by Raindance | 28 November, 2018 | Acting, Directing, Documentary, Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career, Post-Production, Producing, Promotion, Marketing and Distribution, Technical Craft
Fresh out of school/uni/a wildly different career? It’s hard getting onto the lower rungs of the film/TV ladder, and it can be difficult to know where to look for jobs. Well, worry no more, we have a near comprehensive list of the best starting out filmmaker...
![[BOOK REVIEW] Master Shots by Christopher Kenworthy – Vol 1 – 2nd Edition](https://www.raindance.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/81p8C-46XDL.jpg)
by Sylvie Dumont | 26 November, 2018 | 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...
![[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)
by Sylvie Dumont | 16 November, 2018 | 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 Caroline Hamilton | 15 November, 2018 | Directing, Festivals, Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career, In Our Opinion
A new generation of emerging Polish film talent has recently come to the fore. As Michał Oleszczyk, Polish Film Festival’s former artistic director comments: “This is a generation incredibly aware of film language in all its variety. They have absorbed large chunks of...
by Elliot Grove | 3 November, 2018 | Acting, Directing, Documentary, Festivals, Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career, In Our Opinion
The annual Raindance Film Festival is a tremendous triumph of people power vs bureaucracy. A victory for the individual over huge corporate giants. And it is really the contribution of Raindance members that make this happen. And it’s why people Join Raindance....
by Amata-Jo Papaj | 31 October, 2018 | Directing, Documentary, Filmmaking, Post-Production
Many of the composers who sell music via libraries are incredibly talented and experienced, and could successfully write fantastic music for a Hollywood blockbuster. So don’t get me wrong – stock music is great! You can choose from thousands of tracks...
