Erica Harrell
Producer

I’m not crazy about blogs. When Danny first had the idea to have people who worked on A Monster in the Attic blog about the process of filmmaking I hoped I wouldn’t have to do it. Danny always had to gently remind me every once in a while to blog. I never really saw the point, but that is because I wasn’t educated on the power of the blog.

When I was in Orlando before production began on my other feature, Baker, Danny and I met with our adviser Mike Monello. Mike is the genius who worked on the massive internet marketing campaign behind The Blair Witch Project. Which was a film made by students also from the University of Central Florida. Mike encouraged Danny and I to keep up with our blogging so when A Monster in the Attic was complete we would have a built in fan base of our blog readers who would then want to watch our film. This made a lot of sense to me and a realized the power of the blog because, even though I am anti blogging, I read and am influenced by several blogs: Candy Blog, Defamer, LOST Blog, and Schrute Space. Now months later I have learned to like the process of blogging. Mike Monello has his own blog here and at Indiewire.

According to Wikipedia, Blogging began around 1983. As of September 2007, blog search engine Technorati Profile“>Technorati was tracking more than 106 million blogs.

Last Friday in the Los Angeles Times, there was an interesting article on a film blog for the recently released documentary Kurt Cobain, About A Son. The filmmaker, AJ Schnack, began his blog to promote the film, but soon the blog is what AJ became known for. This blog has made AJ “something of an authority figure for the world of documentaries, covering various issues faced by nonfiction filmmakers.” His blog has become so popular as a source of news and information for filmmakers. So much so that AJ had to create a separate blog just for the film Kurt Cobain, About A Son.

I think its amazing that his blog has united the documentary community as well as promoted his own film. Soon the A Monster in the Attic Blog will also feature clips from our behind the scenes documentary series Making a Monster along with other exclusive online content. This summer in Kanab the A Monster in the Attic documentary crew also made a short doc on the Heritage House. We hope to also have clips from that on this blog soon!

[tags]Blogging, Mike Monello, Haxan, The Blair Witch Project, Candy Blog, Lost Blog, Schrute Space, Campfire NYC, Indiewire, Los Angeles Times, Kurt Cobain About A Son, AJ Schnack, Making a Monster[/tags]