The Game Plan ... as of now.

As a filmmaker in today's digital revolution, I find that everyone now-a-days are making movies and posting them to sites like myspace and youtube. It's become a trend that most likely won't go away any time soon. This presents a problem for the serious filmmaker looking to get attention for their work and advance in their career because the load of creative work is spilling from every window, advertisement, and film festival out there.

I entered the business with a plan to make a movie, show it to people, and do the festival route ... but thanks to the big digi-wave of new media, consumer products, and free broadband space available on the internet ... it's a whole new ball game and I'm sprinting to catch up.

So what's my new plan? The plan is still formulating and literally changing every day - here it is:

1. Make third shot film.
2. Burn Reel DVD with 3 shorts, 3 commercials, and short reel.
3. Use withoutabox.com to apply and submit all 3 films to festivals.
4. Create online media, such as this blog, banners, and website for my work.
5. Establish RICEmmFILM as a company.
6. Develop feature material to produce or sell under the company's banner.
7. Write feature screenplays.
8. Distribute feature material via DIY (do-it-yourself) a la web.
9. Send press releases.

This is a summary of my plan toward making it as a director in Hollywood. The next big stepping stone is burning a reel and sending it out wither for directing jobs, representation, or press-time.

Overall, the whole process is based around the very thing that changed the business ... the internet. The plan changes every day but the goal stays the same. For inspirational behind-the-scenes stories of directors starting up, you should check out the Star Wars documentary as well as the featurette on Duel.