by Raindance | 13 September, 2018 | Documentary, Festivals, Raindance Film Festival
The arts transform our lives on a daily basis, being at once pools of inspiration, forebearers of change and vehicles of emotion. Oftentimes however the people striving behind the scenes are barely in profile. 26th Raindance Film Festival brings out through its Arts...
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’...
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...
by Raindance | 31 August, 2018 | Documentary, Festivals, Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career, Raindance Film Festival
Films, as we all know, are wonderful means of storytelling, and Raindance comes out this year with another showcase of films exploring all that stories can tell and yield. But what about showing how these stories are told in film? What can we learn from the entire...
by Elliot Grove | 4 August, 2018 | Acting, Directing, Documentary, Festivals, Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career
A decade or more ago, Raindance festival programmer, Suzanne Ballantyne wrote a tongue-in-cheek article How To Fake Being An Indie Auteur. She wrote the article based on her personal experience of watching over a thousand features a year. She was trying to use...
by Raindance | 9 July, 2018 | Directing, Documentary, Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career, Screenwriting
Starting on the 28th of July, Raindance launches an eleven day hands-on summer film school. Participants will write, produce and direct their own narrative short, plus come to grips with the creative challenge of working with virtual reality. 6 Reasons Attending...
