OpenIndie.com Will Transform the Film Industry

Filmmakers Arin Crumley and Kieran Masterton encourage independent filmmakers to add their film to OpenIndie and promote their film with Social Media like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.

Audiences can discover films they want to see, request a screening in their area, put on a screening of any film on the website and share revenue with the filmmaker. Both independent filmmaker and audience now have the ability to measure the demand of any film in any area.

We've seen the model work for Four Eyed Monsters in 2005. We've seen the model work wonderfully for Paranormal Activity in 2009. OpenIndie will make the model accessible to all filmmakers in 2010. Development of the website will take place over time; depending on the success of the filmmakers' Kickstarter campaign.

Arin Crumley and Kieran Masteron are asking filmmakers to donate $100 in exchange for site membership and 1 hour free consulting. There's an opportunity here for independent filmmakers to take advantage of Crumley's experience with alternative media and self-distribution.

Open Indie has the potential to change the way independent filmmakers distribute their films and make independent film production a sustainable enterprise. It's an attempt to reinvent the traditional distribution model with alternative media that pays filmmakers first.