by James Burbidge | 30 January, 2014 | Directing, In Our Opinion
Elliot Grove, founder of the Raindance Film Festival, is fond of advising budding filmmakers not to buy a good quality camera. “If you have the kind of money to be buying a camera,” he says, “you have enough to make a short film. Or better yet, give the money to me...
by James Burbidge | 4 April, 2013 | Screenwriting
10 Strategic Steps To Get A Literary Agent | Four Things An Agent Does | What Does a Publisher Do? | How Much Do Literary Agents Charge? | The Query Letter | 10 Tips for Writing Loglines | How Creatives Reject Rejection| Gallery of Rejection Loglines are tricky things...
by James Burbidge | 14 March, 2013 | In Our Opinion
Veronica Mars is/was a much-loved tv show that ran for 3 seasons. Most notably it launched the career of Kristen Bell (and featured an early and very short appearance from Amanda Seyfried). Something of a genre mashup – a fun noir set around school kids –...
by James Burbidge | 5 March, 2013 | In Our Opinion
America is hunkering down for their long Thanksgiving weekend. Any excuse for a holiday, eh? Still, there’s lots to for independent filmmakers to be thankful for too: 1. Self distribution seems to be working Filmmaking has been democratised by the technology...
