by Jenna Suru | 28 August, 2020 | Directing, Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career, Producing, Promotion, Marketing and Distribution
The audiovisual sector emits about 1 million tonnes CO2 in the atmosphere each year. Us filmmakers have a role to play in these transition times. Whether you’re fully committed to protecting the environment in your daily life already, or pretty much a newby to the...
by Celeste Ramos | 25 August, 2020 | Directing, Filmmaking, Screenwriting
“[Blue] is the road to infinity on which the real is changed to the imaginary…To penetrate the blue is rather like Alice passing to the other side of the looking glass. Light blue is the colour of meditation and, as it darkens naturally, it becomes the colour of...
by Mika Johnson | 21 August, 2020 | Directing, Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career, Screenwriting
As an instructor teaching directing for the past six years, including at FAMU, one of Europe’s most respected film schools, I have often heard the question: How much does it cost to make your first feature film? I listen as students cite the popular examples of...
by Adam Blakemore | 19 August, 2020 | Directing, Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career, Promotion, Marketing and Distribution, Screenwriting
‘I’ve got a great idea for a film’ * ‘Oh yeah?’ ‘Yeah I’ve written a brilliant script’ ‘Have you really? That’s awesome. Yeah, send it over, I’d love to read it. And I will, honestly, it’s on the pile, but a feature script’s a pretty long read and I…’ You get the...
by Kamen Davoy | 18 August, 2020 | Directing, Festivals, Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career, Screenwriting
Raindance Film Festival has only been going since 1992, but in the nearly three decades since its inception, it has had an incredible impact on the film industry. Numerous indie productions have debuted at the event, which is attended by more than 6000 film...
by MK Akram | 13 August, 2020 | Directing, Filmmaking, Producing
Most movies focus on providing entertainment, which is their primary goal. People watch movies to get an escape from their usual life routine and experience a new story. If they feel the experience was worth the time after spending those two hours in front of the...
