Since we completed THE JUJU GUM CONSPIRACY we've been slowly collecting contact information for people in the film industry. We have lists of film distributers, sales agents, media etc. and the original plan was to send them all a screener and a nice e-mail, and wait to see if anyone bit. Let's face it, in the industry we are little fish and without some great representation or well known actors it can be really hard to get interest. When we joined Steemit we quickly began to see the power of independent distribution. We put all the the lists aside and began brewing other plans.
We didn't make this film in a traditional way and it seemed silly to try to go the traditional route for distribution. We are releasing the film here on Steemit on Monday January 8th (if you haven't heard us screaming this from the rooftops for the last few weeks) and realized with this EXCLUSIVE RELEASE perhaps we could kill two birds with one stone. Instead of going begging we could release it here on our own terms and also try to get some industry people curious.
This week we sent out a mass email with our trailer and an invitation to come and watch what could potentially be the future of the film industry! And we threw in a little Steemit explanation for those who most likely know nothing about crypto.
Photo courtesy of Dan Nyborg
We made an attempt to describe Steemit in a simple way.... not easy, and connect it to content creation:
VIP INVITATION to the decentralized FILM PREMIERE of THE JUJU GUM CONSPIRACY
With the emerging interest in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, independent film makers José and Julia are forging a new path for film releases. Peer to peer distribution is a new way for content creators to present their work while retaining full ownership. Creators then have the opportunity to be compensated based on appreciation in a digital gift economy.
Starting January 8th 2018 THE JUJU GUM CONSPIRACY will be released as a 14 episode series and launched on the platform Steemit.com
One episode will be posted per day (8PM EST) at this address: https://steemit.com/@vachemorte
Exactly one month after the release, on February 8th, the links will be set to private so anyone is able to view the film for free during this 30 day period.
You are cordially invited to join us in viewing the film and partaking in this innovative, first of it's kind WORLD PREMIERE!
Inquiries about THE JUJU GUM CONSPIRACY can be sent as a reply to this email.
Welcome to the future,
VacheMorte Productions Team
We of course included a trailer/press kit and details of the film but this is the gist of it. I feel like a lot of people are still ignoring the crypto world even with Bitcoin skyrocketing, but what if some of them are interested? We also sent the press release to film and culture media agencies, so we may even get some press out of it!
Making this imperfect little monster was such a great experience but it was a ton of work. Can you see how tired I am in the image above, my arms could barely hold the rig anymore and @vachemorte's precious genitals are in danger :D
It was composed of a million little ideas, words, images, sounds and a billion little pieces of our soul and we hope you will join us on @vachemorte's page during the release!
Each small block you see here is composed of hundreds of even smaller blocks, what a puzzle this was!
Woow look like you work really hard here!! Wish you the best and actually I can't wait to see the film !! :D I work with the radio and social media here in my country, maybe I can help you out to spread the film if you want to. Let me know :)
Thanks you @jokossita! If theres anything you can do we would appreciate it! It's Steemit exclusive so you have to get people here which I know is not an easy task, lol!
I'm on it, totally working on that!! I'm Venezuelan and the economy thing is not as good as you can think of a country like mine, the minimun salary here is less than $5 ( that's the pay of a month of work) so Steemit platform is a great way to solve the money to get food and medicins, for me it has been a blessing. I can help you out with that film haha
Yes I've met many people from Venezuela and it seems the conditions are tough, thank goodness for steemit though definitely a blessing!
Wow I wish you all a lot of success with the release of your film. Unfortunately I have no influence of any kind but for me you guys already succeed by just going for it. Well done and I stay tuned
Thank you! influence or not it will mean a lot to us if you watch it :)
It’s gonna be Steemit and Chill I’m already waiting in line with my sleeping bag ;) I want the best seat haha good luck 👍🍀
Can't wait!
Good luck... resteemed.
Thank you I can't either so glad the day is almost here!
Wooohooooo
Wooooohooooo indeed!
I'll be traveling on monday/tues (limited internet), so may have to catch up later on :-/
Congratulations though!
And - is that screen shot Abode Premiere?
No problem the links will be available for one month you have lots of time, and yes that's premiere! Thank you I'm so excited!
Can't wait!
Wish you a huge success for your film @juliakponsford :)
Thank you so much and I'm glad you said success instead of luck :)
Yeah I have very little faith in luck... If you're prepared to win, You'll win anyway despite countless unforeseen circumstances
And I have faith in you guys!~ :)
Whoaaa! This is happening!
Everything is truly possible in this decentralized community. Will look forward to this. Getting giddy already. :)
Yes the possibilities are exciting it's a cool time to be alive!
Oh, this is exciting, I look forward to checking it out. :)
Congrats on the production btw.
Thanks swerdan let us know what you think, we are over the moon excited!
I will, making movies is something I have always wanted to do. I hope I get the chance one day to do it. I think the idea of releasing it on steem first is an awesome decision.
Very cool, I’ll look out for it. Love the fact that it’s STEEM exclusive!
Yes! Anyone who wants to see it even our friends have to come here lol no exceptions!
Whoaaa! Good Job Friend :D ..
Thank you Ruben!
The first one to be released on a decentralised blockchain network. You are welcome here and I wish you best of luck for your film and your team.
Thank you so much I appreciate the good wishes :)
I can't wait to watch it! Resteemed and I'll promote it on the radio over the weekend!
Thank you Isaria that would be awesome!
Wow! I'm excited😊 Congratulations.🎉
Thanks you so much, see you at the premiere!
This is so great! I can’t wait to watch it 😃
Thanks for your support :)
I am so looking forward to watching this! The tiny bits I've seen are like Grandma's jam--I just ate it up.
LOL grandmas jam, sweeeeet !
seriously excited for this!!!!!!!!
Thank you termite :) Its finally here eeeeee, seems like its taking forever!
No, Thankyou!!!
Looking forward to seeing the film.
My daughter is at college studying film making so I will show her this to encourage her to get active on steemit.
Yes would love to have more film makers on Steemit!
I am already on the line
cool i hope you enjoy it :)
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very good initiative ..
Congratulations
Thank you so much :D
Wow! That is a very very good news @juliakponsford, can't wait to see the new film :)
Hopefully we can bring some people here, everyone neds to stop being so scared of crypto!
Love the caption for the editing screen shot.
"Each small block you see here is composed of hundreds of even smaller blocks, what a puzzle this was!"
The blockchain of clips connected together!
Looking forward to viewing your work.
Cheers.
Hehe yes we're putting all our little blocks within blocks ON the block! Thanks and I hope you enjoy it!
It looks so great Vachemorte and Juliakponsford, I can understand the part that you show the video editor blocks, it takes a life time!! you guys did a great job!!
Haha yes that part was even longer than we thought, thanks for the good wished David!
I am really looking forward to watching each week! :D:D Great job pioneering this sort of distribution!
I think the film Industry probably thinks a platform like this is small potatoes and at the moment I guess it is but as more and more like steemit spring up I think they will become a big threat, flipping the power balance is going to be an interesting thing to see!
Yeah you are probably right, but if we observe the trend over the past decade or so, decade and a half, we can see that the decentralization of media is a serious occurrence and consideration. Praise the Internet! :)
woah... I wanna cry right now hehe.. 😢 this is it ! Im so excited!
The amount of support people have given us is making me want to cry, I think we need some tissues 😢 I feel so lucky to have found this place!
today is monday..im waiting for it :)
wow cool!!!
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Wow amazing art..Keep up it..
Best of luck my friend , thanks a lot for sharing. carry on your life
Sounds really cool. I want to see it.
Lucky for you it's out Monday, see you at the premiere!
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Hi! Where can I read more about your films?
I am actually very happy to see this here.
Sweet! Today's the day. Looking forward to seeing the start of your film this evening.
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