As a way to mark some changes at Self-Reliant Film, I've done a site redesign. I recently mentioned that Ashley would be making some posts on SRF to discuss her documentary, For Memories' Sake. This marks something of a shift in Self-Reliant Film. Though I'll still be the main voice of the site, I will no longer be the sole blogger here.
In addition to Ashley's posts, my hope is to invite a couple more filmmakers into the mix in the coming months. The aim in doing this is to cover more of the things happening in cinema today while providing a voice to some interesting filmmakers -- especially regional filmmakers -- working today.
Anyway, it seemed appropriate to clean up the website design to mark the changes.
While it's on my mind, here are some notes on the new look:
Though its aim was to tie-in to the imagery of the letterpress chipboard posters that I use for my films, I was never fully satisfied with the "chipboard" version of the site. So I've decided to go with a new, cleaner look that will (I hope) allow users to find information more easily.
The top SRF menu consists of static pages, and their "child" pages.
The lower menu features categories of "mega"-tags. Hovering over each one will bring up a category of tags used on the blog. And clicking on one of those will give you all the posts in that area. In some cases (like Films & Filmmakers -> Genres) there is a third layer of categories (in this case, "Experimental" and "Documentary").
The main idea is to make the content you want more easily findable. Let me know if you like it, or if you don't.
Oh, and in case you're interested, this site uses a WordPress template called "Thematic Power Blog" by Ian Stewart.