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.
12 Gifts for a Screenwriter (on Any Budget)
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...![[BOOK REVIEW] Master Shots by Christopher Kenworthy – Vol 1 – 2nd Edition](https://www.raindance.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/81p8C-46XDL.jpg)
[BOOK REVIEW] Master Shots by Christopher Kenworthy – Vol 1 – 2nd Edition
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...![[BOOK REVIEW] Film Directing: Shot by Shot by Steven Katz – 25th Anniversary Edition](https://www.raindance.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/shotbyshot-1079x675.jpg)
[BOOK REVIEW] Film Directing: Shot by Shot by Steven Katz – 25th Anniversary Edition
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...
