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If you want a peek into truly indie filmmaking, take a look at Edward Burns’ tweets. The actor, director and writer has been writing in 140-character spurts about the process of making his latest film, ‘Newlyweds,’ for $9,000. Burns has quietly reinvented himself as a savvy early adopter and champion of the online and on-demand film revolution, from the premiere of his film ‘Purple Violets’](Purple Violets - Movie | Moviefone) on iTunes to showing his last film ‘Nice Guy Johnny’](Nice Guy Johnny (2010) - Movie | Moviefone) using the Tribeca Film Festival Virtual platform.
Now he’s using the power of Twitter and his blog to crowdsource a poster for ‘Newlyweds,’ offering anyone the chance to design and submit a poster that will then be voted on by visitors to his site. All you burgeoning film-poster designers have to do is tweet your creation with the hashtag #NewlywedsPoster, and submissions will be posted on Burns’ site. The winning poster will be used for its promotion at the Tribeca Film Festival, and the winner will receive a copy of the poster, tickets to see it at the festival and a copy of the DVD when it comes out.