by Brandy Scoggan, BAVC Intern

There are more and more web resources for filmmakers everyday. And it can be difficult to navigate all the various websites and applications. Here are my website picks for the day:

www.tubemogul.com - Tubemogul is a content delivery and tracking site where if you sign up (it's free), you can simultaneously upload your video to all the content sites affiliated with Tubemogul and then receive detailed reports on your hits.  There are 24 supported sites including YouTube, Metacafe, MySpace, Google video, etc. This can be a timesaver, but beyond that, the site provides powerful analysis of your web audience.  The reporting on the site includes statistics on when, where and how often your video(s) are being watched as well as charts of all your data. This can be a useful and efficient way of consolidating your postings and tracking your reach and impact (particularly good for grant funded projects or for reporting to other investors).

www.snagfilms.com - SnagFilms has developed a library of both award-winning and emerging documentary films. On the site, you can watch full-length documentary films for free, or, you can “snag” a film and embed it anywhere on the web. This can be incredible useful in increasing the impact of your media. Imagine audience members putting your film on their Facebook pages or affiliated non-profits "snagging" your film and promoting it on their website. I assume there is some sort of payment model for filmmakers, but it is unclear on their site.

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theworkbookproject.com - This site says its an "open source social experiment."  After trying to figure out what this meant, I gathered that it is a resource for filmmakers, videographers, etc., created and maintained by the community. The website is a little confusing to navigate and I think that may be due to the fact that its relatively new.   There are 5 main sections of the site: #hoard, Culture hacker, Motive, New Breed, and Pollinate.  #hoard is a board where people can post about events, new tools they've discovered, sites, services, projects, etc.  Culture hacker is a blog where the person writes about new technology/programs and "how tech impacts storytelling."  Motive "tracks trends impacting media behavior" - this includes online media, tv, and street culture.  New breed is cool, its basically a group blog on all things DIY.  Pollinate is the part of the site where they post interviews and info on how to get your content out there (a lot of how-tos).  While this website was the bane of my existence for a good hour, I think it has some great ideas and I hope it develops into a useful and unique site.  Hopefully it lives up to its motto: "fund. create. distribute. sustain."

www.pennyreel.com - This is basically another type of content platform, like YouTube except mainly for webisodes, experimental pilots, etc (so far).  This is a brand-spankin-new site, created, I'm guessing, near the end of 2008.  It has some cool features including a project blogging option (where you can blog about your current projects), you can post your resume for possible employers,  and its supposed to be accessible for your cast and crew to comment, check-up on, and so on.  There's only a few people who have posted content so far, but as a fledgling new site, its worth checking out.

Well, all for now . . . Have other resource sites to share? Suggest a weblink! Just log in to the BAVC site, go to the User Menu and click on BAVC Resources. Or check out BAVC's other weblinks.

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