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Similar to last year, I made the proclomation that 2004 would be the Year of the Boo. Now I am faced with answering the question "was it?" I did some statistics last night from my emails & calendar..
2004 Stats:
54 Film Festivals & screenings, 18 Sonnyboo shorts
51 Sonnyboo movies between 11 websites
9 Awards for Sonnyboo Short films, plus Sonnyboo.com wins 2 awards
71 airings on 14 TV shows/networks, 16 Sonnyboo short films
Peter John Ross was interviewed on 6 TV shows/Radio/Online shows
Sonnyboo.com got over 200 mentions on websites
170+ "Best of Sonnyboo" DVD’s sold (and counting)
6 printed press mentions of Peter John Ross & Sonnyboo
Now these kind of stats don't happen by one person alone at a PC... it took the efforts of many people, not the least of which was my Father who paid the shipping to most of these. A big "THANK YOU" to everyone who helped
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Plus the progress made on the first feature film "Horrors of War", signing with a producer's rep, pre-selling TV and home video rights, plus the new drafts of the script, and far more importantly, getting the scene shot in 35mm and 16mm film were by far the highlight of my entire year. The next step is happening. http://horrorsofwar.sonnyboo.com
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Another significant event was the "Look At My Shorts Film Festival" at the Arena Grand. A completely stacked room with 60-70 people getting turned away at the door.... it went way beyond my expectations. I've never seen that many people interested in locally produced movies.
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I've watched my hits on the web page exceed over the 10 million mark in 1 year... HOLY CRAP that's a lot. I wasn't looking at the totals, just the day by day numbers.
Sonnyboo.com has become a brand name, as Scott Spears has so often reminded me. I found it odd that people have been trying tomake submissions as if I am a short film site like Ifilm.com or Atomfilms.com...
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3BTV to host "Sonnyboo Days"
January 2nd through th 5th, 2005 the UK's 3BTV will broadcast a large part of the Sonnyboo catalogue of shorts exclusively, 24 hours a day for four consecutive days.
www.3btv.com
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INFILM.NET, a German short film site has now begun playing Sonnyboo movies GRUDGE MATCH, HORRORS OF WAR trailer scene, and BITTER OLD MAN are now online with the German short film site InFilm.net
http://www.InFilm.net
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GUERILLA FLICS
Sonnyboo favorites LICENSE EXAM and ALWAYS LATE have begun playing online at GuerillaFlics.com
http://www.GuerillaFlics.com
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CENTRAL NEBRASKA FILM FESTIVAL
GRUDGE MATCH, BITTER OLD MAN, PULP DICTION, and ELEVATOR are Official Selections to the Central Nebraska Film Festival screenings in Kearney, Nebraska on January 28th & 29th, 2005.
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MOVIEOLA, THE SHORT FILM CHANNEL
the Canadian 24 hour a day, 7 days a week Short Film Channel has already been playing a plethra of movies directed by Peter John Ross, and in January and throughout 2005, expect to see more and more movies directed by Peter John Ross, as well as movies affiliated with Sonnyboo... MOVIEOLA will begin airing on U.S. cable and satellite networks in January!
http://www.movieola.ca
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I was interviewed on the radio show "DV GUYS" and the recording of it can be found online here:
http://www.dvguys.com
and you can download the recording directly:
http://www.dvguys.com/audio/dvg12_09.m4a
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Just this week I've sold 2 more "Best of Sonnyboo" DVD's and that puts me at 170 sold. Many thanks to Moe for talking me into doing this. I wasn't going to do it. I did not thinka nyone would buy a DVD of short films by me. Financially, I am very happy that I had some supplemental income, and not an unsubstantial amount all totalled, either.
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don't send as many of these emails I used to. You can get the updates straight off of www.sonnyboo.com and I have been pouring a lot more info into the new Forums found at http://www.sonnyboo.com/cgi-bin/ib219/ikonboard.cgi and the Moe made Calendar at http://www.sonnyboo.com/calendar/calendar.php
so visit the site sometime and get into the mind of a madman... and watch either the rise or fall of a filmmaker over the course of another interesting and fascinating year...
Thanks to one & all,
Peter John Ross
www.sonnyboo.com
