by Elliot Grove | 24 November, 2019 | Acting, Directing, Documentary, Festivals, Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career, In Our Opinion
What every filmmaker needs to remember is life in the creative industries means running a three pronged business. People new to filmmaking also need to apply the same creative Management, personal Management and financial Management rules that apply to start-ups....
by Geraint Anderson | 11 October, 2019 | Directing, Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career, Producing, Promotion, Marketing and Distribution
Creatives generally don’t make great entrepreneurs because most of them have their heads firmly in the clouds which, frankly, is exactly where they should be. Subsequently scriptwriters and directors are often not much cop at the ‘business’ part of show business. The...
by Col Spector | 4 October, 2019 | Acting, Directing, Documentary, Filmmaking, In Our Opinion
As a documentary consultant I help documentary makers make the best film possible. You can learn from me in person at the Raindance Documentary Foundation Certificate. I usually work with directors before they go out to film, however sometimes I’m brought in after...
by Tom Getty | 7 August, 2019 | Directing
Production is the most difficult part of filming a movie. So many resources are on the line—pricey equipment rentals, expensive cast and crew salaries, just to name a few. Not to even mention the time. This is perhaps the biggest cost. Especially when you’re a new,...
by George Moore Chadwick | 25 July, 2019 | Directing, Film History, Filmmaking, In Our Opinion
I haven’t seen Danny Boyle and Richard Curtis’s new film Yesterday, but I am sure already that its music licensing budget must have been through the roof. Songs by The Beatles are the most expensive in the world to use in film/tv/commercials. All great films using...
by George Moore Chadwick | 7 July, 2019 | Directing, Filmmaking Career, In Our Opinion, Technical Craft, Web Content
Last week, Netflix released a 15 minute IMAX short film/music video Anima, starring Thom Yorke and featuring three songs from his new album of the same name. Directed by none other than Paul Thomas Anderson and shot by the great Darius Khondji, it’s something to...
