009-09-20T01:02:18Z Susan Ee http://feraldream.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Our friend at Zen Films is taking on a very ambitious project. It involves a game, a web series, a graphic novel, and a movie. It makes me tired just thinking about all the work he must be doing. That may be what it takes to market an indie fil...

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]]> Budgets, Marketing, and Lies tag:vox.com,2009-04-20:asset-6a00c22525529e8fdb0110181af16f860f 2009-04-20T18:05:56Z 2009-04-20T18:05:56Z Susan Ee http://feraldream.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom LA Times reports that a dozen summer movies will top $100 million just for their marketing costs. It makes you wonder how much it cost to make the movie itself. Earlier this year, the MPAA, which normally gives the average studio movie budget fo...

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]]> Zombie Cows and Social Media tag:vox.com,2009-03-24:asset-6a00c22525529e8fdb0110181372af860f 2009-03-24T02:41:25Z 2009-03-24T02:41:25Z Susan Ee http://feraldream.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Speaking of Brits, Robert Pratten of Zen Films has an interesting post on social media marketing for indie films. While you're there, check out his latest animation video, Dairy of the Dead. It hilarious. Susan Ee www.feraldream.com

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]]> Running Internet Ad Campaigns tag:vox.com,2009-03-04:asset-6a00c22525529e8fdb011017ae5004860e 2009-03-04T18:30:25Z 2009-03-04T18:33:11Z Susan Ee http://feraldream.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Stanford Continuing Ed is offering a class on Running Profitable Internet Ad Campaigns. The teacher is the COO of Media Flint, a company that does website development, Internet optimization and Internet advertising. I looked him up and it turns ...

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]]> Learning... tag:vox.com,2009-01-19:asset-6a00c22525529e8fdb0109811ffc1e000c 2009-01-19T20:36:52Z 2009-01-26T16:35:19Z Susan Ee http://feraldream.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

3D Water

Here's my 3D water, take 2... Turned out I was doing more than I had to. Cinema 4D defaults to gravity and some kind of "natural" motion anyway. I realized this through trial and error after trying out some various motions. So in the end, I j...

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]]> My first C4D animation! tag:vox.com,2009-01-16:asset-6a00c22525529e8fdb0109d0fed3e0000f 2009-01-16T19:44:18Z 2009-01-16T19:53:19Z Susan Ee http://feraldream.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

3D Water G w wrong perspective G on Cliff

So here's my first Cinema 4D model and animation: water! I could have bought 3D water but instead, I chose to learn C4D by trying to make it. The reason why I needed water was that I had a scene in my novel trailer (WAR GAMES) where one of my ...

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]]> Hollywood's Marketing Machine tag:vox.com,2009-01-06:asset-6a00c22525529e8fdb010980c6ed0f000b 2009-01-06T20:10:35Z 2009-01-06T20:16:26Z Susan Ee http://feraldream.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom The Wall Street Journal reports that independent labels at the major studios spent an average of $25.7 million marketing a film last year, up 44% from 2006 and more than double what was spent in 2002. That has far outpaced the 44% growth in produc...

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