FilmTiki's online week in review (week 13/14)

Sorry, we have been even busier than normal the last few days, so we had to skip last week's review. Now we're back, hence we are providing you with even more interesting and great news, trends and resources. The New Marketing Paradigm In a video on Smart Reno Tahoe, Bret Simmons talks about The New Marketing Paradigm. It's really worth watching! Sometimes Twitter Accounts About Sh*t Your Dad Says Get You TV Deals A few days ago I read the following great story on TechCrunch

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Back in August, we wrote about Shit My Dad Says, the Twitter account of a 28-year-old guy named Justin who literally just tweeted out things his dad said. At the time, he already had over 100,000 followers on Twitter, now he has over 700,000. And now he just landed a TV deal.

South by Southwest presentations If you couldn't make it to this years SXSW (like me), then you probably will need to check out these South by Southwest slideshows. Best Social Media Stats and Market Research of 2009 Find awesome tools for Social Media monitoring on Social Media Today. Jacques d'Azur can't go to Cannes this year If you wanna go to Cannes, but cannot afford it, try to inherit Jacques d'Azur's weekend at the festival. The demand for demand The Workbookproject shares their thoughts on audience demand, crowd-funding and strategies - you need to read this! Brighton Student Film Festival Our friends over at the Brighton Student Film Festival asked us to help us promote the call for entries to their festival , so here we go:

The second Student Film Festival Awards will be held in Brighton October 15th - 17th 2010 with the awards following on Sunday the 17th. Awards will be given for best short film, best short documentary, best music video, best short animation and best feature film. We are now calling for entries for the 2010 Student Film Festival Awards, for more info go to www.studentfilmfestivalawards.co.uk

DIY DAYS NYC – Ted Hope [vid] Ted Hope talks about the challenges indie filmmakers have to face nowadays at the DIY DAYS NYC. Film's shifting definition in the transmedia age. Terminologies in the media world are shifting due to converging media, therefor film is also gonna be more and more transmedial and hybrid, even in its wording, according to IFC blog. "Real 3D" vs. "Fake 3D": Should Studios Advertise the Distinction? Since the 2nd rise of 3D, experts discuss how important it is to shoot on real 3D and why studios should tell their customers when it's not! “What is the Golden Triangle and Why Should Filmmakers Care? Truly Free Film writes about the Golden Trianlge:

Much of the most important innovation on the web today occurs within what some call the Golden Triangle. The three sides of this triangle are social, mobile and real time.