Inspired by our Future of Film conversation between Deadspin’s Will Leitch and Slate’s Dana Stevens, Criticwire polls the critics in their weekly survey: “Should critics tweet after screenings?”
Dana Stevens (Slate) and Will Leitch (Deadspin) discuss how social media buzz influences their choices of movies to review at our Future of Film event (Everyone’s a Critic: Film Criticism in the Age of Twitter) on January 17th, 2013.
Stay tuned for more excerpts from this conversation.
In this first clip from our Future of Film conversation exploring film criticism and social media, Deadspin’s Will Leitch and Slate’s Dana Stevens talk about their first impressions of Twitter, and explain why they decided to start Tweeting.
Social Media Today reports on the rising influence of social media on the film industry.
Twitter Introduces Vine, a New Video Feature, but With Privacy Snags →
Filmmakers, read this piece from The New York Times before you download Vine.
Forward! The Necessity of Twitter
Rob Mills shares his thoughts on Twitter as a valuable resource for filmmakers on Ted Hope’s Truly Free Film.
Twitter Feeds to Follow at Sundance 2013: Narrative Filmmakers →
Even if you’re not heading to Park City, you can still keep up with all the latest happenings at Sundance. Get news about your most anticipated movies…straight from the narrative filmmakers themselves!
Is Facebook worth it? Film execs confide they may cut movie ads →
Some movie executives are increasingly skeptical that Facebook ads and promotional campaigns that ask users to ‘like’ a movie can deliver big box-office returns.
Read more at The LA Times
If we can get Canadians to fall in love with Canadian filmmakers early, we believe we can be the Oakland A’s to the New York Yankees of the big studios.
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J. Joly, CineCoup
Is social media the answer for Canada’s indie filmmakers? Vancouver digital entrepreneur J. Joly recently launched CineCoup, a one-year “film accelerator” that gives social media a starring role in film production even before the cameras start rolling.
To read more, visit The Globe and Mail
