Filmmaker Archive for: Mike Ambs

Mike Ambs moved to Los Angeles in February 2004, from the small town in south eastern Michigan where he grew up. He is a certified graphic designer and a naturally talented editor, with a truly unique ability to capture life through a camera lens. In 2007 Mike won 1st place in the Network 2 “how to watch internet TV” video contest and in 2008 was a finalist in the Cannes Babelgum online film festival. Mike has worked as an editor and camera operator for NBC.com and is currently working as editor for the amazing internet show Epic-FU.

Mar 01 0 comments
For Thousands of Miles

Skip Perfection & Launch Early

Earlier this week I read a tip on The 99 Percent site, titled, The Beta Principle: Skip Perfection & Launch Early - the post made a strong argument for start-ups to avoid the drag of over-refining and take to advantage of early user-feedback. But, when reading, I couldn’t help but see how this “launch early” [...]

Feb 13 0 comments
For Thousands of Miles

do something different

I was going through my unread Instapaper list tonight - cleaning things up, watching videos I had saved for later, etc - and I came across a post by Ted Hope, from his blog, Truly Free Film, titled: 50* Ways You Can Do Something Different On This Production.
There were a few points that I particularly [...]

Jan 25 0 comments
FILMMAKER SUMMIT 2010, For Thousands of Miles

Assembling a Distribution Team

The Filmmaker Summit is just two days away tomorrow - the event is a collective effort of the teams behind the Workbook Project, Open Video Alliance and Slamdance. I’ve been spending some of my free-time keeping up with the discussions on WBP, many of which dealing with festivals, distribution methods, social media, and DIY culture [...]

Nov 08 0 comments
For Thousands of Miles

*this* meets *this*

Amanda and I had already been struggling to get Pedal off the ground for 3 years by the time we released Episode One (in Dec of 06). Even at that stage in pre-production, the story driving the feature length film had evolved quite a bit since day 1 of planning.

The project was always growing, and [...]

Oct 06 0 comments
For Thousands of Miles

Leaps and Bounds

There are days, weeks even, where this project can feel stuck in the mud. That no matter how hard I try; I just spin in place - and it goes without much saying that it’s a difficult feeling to put up with. Whether it’s accurate or not.
And I’m not writing this post to whine or [...]

Sep 28 2 comments
For Thousands of Miles

Five films that inspire FToM

Kickstarter is a special site - and it has fostered a special community. I’ve always loved the internet, if not simply for it’s unique ability to inspire. Anyone, anywhere in the world, can start sharing their labor of love - and stumbling across these hard-to-find projects usually leads to new ideas and new relationships.

I first [...]