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		<title>YouTubers hit the big screen for documentary Please Subscribe&#8216;s theatrical release</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2013 20:19:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz Shannon Miller</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On the surface, you wouldn&#8217;t think of YouTubers as being the most reserved of people, but talking into a webcam doesn&#8217;t necessarily reveal all your secrets. Which is why the documentary <i><a href="http://www.pleasesubscribefilm.com">Please Subscribe</a></i>, directed by Dan Dobi, aims to illuminate the realities of what it&#8217;s like to create content for the YouTube community: chasing viewer numbers, aiming for ad dollars and dealing with the basic loneliness of the job.</p>
<p>But while <i>Please Subscribe</i>&#8216;s target audience is the digital community, the film will first be seen someplace relatively unexpected: movie theaters.</p>
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<p>For one night only, <i>Please Subscribe</i> will be distributed theatrically, specifically, Tuesday February 5th at 7:30 PM. &#8220;Anytime you make a movie, your number one goal is to make it into theaters. So [this] is pretty cool and pretty important,&#8221; Dobi said via phone.</p>
<p>&#8220;We wanted it to be more of an event,&#8221; Dobi said about the decision to go one night only.</p>
<p>According to David Wengrod of <a href="http://www.screenvision.com/">Screenvision</a>, which is handling the theatrical distribution, <i>Please Subscribe</i> will be available in 217 theaters nation-wide, including San Francisco and New York. You can even see it in Hawaii.</p>
<p>&#8220;We have a pretty good national footprint,&#8221; Wengrod said via phone. &#8220;If we&#8217;re getting people who don&#8217;t normally go to see a movie on Tuesdays &#8212; people who normally experience stuff through their computers &#8212; then we&#8217;re a success.&#8221;</p>
<p>Following the theatrical premiere, <i>Please Subscribe</i> will be released <a href="http://chill.com/dandobi/please-subscribe">via Chill Direct on March 22</a> &#8212; Screenvision requested a 45-day window. The film will cost $7.99 for <a href="http://gigaom.com/2012/11/29/chill-direct/">a DRM-free file</a> &#8212; but it&#8217;s currently available for pre-order at $6.20, 20 percent off.</p>
<p>Grace Helbig of <i>Daily Grace</i>, one of the eight YouTubers profiled in the film, got involved because it was an opportunity to expose those who might not be familiar with the YouTube community to what. &#8220;It&#8217;s important because it&#8217;s a such huge industry and it&#8217;s growing so fast &#8212; so it&#8217;s important for people to understand what&#8217;s happening,&#8221; she said via phone.</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a deeper and more personal perspective on what it means to be a YouTuber,&#8221; Helbig added.</p>
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