by Daniel Dryan | 25 September, 2018 | Directing, Film History, Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career, Producing, Raindance Film Festival, Screenwriting
Ahead of the World Premiere of The Odds, Closing Night Film at this year’s Raindance Film Festival, we got talking with director Bob Giordano about all things film. The Odds is a complex psychological journey that with every plot twist becomes more twisted and...
by Elliot Grove | 23 September, 2018 | Acting, Directing, Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career
As someone who has been making films and working with screenwriters and filmmakers for over a quarter century my own personal experience is that for most the fear of making or writing a movie is real. In the early years of Raindance my own fear held me back. And it...
by Elliot Grove | 16 September, 2018 | Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career, Promotion, Marketing and Distribution, Raindance Film Festival
From his book RAINDANCE PRODUCERS LAB (Focal Press). In industry terms, film festivals are usually used as launch pads for films. Attended by acquisition executives and talent scouts, festivals are full of new product and fresh talent. Acquisition executives rely on...
by Olly Poulter | 13 September, 2018 | Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career
When you go about creating a short film it can be a strangely overwhelming experience at first, Equipment, locations, crew, talent, shot lists are just a few of the organisational challenges you need to overcome. And you really want to smash your short film. When you...
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by Elliot Grove | 11 September, 2018 | Directing, Filmmaking, In Our Opinion
I have just had an epiphany moment. On a trip from London to Toronto’s famous film festival I read an advance copy of James Forsher’s Film Stock Footage: Using Archival Material to Make Your Good Film Great. Had I had this book when I started out I am sure it would...
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’...
