Ivan Morales [ha traducido](http://www.cinepremiere.com.mx/node/11716) mi post [Story is Free](http://johnaugust.com/archives/2010/story-is-free), si quieren leerlo en español.
Follow Up
Credits referendum overwhelmingly approved
The WGA’s [three uncontroversial proposals](http://johnaugust.com/archives/2010/wga-credits-proposals) for amending the TV and screen credits process passed by a [large margin](http://wga.org/content/default.aspx?id=4090):
* Screen Proposal – Uniform standard for screenplay credit on non-original screenplays – 85.7% in favor of adopting the amendment (1,237 yes; 197 no)
* Television Proposal #1 – Arbiter Teleconference in the case of non-unanimous decision – 91.4% in favor of adopting the amendment (1,319 yes; 86 no)
* Television Proposal #2 – Consolidation, reformatting, and clarification of Television Credits Manual and Separation of Rights Manual – 92.9 % in favor of adopting the amendment (1,341 yes; 64 no)
Thanks to everyone who voted.
Snake People for iPad
If you got an iPad this weekend, you know the iBooks app comes pre-installed with Winnie-the-Pooh. The attached iBookstore has a bunch of titles with which to fill your wood-grained shelves.
But in a welcome change from the walled garden of the App Store, iBooks will happily show you any ePub file you throw it. Including [last week’s short story](http://johnaugust.com/archives/2010/snake-people), Snake People.
If you want to test it out, you can download the ebook and try it out for yourself.
You’ll be downloading an ePub file that you need to drag over to iTunes. It will end up in the “Books” section of the sidebar, and should transfer the next time you sync. If it doesn’t, check that you have “Sync Books” ticked.
It’s not as slick as being able to purchase directly through the iBookstore, but Apple doesn’t let you “sell” free books. Neither does Amazon. It’s frustrating but understandable; they have costs, too.
If you have an iPad, try it out. Problems/concerns, leave a note here, or tweet.
Making and releasing the micro-budget indie
Several readers who couldn’t make it to the [One Too Many Mornings screening](http://johnaugust.com/archives/2010/one-too-many-mornings-screening) on Tuesday night asked whether there might be video from the Q&A I hosted afterwards. Thanks to the OTMM crew, there is:
* [Part One (8:45)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2SFKb9_EgU&feature=channel) talks about the genesis of the movie, from script through Sundance.
* [Part Two (9:57)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-nuiJj5tdo&feature=channel) looks at how they’re trying to get the movie out in the world, from direct downloads to DVDs to college screenings around the country.
Although the discussion in general will make sense to anyone interested in making indies, some of the specific details on OTMM will make more sense if you watch the movie.
In the rooftop party after the screening, several people asked about my interest in tiny movies — most of the projects I work on have a lot more commas and zeros in the price tag. To me, it’s an experiment in disintermediation, just like [The Variant](http://johnaugust.com/variant) was.
What happens when you take out the typical distributor? What do you gain? What do you lose?
I’m toying with the idea of doing [The Remnants](http://johnaugust.com/archives/2009/the-remnants-in-full) as an itty-bitty feature, but would only do it if I could get it out in the world in a way that made sense creatively and financially. So I’m watching things like OTMM closely. I’m happy to be a trailblazer, but would love to know what cliffs and monsters lie along that path.