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Tuesday, March 16, 2010 - 3:00 PM - Tampa Indie Film Log for Filmmaker C. A. Passinault
Tampa Bay Film Updates. Review Policy Revealed.
I decided to resume
updates on Tampa Bay Film, and the Tampa Bay Film sites, three months
early. Although the online film festival is doing well with the search
engines and traffic, I’m not too happy about the lower than expected
performance for Tampa Bay Film itself. This will change, as there are
flaws in the code stemming back to the original site conception in late
2006, and content from the main site was cannibalized to start the other
Tampa Bay Film sites (you should see what it did for the content count
when I had to move the reviews from Tampa Bay Film to Tampa Film Review).
Tampa Bay Film is going to need a lot of work, and that work has to be
done by late spring.
See, I openly recognize, and acknowledge, my own shortcomings. I am then
free to correct those shortcomings, and move ahead. I’m not perfect,
but this is how we grow. I’ll come out ahead, every time, with this
process. Why can’t Tampa filmmakers, and film festival organizers,
do this? Why?
So, I am now going to be spending a good percentage of my time working
on Tampa Bay Film and its sites, regularly, although we will not be spending
much time covering film festivals and Tampa indie film for the rest of
the year. Those efforts will come in 2011.
Content-wise, there are going to be a lot of reviews, and most of those
reviews are backlogged, and already in the works. The Tampa Film Review
Tampa Bay Film site will see a lot of updates in the coming days and weeks.
Starting now, and especially in the future, coverage of film festivals,
and selected films, will be segmented. For example, take film festivals.
We will send a crew to cover film festivals, with part of the staff covering
the film festival and interviewing people, and the other part reviewing
the film festival itself. In those instance, there would be coverage of
the film festival published on the main Tampa Bay Film site, and a review
of the same film festival on Tampa Film Review. For expanded coverage,
we’d cover the film festival of three fronts. A part of the crew
would cover the film festival, a part of the crew would review the film
festival, and another part of the crew (or team) would watch and review
the films; each film being given its own review on Tampa Film Review.
With a large film festival, you could expect to see an article covering
it on Tampa Bay Film, A review of the film festival on Tampa Film Review
(with both referenced on Tampa Film Festivals), and a review of each film
on Tampa Film Review, as well. As you can see, that’s a lot of content,
and a level of coverage never seen before in Tampa indie film.
Each Tampa Bay Film site will be a “channel”, with the appropriate
content published on that channel, and referenced from the others.
So, why are we going to do so much work covering, and reviewing, Tampa
indie film? Because it needs to be done, and no one else seems to be doing
it, and if they are, they are not doing a good job doing it. So far, all
that we’ve seen have been politics and hype. The Tampa indie film
scene needs balance, and qualified opinion to weigh in. We need to see,
realistically, where we stand, with problems identified, and acknowledge
where we are before we can move on and advance the Tampa indie film scene.
Now that I’ve said that, I really need to qualify my position as
far as content, coverage, and reviews.
Contrary to what some in the Tampa indie film scene may claim, I did not
set up Tampa Bay Film to slam people in the Tampa film scene, and the
site is not intended to trash the efforts of filmmakers. I set up Tampa
Bay Film to advance Tampa indie film! I really do not have anything against
anyone, although I certainly do have reason to do so. Despite conflicts
with certain people, I am objective and unbiased; if the people who I
don’t personally like make a good film, I’ll be the first
one to say that they made a good film.
I don’t like writing anything bad, or negative, about anyone. Every
film festival which I cover, and every film that I see, I go in hoping
for the best. If Tampa filmmakers and film festival organizers did good
work, they would not get bad reviews from me. It’s as simple as
that. Want good reviews? Do good work!
I’ve always stated that one issue that I have is that I state the
obvious. Well, that would be an issue, indeed, if I really did state the
obvious, and everyone was able to sift through the hype and be able to
form their own opinions. In the case of Tampa indie film, everything is
not obvious. There is so much hype, politics, propaganda, misinformation,
and other games going on in Tampa indie film that someone has to tell
it how it is. No one is, and I have to step up to the plate and help others
sort out the mess. Tampa filmmakers are self-deluded, and so is their
audience. It simply shocks me when I see the crap which people accept
as good, and the way that people will spin things in order to justify
their values. If I don’t make a clouded issue obvious, no one else
will.
I have the strongest voice in the Tampa inde film scene, and it would
be a shame if I didn’t use it to improve Tampa indie film!
There is a lot wrong with Tampa indie film, and we all have to come to
terms with what it is that is wrong before we can fix it. Right now, we
don’t have a film community. We have no strong leaders. We don’t
have very many good films. Tampa indie film, despite the advancements
in filmmaking technology and more people becoming involved, has not made
any progress in the past ten years! We have a corrupt indie film scene
with self-serving, back-stabbing politics, and no professionalism and
support. We have a fragmented indie film scene where Tampa filmmakers
are not respected. Ask yourself this: Do Tampa filmmakers deserve respect?
At this point, I am beginning to realize that many filmmakers in the Tampa
indie film scene do not deserve to make it in the industry. I’m
thinking that we’ll all be better off bringing new filmmakers into
the market; talented new filmmakers who can compete with the old guard
and displace them from the market. Yes, that is a hint to something that
I am working on. New filmmakers, in my opinion, are the key to putting
Tampa indie film on the map. If the established, current filmmakers do
not improve, I will do what I can in the future to assist their new competition,
and will do what I can to inspire the old filmakers to hang up their hats
and retire. You had your chance, and failed. It’s time to move over
for talented, new filmmakers who will actually make a difference!
We have much to realize. Our eyes must be opened. We have much to address.
We have much to discuss. We have a lot of work to do, and a long way to
go, before Tampa indie film is on the map. We have even farther to go
before we are in position to become leaders in the indie film industry.
But I assure you that this is a possible, and perhaps even probable, future.
Although it is not going to make me popular, I don’t care. I have
to do something about the issues with Tampa indie film. So, I will deliver
comprehensive, unbiased coverage and reviews. I’ll tell it how it
is, because no one else is.
In related issues, I am rather annoyed with my requests for screeners
being ignored by some filmmakers. Are you embarrassed about your films?
Are you afraid of getting a bad review? If it’s difficult for people
to see your films, what’s the point of making them? Although annoying,
in general, and inconvenient, I’ll do my best to review those films
when I can; it’s just hard to give films and coverage if I can’t
obtain the material that I need, you know?
I’m going to review Tampa indie film, like it or not, and if anyone
tries to make my job more difficult, I will be sure to note that in my
reviews.
Disagree with me? That’s fine! Disagree with me! Look at the Tampa
Film Blog. Notice anything interesting? That’s right! The Tampa
Film Blog is no longer limited to my voice, and my opinions. It is a platform
for all of our voices. If anyone out there disagrees with me, I invite
you to openly debate with me here on the Tampa Film Blog. I’m always
open to a public debate regarding any of my published opinions or reviews.
So far, I haven’t had any takers, and I am beginning to wonder why.
Perhaps it’s because everyone realizes that I am right? Perhaps,
then, I really am stating the obvious, and people are just keeping quiet
in an attempt to avoid conflict. Cowards. We need to start asking questions,
and challenging what’s being done, before we will be able to improve
the Tampa indie film scene! Conflict is unavoidable in our quest for change,
and improvement. It is the only way that we can grow.
Someone told me the other night that “We are laughing at you!”.
Well, that’s great for you then, and I don’t really care,
but it doesn’t address the real issues. In my opinion, the large
film festivals, and even Hollywood, are laughing at them, and that’s
a whole lot worse than a few unprofessional filmmakers making jabs at
me because I take a stand, and tell it how it is.
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