How do you look at the film industry and discover new needs and niches? How do you create innovative fare that will find an audience? And how do you turn your first indie feature into an online phenomenon? In this interview, Chris Elston of Three Blind Artists shares his expertise, experience, and insights into these and other questions.

3BA is dedicated to becoming the go-to company for family and commercial-friendly fare, but are doing it outside of the mainstream. Putting the indie ethos of tenacity, integrity, community, and vision to work, 3BA recently completed its first feature, Shelter. A character drama set in a bomb shelter on the eve of apocalypse, Shelter is already generating internet buzz with its intriguing trailer. With a sophomore effort already well under way, and almost a dozen equally buzz-worthy projects in the pipeline, things are looking bright for this family-run enterprise.

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'Shelter' - Produced by Three Blind Artists

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This is Part 1 of an ongoing series examining websites designed for indie film producers.

MyMoveNetwork.com, a relatively undiscovered indie web gem, is a good place to start if you’re trying to understand some of the innovative ways passionate film fans are making the much ballyhooed “indie film web revolution” more than just hype.

Unlike director-oriented sites like YouTube, MMN is outstanding in the way it encourages filmmakers to put not just their films online, but their entire production ‘company’ as well. Perhaps best described as a social networking service for the professionals, amateurs, friends, and students who make indie films happen, MMN is much more than a quick internet diversion: it’s a great vision of how the web can build professional artistic communities.

How does it work?  MyMovieNetwork co-founder Ben Pinkhasik gives us a quick tour…

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