The
"Film Fest" section is perhaps one of the biggest
answers to a microfilmmaker's prayers (aside from an offer
to purchase your film!): an organized list of 1,200 national
and international film festivals. Locations, addresses,
emails, websites, phone numbers; no more spending long hours
on the Internet trying to find contact information…
it's all there. It's also organized so that you can keep
track of your submissions, follow-ups, etc. This section
is a nice touch that shows the creators had indie filmmakers
in mind when they put this together.
Finally,
the "Security and Administration" features let
you set limits on the information various crew members can
access. For example, the Executive Producer has complete
access; the Assistant Director only has access to scheduling,
rehearsals, locations, and cast/crew information. (These
security limitations can be altered as you see fit.) This
is nice because you can have the important crew members
accessing only the information they need, which can eliminate
the chance of the wrong people getting into the wrong info.
Additionally, the top-level (Executive Producer) has the
option on the "Projects" screen to lock a production,
meaning that no one else can access any information on that
project.
Depth
of Options
What can this software do? Well, organizationally speaking,
there's very little it can't do. A producer could load this
onto his or her laptop computer and be able to take care
of everything they need to for multiple film projects. No
papers, head shots, or photographs to misplace or damage,
no cds to lose or mix up; everything is in one place. The
ability to upload photos, video clips, storyboards, and
scripts makes it a lot easier to store and quickly locate
important information. In fact, with the amount of information
this software keeps track of and everything it does, I'd
say that the only other thing a producer needs to take with
him to work is enough change to get his daily cappuccino.
Performance
This software performs excellently for what it's supposed
to do. It can upload many different forms of media and is
compatible with different software, which is a must in the
ever-changing world of crossover technology.
There
were, however, several times when I accidentally closed
out the entire program by clicking the "Quit"
button on the Login screen, thinking it would cancel it,
instead. It was a pain to wait for the program to save everything
and close down before I could restart it. A few times, I
didn't realize what I had done until it was too late. It
wasn't a huge issue, although It would be nice to have a
simple "Are you sure you want to exit?" or "Do
you want to save what you've worked on?" window pop
up to prevent accidental shutdowns.
