by Geraint Anderson | 3 June, 2020 | Directing, Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career, Promotion, Marketing and Distribution, Screenwriting
The legendary film producer Samuel Goldwyn famously said that “Pictures are for entertainment; messages should be delivered by Western Union” and I suspect that many cinema goers across the world probably agree with him. However, I believe his assertion is simplistic...
by Nina Romain | 30 May, 2020 | Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career, Producing
How to Put Together a Successful Call Sheet Ever arrived on set in a forest in a hostel crammed with nearly 40 cast and crew members and thought…how are we going to organise everything? While working as a production manager assistant (PMA) for a horror short in the...
by Paul Baichoo | 28 May, 2020 | Directing, Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career, Screenwriting
Let’s make a movie! Ok, so who do I know who can produce? Who’s good with a camera? Who can carry off that lead role I’ve written which let’s face it is loosely based on me or some part of me that I like/dislike? If you’re an indie filmmaker you’ll be used to writing,...
by Raindance | 27 May, 2020 | Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career, Promotion, Marketing and Distribution, Screenwriting
We live in a world of information overload. Learning how to reduce your story idea to a short pitch is one of the secrets that professional storytellers use in order to attract interest to their project. This short, so-called ‘elevator pitch‘ is about 30 seconds or...
by Elliot Grove | 27 May, 2020 | Directing, Documentary, Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career, In Our Opinion, Raindance Postgraduate News
I woke up this morning in my Lockdown fuzzy brain, and immediately had a news-flash from the universe! What if we thought of our filmmaking ambitions as a business. Why not think of our career as a filmmaking enterprise? noun: enterprise; plural noun: enterprises a...
by Caesar Pictures | 26 May, 2020 | Film History, Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career
Hope all of you and loved ones are well and safe. As we all know the world and life after the Covid19 pandemic might never be the same. The coronavirus has changed our society and the world in ways we might not even be able to yet grasp to their full extent. Even...
