In the wake of high-profile depatures at video sharing service Vimeo, an article in Indiewire questions how close the company is to achieving its goal of creating a marketplace for content creators and their audiences.
Last November, Vimeo began rolling out their creator services beginning with Tip Jara simple way for audiences to make a donation to filmmakersa good thought that failed to take off. Then came Moviessix feature length films available for purchase.
A poetic narrative about a relationship stressed by the distractions of technology. The first branded short to come from the new Vimeo Brand Creative Fund.
Vimeo has officially unveiled their plans for creators to monetize their videos. The first is called Tip Jar where anyone can use PayPal or a credit card to simply donate money to a filmmaker they appreciate.
DANIELS are on top of the world. How did they get there? We trace their careers from the beginning through a curated selection of their most important videos in our first-ever creator retrospective.
I've got some big news to share which is exciting for me personally, (evidenced by the post title), but which should be positive for the site and, by turn, you too. A month ago I was offered, and accepted, the position of Curator at Vimeo.
The viral success over the last 36 hours of the dark fan film POWER/RANGERS highlights the tremendous appeal of the genre. The fact that its creators are in potential legal jeopardy, illustrate the drawbacks.
From the video site we believe hosts some of the most impressive short films around, comes a much overdue official festival. And they're going big.
On January 24th, 2011, Jason Sondhi and I released our festival-winning short film, The Thomas Beale Cipher, out onto the great wild web. Like many filmmakers, I wrestled with the decisions of when and how to put my film online.
