by Celeste Ramos | 25 August, 2020 | Directing, Filmmaking, Screenwriting
“[Blue] is the road to infinity on which the real is changed to the imaginary…To penetrate the blue is rather like Alice passing to the other side of the looking glass. Light blue is the colour of meditation and, as it darkens naturally, it becomes the colour of...
by Alex Renaud | 24 August, 2020 | Filmmaking, In Our Opinion, Screenwriting
I think as you grow up, there’s a growing feeling of pride in the place that you were raised and the disingenuous changes that plagues it becomes the face of an overwhelming force. It becomes an apparent motivation to try to speak out about your values and your...
by Mika Johnson | 21 August, 2020 | Directing, Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career, Screenwriting
As an instructor teaching directing for the past six years, including at FAMU, one of Europe’s most respected film schools, I have often heard the question: How much does it cost to make your first feature film? I listen as students cite the popular examples of...
by Dustin DiPaulo | 20 August, 2020 | Filmmaking, Screenwriting
Quentin Tarantino once said, “Scripts are meant to be read. Movies are meant to be shot.” He was talking about how he tends to write a lot of extra material into his screenplays – inner-monologues and prose, for instance, that are never meant to be included in the...
by Adam Blakemore | 19 August, 2020 | Directing, Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career, Promotion, Marketing and Distribution, Screenwriting
‘I’ve got a great idea for a film’ * ‘Oh yeah?’ ‘Yeah I’ve written a brilliant script’ ‘Have you really? That’s awesome. Yeah, send it over, I’d love to read it. And I will, honestly, it’s on the pile, but a feature script’s a pretty long read and I…’ You get the...
by Kamen Davoy | 18 August, 2020 | Directing, Festivals, Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career, Screenwriting
Raindance Film Festival has only been going since 1992, but in the nearly three decades since its inception, it has had an incredible impact on the film industry. Numerous indie productions have debuted at the event, which is attended by more than 6000 film...
