How did they get famous on YouTube?
More about the film here:
http://www.ButterfliesTheMovie.com
Rent the whole film on YouTube now for only $2.99:
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Butterflies is a feature documentary film following the lives of six young people that are prominent 'weblebrities' on the video site YouTube. The film explores the new media, its power and its future. Will the Internet overcome traditional media? Will new media and traditional media merge?
The f...
Thank you so much to everyone for all your support and renting Butterflies.
We are only one click away from 3200 views on YouTube rentals:)
Hope you enjoyed the film and it gave you some ideas on how to make more money on YouTube.
The YouTube community has changed so much since the premiere of the film. We are really
happy that we were able to capture its beginnings and talk to some of the YouTubers, who started it all.
Best of luck with your YouTube channel.
Love,
http://www.Bu...
Ester Brym's feature documentary Butterflies focuses on the celebrity life of YouTube personalities.
The film premiered in July 2009 at AOF film festival in LA and signed with UK distributor Journeyman Pictures in October.
The director shot this as her directing debut on a budget put together from her savings and credit cards.
See what people say about the movie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4IzM59EZnI
Watch the trailer:
http://www.ButterfliesTheMovie.com
Watch the film now:
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Dear Butterflies:
The time has come and Butterflies, my feature doc about YouTubers, is out there for all of you to see!!!
Well, not quite yet...but soon :) Very soon!
Butterflies wrapped up the festival season at First Glance Film Fest in Philly by receiving one last Award and
we have singed a distribution deal with Journeyman Pictures from UK. They will distribute the film all around the world.
You can check updates on their website here:
Also, we got some new behind the scenes foota...
After party will follow the Friday screening :) Please come and join us or check for more dates here:
http://www.ButterfliesTheMovie.com
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The Award Winning documentary Butterflies has been selected into
Southern California festival in Temecula,
and will play this September at the Temecula Valley International Film & Music Festival.
"Butterflies is the first feature film that profiles the YouTube community and examines the power of online media.
The film had its World Premiere last month at AOF Film Festival, where it received the Alan J. Bailey Excellence Award
for Documentary Filmmaking and was nominated for Bes...
Good morning:
Just a quick reminder that the 1st ever documentary film about YouTube, Butterflies, is to have its World Premiere exactly one week from today!
Would love to meet all of my fest21.com friends, so if you can make it, come and say hi :)
Butterflies got nominated for Best Social Commentary Award and will screen at this year's AOF Film Festival !
www.aoffest.com
July 27th, 2009 @ 8PM Regency Theatre,
673 E Colorado Blvd Pasadena, CA
After party to follow the screening!!!
Pl...
An interview with the director of Butterflies, Ester Brymova will be in the next issue of Reflex, the equivalent of Time magazine in the Czech Republic. The issue goes on sale Thursday and you can also read the article online at www.reflex.cz.
Also, history of YouTube, and short interviews with some of the characters in the film, like LisaNova, DaveDays, Mr Safety or XgobobeanX are part of the article.
You can see the World Premiere of Butterflies at the NewFilmmakers series in New...
Today, we received our 1st offer for Butterflies for worldwide distribution from Journeyman Pictures. We are very excited, considering the film hasn't started its festival run yet. We are looking forward to see where this "journey" takes us.
See more about the film here:
http://www.ButterfliesTheMovie.com
or
http://www.youtube.com/butterfliesthemovie
http://www.myspace.com/reality2008themovie
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1381735/
For any quest...
This is the trailer for feature documentary film about YouTube called Butterflies.
More info about film here: http://www.ButterfliesTheMovie.com
Director: Ester Brym.
Butterflies is a feature documentary film following the lives of six young people that are prominent 'weblebrities' on a video site YouTube. The film explores the new media, its power and its future. Will the Internet overcome traditional media? Will new media and traditional media merge?
The film documents the struggles and successes of characters
Lisanova, Mr. Safety, Davedays, Boh3m3, Olgakay and Xgobobeanx and their hopes to become the new 'virtual' celebrities.
Also in the film: Fred, SxePhil, Charles Trippy, KevJumba, Kicesie, Paperlilies, KatiesOpinion, Daxflame, Joe Satriani, Esmee Denters, Whatthebuck, David Foley, Renetto, ClipCritics, Katy Perry, GayGod, Nigahiga, Chad Hurley and others.
