by Elliot Grove | 18 November, 2018 | Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career, Producing, Promotion, Marketing and Distribution, Screenwriting
We have rules and we have tools. Writers use story hacks to break the rules. Let me explain: Do we not have rule upon rule? We’ve rules of our buildings, our cities, our nations, our cultures and religions. Are we not taught from the time we can walk that rules are...
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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 | 11 November, 2018 | Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career, In Our Opinion, Producing, Promotion, Marketing and Distribution, Screenwriting
Working alone as a sole proprietor of your own creative business needn’t be lonely. Use these great new resources for writers to engage with fellow creatives and also, see how you can get your words read (and sold) 1.Collaboration When working alone...
by Elliot Grove | 4 November, 2018 | Film History, Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career
My mum used to hate indecision and dithering. whether it was one of us kids playing while on the loo, or my dad trying to decide which crops to plant, my mum would always say ‘shit or get off the pot.’ It’s about commitment. Isn’t it strange...
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....
