I finally had a chance to attend the NH Media Makers monthly event. I’ve been trying to go for the past half a year or so, and I’m glad I went. It was an inspirational group of people all doing unique, creative things in NH. Everyone had three minute or so to talk about what they were doing.

Having attended more than a number of networking “film” events over the years, I figured it would be similar.

Not so.

There was a stark difference between those events, where people always seem to be “networking” in a negative sense - trying to talk to whomever will further their career - and the event yesterday. Everyone actively listened to what others were saying.

I wonder if its the nature of New Media and the Internet itself that creates this community like atmosphere. In the traditional film world, the competition is fierce, and at the end of the day, there are only so many films that can get distribution deals. In many ways, one film naturally competes with the other. On the Internet however, there can be a vast, infinite array of projects, and none of them competes with the other. I enjoyed talking to filmmakers, actors, writers, graphic artists, and musicians, all who were interested in doing unique projects online.

I spoke to John Herman who talked about the speed by which they created “Odd Noggin Land” from idea, to shoot, to finished product. As someone who’s been working on a project for well over a year, something like that is very appealing.

I’m definitely going to go back for more meetings, and hopefully collaborate on some projects in the future.

This is an exciting time to be making media.