OpenIndie launched & We Live in Public released

http://openindie.com/

http://weliveinpublicthemovie.com

http://openindie.com/films/we-live-in-public

Today, March 1st 2010 OpenIndie launched in beta to the 100 filmmakers who provided over 12,000 dollars to have the site built by myself (Arin Crumley) and my co-founder Kieran Masterton.

I was blown away by Kierans quality of programming and design at launch. The site is truly inspiring to me and Im glad to have co-designed it and to be bringing OpenIndie to the public.

The first 18 films were added and 7 screenings were entered into the site one of which was We Live In Public, one of the films that contributed 100 dollars towards building OpenIndie. Today the 7 screenings We Live in Public was having were added to the site as part of the effort to promote their multi-city and multi-format release. The screenings were in celebration of the films VOD & DVD nationwide release.

The live Q&A was streamed online from Chicago with filmmaker Ondi Timoner and main character of the film Josh Harris. They bantered over audience questions pipped in from the 5 other cities asking about the authenticity of love that takes place in-front of cameras, the goal we all have with our online identities and the likeliness of Andy Warhols promise of 15 minutes of fame in our life times.

Josh Harris gave his predictions of the future of the internet and then explained hes working on a wired city project of living spaces that are streamed online to interacting participants and mentioned having hollywood support for the project.

Ondi Timoner dissected Josh explaining her assessment of Joshs tendency to shut off to intimacy and then mentioned shes working on a film that explores the under exposed solutions to help climate change as well as her first scripted narrative which will be about the life story of Robert Mapplethorpe.

Ondi is a freaking radical. I love her.

This up coming week for me will be all about further editing the copy on OpenIndie.com, the homepage design, the uploading of films feature and fixing any bugs that arise.

Also of course Im deep into editing here with Christie Strong and have the support of Niklas Schrimpf who is the causual kinesiologist on the film we are making. More info soon on how I hope to bring that film to an OpenIndie release learning from Ondis amazing release tonight. Provided we can get all the powers that be on board. Stay tuned.

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[isisMasoud]

technology makes us more intimate with our acquaintances & less intimate with our lovers.

[rah33ls99]

can you have intimacy without privacy? this will one of the questions of our time

[HDFEST]

Good job Arin!

[ReelRecognizeReal]

SO PROUD OF OPEN INDIE - geniu-s... By the way, Arin, have you been drinking a lot of carrot juice lately?

[themetalola]

Hah!

[melloajello]

Good insight man, I'll be up on openindie soon too. That movie sounds crazy, gotta check that one out.