by Li-Wei Chu | 14 June, 2018 | Festivals, Filmmaking Career, In Our Opinion, Promotion, Marketing and Distribution
One of the many things that we here at Raindance have to do (besides answering your phone calls) is to review submissions that people from around the world enter into the film festival. All of the submitted films are amazing, but only a few can make it into the actual...
by Elliot Grove | 11 June, 2018 | Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career, Producing, Promotion, Marketing and Distribution
You’ve finished your film, be is a short, feature or documentary and now you want to share it around the world. It’s an exciting prospect which includes new audiences as well as financial reward. But one that will require careful planning of your...
by Kira-Anne Pelican | 6 June, 2018 | In Our Opinion, Producing, Promotion, Marketing and Distribution, Screenwriting
In my last post I wrote about how one of the most common script notes given to writers is that their main character isn’t engaging or believable, and how using approaches from personality psychology (which I call “Deep Characterisation”) can help solve this problem...
by Kathryn Butt | 4 June, 2018 | Filmmaking Career, In Our Opinion, Promotion, Marketing and Distribution
Happiest of Junes to you, fellow filmmakers. It’s time to start flexing that creative muscle again and create a buzz around your film so that you have the best chance of getting your film screened and sold. Kat and Dusan are here to discuss ways in which you can...
by Elliot Grove | 28 May, 2018 | Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career, Promotion, Marketing and Distribution
Most independent filmmakers wait to start the marketing process after the film is finished. I’d like to propose a different approach to market independent film. One that starts before the film is even written. Let’s back up a bit. You want to sell your...
by Kathryn Butt | 27 May, 2018 | Directing, Filmmaking, In Our Opinion, Producing, Promotion, Marketing and Distribution, Screenwriting
Welcome back to the wonderfully named Genre Format Series (Working Title) Extraordinaire. Second up we’re looking at (my favourite) genre – HORROR! Horror films are often dismissed as disposable texts, however, to that we say: Kat and Dusan are back to...
