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Interview With Bob Giordano, Director of The Odds

by Ellie Steiner | 25 September, 2018 | Directing, Film History, Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career, Producing, Raindance Film Festival, Screenwriting

Ahead of the World Premiere of The Odds, Closing Night Film at this year’s Raindance Film Festival, we got talking with director Bob Giordano about all things film. The Odds is a complex psychological journey that with every plot twist becomes more twisted and...

5 Confessions Filmmakers Never Admit Even To Themselves

by Elliot Grove | 23 September, 2018 | Acting, Directing, Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career

As someone who has been making films and working with screenwriters and filmmakers for over a quarter century my own personal experience is that for most the fear of making or writing a movie is real. In the early years of Raindance my own fear held me back. And it...

[REVIEW] Film Stock Footage: Using Archival Material For Film

by Elliot Grove | 11 September, 2018 | Directing, Filmmaking, In Our Opinion

I have just had an epiphany moment. On a trip from London to Toronto’s famous film festival I read an advance copy of James Forsher’s Film Stock Footage: Using Archival Material to Make Your Good Film Great. Had I had this book when I started out I am sure it would...

5 Reasons NOT To Use A Documentary Consultant

by Col Spector | 9 September, 2018 | Directing, Documentary, Filmmaking

In drama filmmaking the script editor’s services are used all the time to make film scripts better. The equivalent in documentary filmmaking is the Documentary Consultant who comes in at ideas stage (or sometimes during post-production) in order to help film-makers’...

15 Second Short Film Competition Sponsored By LUMIX

by Raindance | 3 September, 2018 | Directing, Documentary, Festivals, Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career, Post-Production, Producing, Promotion, Marketing and Distribution

The Raindance 15 Second Short Competition returns bigger and better for 2018 as we get ready for Raindance Film Festival. This edition is sponsored by LUMIX cameras. How to Take Part: 1) Shoot a 15-second film around the theme: Discover. Be Discovered. End credits...

Do basic screenwriting rules always matter?

by Marta de Nitto Personé | 13 August, 2018 | Directing, Film History, Screenwriting

“A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.” It was Thomas Mann to say that, but every good writer knows exactly what he means. A writer’s aim is to create from scratch a parallel world (that should be at least as interesting...