I can see I am going to get tired of hearing about all of this in 2010.

The things they never talk about in these articles are how much the filmmakers who are "success stories" are making.

Ask the guy who made Four Eyed Monsters how much he made.

Look at the Netflix, Metacritic and IMDB ratings for these films that are self distributed. Why are they all at a 56% rating?

Why do indie films without name actors that do get a traditional deal have 85% ratings?

Does any of that mean anything?

To me, this whole thing is a racket. Peter Broderick is a great guy, but his business is consulting. It is to his benefit that there is always a new revolution going on. It helps him sell his $350 an hour consulting service.

In the mid 90's he wrote an article about the $7000 film revolution.

Then it was the DV revolution.

Then it was the HD revolution.

Now it is the internet revolution.

Smart guy. Like Apple, Canon and Adobe, he is making bank off of filmmakers who couldn't get a traditional distribution deal. More than likely because of the 56% crappy rating their film got.

So these desperate filmmakers, who don't realize they have made a piece of crap. Or an art film that the general public doesn't want to see. They turn to the internet. Not only are they getting a distribution deal now, but they are cutting out the evil empire of Hollywood in the process.

Complete Independence!!!! Say it ain't so!!!

Blue skies. Sunny days. The American Dream. Oh My!

Then they sell 4 copies of their movie. Or maybe they hit the "big time" and make $25,000 off their movie. The movie that cost them $15,000.

Not enough to live off of. Not enough to make a better film the next time out.

Major corporations own this world. They buy and sell our politicians. With their power, they dictate our foreign policy.

And along with everything else in the world, they will own the internet. One could argue they already do.

And nothing will have changed. Other than Peter Broderick continuing to pull in $350 an hour.

I've been there, done that. It rarely works. For every success story there are a thousand filmmakers who put their film up on Createspace or Film Baby and sold six copies of it.

But I also want to add that if you are a filmmaker and do it.

I hope you succeed.

Unless you are someone who screwed me over, then I hope you fail.

But if not, and you make it... well, good for you. Always nice to see someone's dreams come true.

I just don't think the internet changes anything.

Covered travelling wagon, drive in, home video or internet... the venues are all different, but the central problem of finding an audience remains the same.

And you need lots of money to do that. Whether by spending it on traditional advertising.

Or by paying yourself and five other people a salary for three years to work the internet 40 hours a week, making "friends", building your fan base or whatever cool buzzwords they are using this week to describe the process.

It takes money to make money. Always has, always will.

I have heard of filmmakers who built up a fan base of 5000 people, then when it came time to sell the dvd, they sold 50 copies.

Not good. Do you know how much time it takes to make 5000 "friends" on Facebook?

But what do I know? I guess not much since I am not making $350 an hour.