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Indes

on

the Internet
in the

Right: A sky-

high-tech industry, has a very
individualistic attitude about what

diver takes the

plunge on
iFilm.com.
Below: An
actress

his site will

provide for filmmakers.

"The Web has been very successful as

gets

a

down to
business in an
iFilm short
titled Sunday's

tool

[for] letting people

themselves since the first

express

days of the

Internet, [from] chat rooms and
to home pages and

bulletin boards

Game.

MP3s, [and] now video," Zitoun says.
"Like the Internet, Eveo is truly about

people and self-expression."
Based in New York and Los

Angeles, Nibblebox (www.nibblebox.com) is another of the

more

interesting online entertainment sites
on the Web. Created
by TV executive
David Bartis and film director Doug
Liman (Swingers, Go), Nibblebox
gives college students around the
country cameras, sound equipment,
funding and mentoring to allow
them

to

video, radio and

create

animated content to be showcased

on

the Web.

a

studio deal

accept home videos or pornographic

During their student days at
University, Bartis and Liman
founded an organization called The
National Association of College
Broadcasters.
They
created
Nibblebox for 18- to 24-year-old
college students, who are usually the
early adopters and innovators of the

Eveo

material.

Internet.

independent
enables aspiring

As

festivals. What

at Fox 2000.

In contrast to Atom Films and

iFILM, a few other sites have adopted
unorthodox business

plans and a
approach in
attempting to lure viewers and film¬
more

grass-roots

makers. Launched in the

summer

1999, San Francisco-based

(www.eveo.com) is
video network that
filmmakers

to

of

short videos

(dubbed "Eveos") that will premiere
on

the Web site. Most online enter¬

tainment

companies, such as Atom
Films, have a competitive selection
process that's not unlike those used
by traditional film distributors and

apart is

that

the site offers any

individual an
opportunity to showcase his work, as
long as it hews to a simple require¬
ment: a running time of three
minutes

an

create

sets Eveo

or

a

less. Eveo will also

not

predominantly DV-based

site, Eveo has assembled

a

creative

advisory board that includes inde¬
pendent DV pioneers such as
Bennett Miller

(The Cruise), Todd
(Frisk) and Haskell Wexler,
ASC (Bus Rider's Union). Eveo presi¬
dent and CEO Olivier Zitoun, who
Verow

has

more

than 14 years

of experience

Brown

The site has built
content creators

nerships with

a

network of

by developing part¬

campus

TV stations,

radio stations, film clubs and other
creative groups.

Students submit
projects, which
Nibblebox then puts through a selec¬
tion process. The chosen projects are
assigned mentors, who assist in the
development and creation of the
content; this program has already
benefited from the participation of
proposals

world-class
Steven

for

filmmakers

such

as

Soderbergh (The Limey, Erin

Brockovich)

and

Wim

Wenders

(Wings of Desire).
A good example of the type of
programming Nibblebox offers is a
show called Virtual Rob, which is
both episodic and interactive. Each
installment of the show features Rob,
the first clickable human

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