I'm sure many of you are aware of the film/internet phenomenon know as Four Eyed Monsters. Many of you are probably also aware that the pioneering filmmakers responsible for Four Eyed Monsters, Arin Crumley and Susan Buice, went deep into dept while making the film and running a pretty amazing DIY distribution effort. Well, Grand Rapids based Spout.com decided to help. Spout is presenting Four Eyed Monsters on Youtube, which is the first full length film to be uploaded to Youtube. I suppose it's not a surprise they'd be the first.
I work for Spout producing their weekly podcast called Spout Filmcouch. This week's episode, appropriately enough, is devoted to Four Eyed Monsters. Check it out and let me know what you think.
Also, Spout's sponsorship of the Youtube presentation of the film has an interesting catch: For every person who registers for Spout (it's free), at the page spout.com/foureyedmonsters, Spout will donate a dollar to Arin and Susan's credit card bills, and hopefully, their next film. It's a little weird, I know. But let's face it, if people only gave money to filmmakers who make movies that return many millions of dollars on opening weekend, great little indie gems like Four Eyed Monsters couldn't exist. So, if you haven't signed up for Spout yet, now is the time. It's a great website (and I thought that before I started working there).
hey. this is on wired.com
http://blog.wired.com/business/2007/06/youtube_hosts_f.html
This is probably a bad decision but hey, it's early
http://www.wired.com/entertainment/theweb/news/2007/06/youtubefest
this is a link to the follow up story on wired. INTERESTING........