For those who don’t have time to scour the net in search of articles, here’s a little round-up of some recent posts on DIY you might find helpful, interesting, etc.

Via indieWIRE, an article about Four Eyed Monsters and Lance Weiler’s Head Trauma - both films have extensive DIY strategies in play, which are described in detail, then head for the comments where the filmmakers have added some interesting tidbits.

One year after implementing an ambitious plan to attract distributor interest in their first feature film, “Four Eyed Monsters,” filmmakers Susan Buice and Arin Crumley are putting the final touches on a DIY (Do It Yourself) release for the film that will kick-off early next month. They are among a growing roster of filmmakers, often frustrated by increasingly wary distribution companies, bypassing the traditional system and taking matters into their own hands. Read the rest…

And based on the indieWIRE article, Annie Frisbie from Zoom In Online (a Magnet Media blog), DIY Distribution Tactics. She uses two illustrative examples of what might happen to the indie filmmaker.

You get profiled in Filmmaker magazine but you start wondering if you should email your friend with the studio job and see if you can get some work writing coverage. Anonymously, because you’re hot shit and that’s supposed to be a full-time job. Read the whole post…

And finally, I’ve done a lot of jabbing about video uploads, and several of my 0posts have been sparked by Docu-Blog Steve’s posts. He posted another business article that refutes some of my thinking on the monetary potential of video uploading (a staple for the DIYer in my humble opinion).

Context and authorship matter too - or maybe matter MORE - than the professionalism of the sound track or the crispness of the picture. This is deeply concerning, since it reflects a significant shift in media consumption patterns away from commercial content and toward community content. Read the whole post…

I’m going out to support another DIYer this week - Sujewa Ekanayake is screening his indie feature Date Number One at the Pioneer. Come help me support his efforts.