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Andrew Allen devotes much of his free time to finding new and exciting short films online for his Shortoftheweek.com blog.
But when it was time to release his own short film, The Thomas Beale Cipher, Allen and his partner-in-crime Jason Sondhi instead opted for a more traditional approach, showing the film at more than a dozen festivals. “I felt a twinge of guilt,” Allen wrote on his blog this week, adding:
I praise the courage of online films here on Short of the Week, yet I was reluctant to post my own film online. Honestly, I didn’t know the best way to do it, and deep down I was afraid that a misstep would spell disaster for a project that I, and others, gave so much to. I knew we couldn’t just toss it up on YouTube and say our prayers.
But when it was time to release his own short film, The Thomas Beale Cipher, Allen and his partner-in-crime Jason Sondhi instead opted for a more traditional approach, showing the film at more than a dozen festivals. “I felt a twinge of guilt,” Allen wrote on his blog this week, adding:
I praise the courage of online films here on Short of the Week, yet I was reluctant to post my own film online. Honestly, I didn’t know the best way to do it, and deep down I was afraid that a misstep would spell disaster for a project that I, and others, gave so much to. I knew we couldn’t just toss it up on YouTube and say our prayers.
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This is quite interesting. There is evidence to support this as well, for example the website we chose some short films from earlier in the year - Short Films of the Week - however festivals are more of a culture thing so there is another element to it of sentimental value above all else. Also, if your film is good enough to really do well in a festival, there are still opportunities from big movie moguls that come to scout for some new, fresh talent.