by Finnergan Pierson | 26 January, 2021 | Directing, Filmmaking, Post-Production, Producing, Screenwriting
The film industry presents an alluring goal for aspiring filmmakers. To be making films in Hollywood is what success looks like to amateur filmmakers. But it takes a lot to get there. You’ll need to leverage every asset you have in order to make a professional film...
by Elliot Grove | 26 January, 2021 | Filmmaking, Promotion, Marketing and Distribution, Raindance Film Festival
You’ve finished your short, feature or documentary – congratulations – it’s festival submission time! Submit early! Then cross your fingers and toes and hope you get selected. Here at Raindance Film Festival we’ve had 30 years dealing...
by Raindance | 25 January, 2021 | Acting, Community, Festivals, Filmmaking
Tomasz Śliwiński (director of short film “Ondine” screened at Raindance Film Festival 2020) We have all experienced this recently – the global COVID-19 pandemic. This experience is especially traumatic when you are a creative person with tons of projects and suddenly...
by Elliot Grove | 24 January, 2021 | Filmmaking, In Our Opinion, Screenwriting
In order to clarify some common terms and principles allow me to take a few minutes of your time to define some areas where there could otherwise be confusion. If you are new to screenwriting, this will be interesting because of the film industry information. If you...
by Mal Williamson | 23 January, 2021 | Directing, Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career, Post-Production, Producing, Promotion, Marketing and Distribution, Screenwriting
Making films has so far been a team game. A film director being the author of the work was a lovely critical theory but not real. Bergman had Sven Nykvist to do the filming, Bresson had Ghislain Cloquet and Hitchcock had his favourite camera trickster Robert Burks....
by Sheikh Adil | 21 January, 2021 | Community, Directing, Filmmaking, Promotion, Marketing and Distribution
Over recent years we have seen advertising take a turn for the high road. Different ways and portals have been introduced that have left everyone in awe. Social media has become the main domain for advertising in recent years. Social Media is one of the most vicious...