Advise taken. Upon posting this I will kindly ask that the thread be moved to the indie board. That said, I sympathetically address this:

omcdave, I know exactly where you are coming from and that is why I have started this company. Furthermore, that is exactly why the first few short films that we are doing will go directly to YouTube. We don't want you to spend money on something you're not going to like. Posting a few films on YouTube will give you and idea of what ideas we are boiling and you don't have to worry about losing $20 in the process. We can't promise that you will love everything we do, but we promise to keep it as original as possible and absolutely no remakes (I am so tired of Hollywood screwing up the classics I love). Therefore, no hard feelings.

In all fairness, that sounds like a good approach. We can try before we buy!

Cut me a slice of that low-res ham sandwich, will ya?

if you put a naked asian woman in peril in everyone of your movies i can GUARAN-FUCKING-TEE you that there is at least one person out there who will pre pay for the shit. RIGHT DAVE?

P.S. Good Luck with your endeavors, may the new year usher in many good things for you and your company.

Props to you.

Youtube is an OK idea but IMO better for very short clips (10 mins or less). The AV quality is not great and probably not the best way to show off your work. By all means, post there, but a higher quality download would also be a very good idea. If you don't want to have to wear the high bandwidth that would likely entail, distribute it P2P and/or on Usenet. That way, people could actually see all the good work you are no doubt doing :)

That is an excellent idea and I will. However, YouTube is a Mecca for thousands of people. Thus, I will probably post it in multiple arenas.

Simple answer, we do horror. I do not want to limit myself to any one subgenre. Largely because I like basically everything and also because not everyone likes the same thing.

Not to worry, we have a few ghost stories up our sleeves. As for new ideas, I liked the direction they went with The Blair Witch Project. However, I think it could have been 10 times more frightening than it was. Don't worry, I promise no Blair Witch remakes. Basically though, I want to change the rules. I want to make a slasher film that will provoke deep philosophical thought... I want to make a zombie flick that will make you break into tears... I want to make a good vs. evil movie in which evil is the good guy... I want to make you think that ghosts actually exists (if you don't already like I do). My five year plan is thus: make a wide variety of short films to release to the public free of charge and enter into local festivals, plan and write our first feature film, begin pre-production on feature film and create a prospectus for possible investors, seek investment, produce our feature film, make the devil give our souls back, enter the film in local and national festivals, and seek direct to video distribution. Add to that a DVD collection of our short films and we have ourselves a busy schedule. Can we pull it off? It's either that or we die trying because I am sick and tired of working a 9 to 5 and not living my dream. Sorry, determination slipping through there...but, one has to stay motivated.:D

HAHA, Nice plan! Now thats getting it done!

If you need help with the festival and convention route, let me know. PM me if you want. I will be working with a few people in charge of some film festivals that will be looking for entries and films to show.