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by Ellen Almanza | 25 May, 2018 | Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career, Promotion, Marketing and Distribution
To be frank, I had never heard of crowdfunding until I came across this book. However, the word means essentially what it says. Crowdfunding is a way of reaching out to the general public via social media in order to acquire funds for a project (in this case, for...
by Elliot Grove | 24 May, 2018 | Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career, Promotion, Marketing and Distribution
Ask any filmmaker who has had a movie in movie theatres and they will tell you about the angst of the holdover meeting. The holdover meeting is the Monday morning meeting where the cinema owners decide if the film they screened over the weekend has had enough ticket...
by Hedvig Werner | 23 May, 2018 | Filmmaking, In Our Opinion
Shoot from the Heart is a book written by the award-winning director and writer Diane Bell. Her first feature Obselidia, produced by her production company Rebel Heart Film, premiered at the Sundance film festival in 2010 and won the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize...
by Kathryn Butt | 21 May, 2018 | Festivals, Filmmaking, In Our Opinion
‘Tis the season to be filming, la-la-la-la-la….. Well, it’s either time to start filming, or time to start preparing your films for festivals as deadlines are looming and we don’t want to miss those early-bird discounts! So, we’re going...
by Li-Wei Chu | 11 May, 2018 | Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career, In Our Opinion
Contrary to popular belief, the film production crew is made up of more than just the director, the actors, the producer and the editor. Even if you don’t want to be any of the above jobs, you can still make a big difference in the film industry! To inspire you,...
by Kathryn Butt | 7 May, 2018 | Documentary, Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career, In Our Opinion
Let’s take a moment and think about how long we spend planning out camera set-ups, lenses and lighting for our scenes. Every creative decision allows you to say something about the story or images you’re portraying on the screen. However, how many of us...
