James J Caterino is a graduate
of the University of Pittsburgh College of Arts and Sciences. He
is the author of Action Figure, Gunner Star, She: A Novel, All About
Amy, and Video Noir.
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How long have you been using the internet to sell your books?
Basically as long as I have
been producing finished material that I felt ready to put out
there. I began with screenplays and sending out query letters
to producers via email back in the 1990's.
Has being on YouTube helped
bring new customers / fans?
It has. I joined YouTube in
July 2006, and having a strong interest in film and cinematography,
I was horrified at the technical quality of the videos. So instead
I began using a site called LiveVideo in November 2006. I did
a reading video from All About Amy and people seemed to respond
to it. LiveVideo changed their format to Livechat, so I began
to re-focus on YouTube, again and thank god the technical quality
of the site has dramatically improved.
What do you use to create your
online vidoes?
Since December 2006 I have been shooting
on a Panasonic DVX100B in 24FPS mode. It is a camera that beautifully
mimics the look of saturated 16mm film. If I am mobile, I use an
old Sony mini-divi handy cam, a DS9 from 2001. Yeah, I have a thing
for cameras.