While most certainly not an indie, the Bieb's Paramount-released concert film "Justin Bieber: Never Say Never" was indeed the year's top grossing documentary.
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Emily Price: "The film Searching For Sugar Man is nominated for Best Documentary at this year’s Academy Awards. But it might have not been completed if it wasn’t for an iPhone."
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Make that "Oscar-Winning Film" as Searching for Sugar Man has just won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. 
Margaret Doyle's curator insight,
February 25, 4:12 PM
Love this story of a DIY approach to storytelling. And lo and behold it was heard and received by the Academy! Go indie media go! 
Zan Chandler's curator insight,
February 25, 10:05 PM
And it actually won the Oscar!
While the amount of footage the filmmaker needed to make with his iPhone was small in terms of the overall, I think this sends a number of signals. 1 - consumer tech is getting closer and closer to industry standards and used in the right way can be effective; and 2 - this is another example of compelling content created with a DIY ethic.
I look forward to seeing more examples of where filmmaking can evolve. 
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March 9, 10:10 AM
A very nice film and made with a little effort. Thats fine to me. Delete the scoop?
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Jean-Luc Godard famously said, “Cinema is truth 24 frames-per-second.” He clearly isn’t balancing 3-D glasses on his nose and watching the fantasy action between elves, dwarves, and a low-key hobbit named Bilbo in filmmaker Peter Jackson’s highly anticipated and sparkly bright The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, shot at a much discussed 48 frames-per-second (fps) for release in High Frame Rate 3D (HFR 3D).
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Good question! And, one to which I hope to have my own answer after I see the movie tomorrow night :) Delete the scoop?
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Mark Wilson: "Remember when we said that Google Glass needed Gucci and Prada to reinvent its tech as cool? Well, apparently they took the advice pretty literally." Delete the scoop?
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Susan Karlin: "Long before ParaNorman’s protagonist could start battling zombies, Laika’s Brian McLean and his 40-member team had to tame a new stop-motion technology process. McLean talks about the bloody road to the film’s bleeding-edge character design." Delete the scoop?
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Joe Bailey, Jr. sizes up independent theatrical distribution and the arrival of Tugg via a case study of “Incendiary: The Willingham Case,” the award-winning documentary he co-directed with Steve Mims. Delete the scoop?
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Mark Wilson: "With just an SLR and a Kinect, these striking, 3-D avatars come to life. So what does tech like this herald for the future of film-making?" Delete the scoop?
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"ESSAY: A combination of technological advances and financial pressures has ushered in a new style of movie making, which, to many viewers raised on the grain and texture of film, looks like a bug that is well on its way to becoming a feature." Delete the scoop?
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"iPads are here, apps are here: there's no way of being a Luddite any more! You have to go with the flow," says Gilliam. Delete the scoop?
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Brent Lang: "Peter Jackson responded to criticism of his preview of "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" at CinemaCon this week, saying that audiences will eventually "settle into" the hyper-realistic look of the film shot at a higher frame rate." Delete the scoop?
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"Orly Ravid, founder and co-executive director of The Film Collaborative, shares ten tips that all filmmakers should know about the tricky world of digital distribution." Delete the scoop?
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"Let's start by making a distinction between participatory culture and Web 2.0. Today's participatory culture is the result of more than a hundred years of struggle" ...
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Part II of Frank Rose's interview with Henry Jenkins about his upcoming book, Spreadable Media. Part I of the interview can be found here. Delete the scoop?
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A new platform for digital comics is exploring the world of Tolkien while expanding the very idea of what a comic book can be.
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How progressive storytellers are embracing the freedom of form enabled by digital reading. 
Asil's curator insight,
December 12, 2012 2:42 PM
Charming images, interesting insights into the future of comics online. 
Henrik Safegaard - Cloneartist's curator insight,
December 13, 2012 4:30 AM
Digital comics is a medium that is still finding its footing. 2012 was a banner year, and saw the launch of new and progressive approaches to exploring the seemingly infinite possibilities of the digital canvas. One such launch was Comic Book Think Tank, spearheaded by Ron Perazza and Daniel Govar. Click the picture for the full story. @safegaard Delete the scoop?
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Adnaan Wasey: "Later this month, teams of filmmakers and developers will be challenged to create web documentary prototypes — be they mobile sites, web apps, widgets, games or something we’ve never seen before — over two days of intense collaboration." Delete the scoop?
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Katherine Brooks: "Scott Snibbe is a New York-based media artist whose innovative vision has taken the art and music worlds to new depths of interactivity. From giant, digital public installations to touch-screen based art, the visual artist behind musicians like Bjork and Passion Pit is bringing together art, music and technology in groundbreaking ways." Delete the scoop?
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"First screening of extended footage at CinemaCon meets with mixed reactions to 48 frames-per-second format"... Delete the scoop?
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