About Sylvie Dumont

Sylvie Dumont is not quite Italian and not quite American. And certainly not French.
When she is not in the Raindance office, she is crying about her undergrad dissertation. If you know anything about Sicilian folklore, please contact her.
by Sylvie Dumont | 21 December, 2018 | Film History, In Our Opinion
Don’t love Love Actually? Think It’s A Wonderful Life makes your life a little less wonderful? Are you just sick of watching the same things over and over again in the holiday season? Here, in no particular order, is a list of niche, neglected, or perfectly...
by Sylvie Dumont | 17 December, 2018 | Filmmaking, Screenwriting
It’s the last few days before Christmas. The shopping centre zombies are increasing in numbers and in desperation, and you are among them. You drag your feet from store to store, eyes red and weary. What do filmmakers even like? Tripods? Even worse – what...
by Sylvie Dumont | 26 November, 2018 | Book Review, Directing, Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career, Producing, Technical Craft
If you’ve ever been on a film set, you know that there’s no single way things are going to go. Unexpected situations pop up left and right – a light breaks; it starts to rain; an actor refuses to interact with the hired monkey you hired for exactly one hour on...
by Sylvie Dumont | 16 November, 2018 | Book Review, Directing, Film History, Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career, Screenwriting, Technical Craft
In his revised introduction to Shot By Shot, Steven Katz quips that he used to say new filmmakers had a hard time finding practical experience and equipment. Now, he writes, ‘the greatest opportunity for filmmakers since the first screening of a movie in 1895 is right...
by Sylvie Dumont | 14 November, 2018 | In Our Opinion
Decorations. Themed music. Gifts. Food. All are core components of the holiday season. But let’s get to the crux of the November-January period – the reason that, despite all these wonderful things, many of us are stressed out of our minds: family. Going home...