FILMMAKER

ubscribe at filmmakermagazine.com and get the next issue!!!!!! When we started Filmmaker in 1992, DIY moviemaking meant scoring recans, enrolling in a community college to get student discounts and free equipment, and buying an old flatbed editing table and sticking it in your kitchen. And unless you lucked out and nabbed a distribution deal from one of the new indie companies, marketing that film meant piling the reels in your backseat and driving from festival to festival to get people to see it. Today, as Filmmaker joins MySpace in its new MySpace Film page, the challenges that limited moviemaking to only the most masochistic have disappeared. Digital video has transformed both shooting and editing. Bloggers are spreading the word about films critics are ignoring. Video podcasting is creating a new, accessible and very personal style of filmmaking. And online communities like MySpace are connecting filmmakers who want to inspire each other and film viewers simply looking for something good to watch. As we build out our profile on MySpace, we'll also be doing here what we've done in the magazine: throwing a spotlight on some great movies and getting their directors to share with you the process of their productions. We'll be coming up with weekly picks of stuff you should know about, and we'll be offering a lot of advice on how to make movies. And we'll look forward to meeting filmmakers here, learning about your films, and hopefully helping by spreading the word. Scott Macaulay Editor