Radar's first music video commission hits the front pages!
RadarMusicVideos.com is
a new social network that gives filmmakers worldwide the chance to
pitch for music videos. Now 3 months old, their first completed
commission has just gone online where it's secured front pages on the
mighty YouTube, Dailymotion and Viddler. 28 Costumes, the band who
commissioned the video for £500 are ecstatic; "we're really happy with
the video, Will and George (the filmmakers) were great to work with and
we're over the moon about the coverage we're getting, it's amazing"
Radar Music Videos is an innovative social network combined with a
commissioning & promotion agency. The 800+ members worldwide, many
of them multi-award winning filmmakers, pitch on music video briefs.
It's a service catching on quickly with record labels, management and
unsigned bands alike. Budgets range from $10k/£5k to $1400/£700. Some
briefs are performance led, others are open, making production possible
anywhere from Argentina to Zambia.
Director Sophie Muller was given $150,000 to make a music video for Sarah McLachlan. Instead she spent $15 and gave the rest to the causes outlined in the resulting film. This was actually made in 2004 so is hardly news, but only now with the wonder of the web does has this come to wider (er, our) attention.
news in from filmmaka of an interesting competition:
Filmaka are offering a chance to direct a promo for at least £5k, if you go to their site, upload 2 minutes of footage you have made plus a pitch for the new Unkle song 'Restless' (which is on the site). The deadline is 17th December so get cracking...
Surprise South African hit The Crazy Monkey movie Straight Outta Benoni is going to London on the Sunday the 9th of April for two sneak previews. The two lead actors and writers/creators will be there as well as the production team. Straight Outta Benoni, had a long and fruitful cinema run in South Africa.
