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This is a step by step tutorial on how to create custom iFrame tabs for Facebook fan pages and how to embed the Dynamo Video player on your Facebook page to allow users to watch in full screen.

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photo credit: Kevin Steele What started out as a usual Friday afternoon quickly turned into the craziest 72 hours online that I can remember since I first fired up my 14.4k modem back in 1995. Over that period I have run pretty much the full gamut of emotions from despair to elation with every possible [...]

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If you are an independent filmmaker in the UK or you’re an actor involved in low budget films you need to mark March 18th 2010 in your diary. A meeting is taking place in London which could potentially revolutionise the way low budget and indie films are made in the UK and change the landscape [...]

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The debate over National Minimum Wage and low budget filmmaking took an interesting turn a couple of weeks ago when Shooting People launched a survey of its members to see whether or not they supported working for less than NMW. Many critics of SP who had previously accused the organisation of ignoring the issue subsequently [...]

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From YouTube to Hollywood

December 17, 2009

Uruguayan filmmaker, Fede Alvarez, posted his low budget short film Ataque de Panico! (Panic Attack) on YouTube last month. The film cost $300 to make. According to an article on the BBC website, he uploaded the film on a Thursday and by Monday he’d received offers from Hollywood studios to make a feature film. He’s [...]