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MillimeterGorilla Films Online Networking
Feb 25, 2005 3:38 PM
Producers. Soundmen. Makeup artists. Lighting techs. Actors. Post Editors. Cameramen. They all have something in common – they are forced to pursue projects through traditional, indirect avenues. Relying on traditional avenues to either land or fill movie and commercial projects can be a frustrating process with too many middle-men.
That is no longer the case. Gorilla Films wants to smash through the old-guard establishment.
Thanks to web-based social networking technologies – including web alert services, project management tools, and centralized communications – the process is being democratized. Casting a student film? Looking to offer your lighting or post editing services? Looking for a few good soundmen? Gorilla Films makes it easy to cast an entire project, or to attach yourself to a project, from your home page. The bottom line: The ease-of-use interface speeds up film and commercial production collaboration directly between people breaking into the industry.
Los Angeles-based Gorilla Films, a service of StrongEyeContact.com, combines the technology of Internet social networking with the on-the-scene world of casting agents in Los Angeles and New York. It is not about posting casting notices and "agent addresses" like every other acting website in the world; rather, filmmakers, actors and crew can make money by showing their original work online.
Others seem to think that a simple online directory is good enough to help people make connections. "As an actor," says Hinely, "I realized how many conversations I'd had with friends who had an idea and wanted to get together and shoot film. But where do you begin? How do the actors, producers, directors and crew form these connections quickly and effectively …outside of tradition, in-direct avenues?"
The opportunities that Gorilla Films provide are:
• Team building, collaboration and networking
• Actors and crew can build and share their work
• Actors and crew can build resumes through work experience
"We don't want to become the 800lb. gorilla," says Hinely. "We named the service Gorilla Films because we want to beat the 800lb. gorilla." We have created a safe public space to share, collaborate, network, recruit, and build films without relying on the Old Guard to give their blessings.
Gorilla Film was built on the assumption that there are more ideas and opportunities for work than ever before. Actors typically underestimate the amount of control they actually have over their careers because of the audition process, or cattle call.
Actually, "cattle call" is a generous and kind euphemism for what these auditions really look like. Please visit www.strongeyecontact.com to learn more about Gorilla Films and how to get involved.
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