by Elliot Grove | 5 August, 2020 | Community, Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career
The 2020 public health crises has impacted everything we do. And in few other industries than the creative industries, and specifically filmmaking. You’d have to be pretty isolated not to notice that there are thousands of people calling themselves filmmakers. Is...
by Elliot Grove | 25 April, 2020 | In Our Opinion, Promotion, Marketing and Distribution
I’ve been doing Raindance for a long time – and I’ve produced 5 features and about 700 shorts since 1992. I have had my fingers burnt a zillion times. Every industry has dirty secrets. But in the run up to this year’s Raindance Film Festival I...
by Elliot Grove | 15 March, 2020 | Filmmaking Career, In Our Opinion
For filmmakers there is nothing new to remote working. Lacking plush offices has always meant that a filmmaker’s office is more likely to be a back-pack and coffee shop. As the global viral pandemic shuts down travel and coffee shops, many unfamiliar with remote...
by Elliot Grove | 2 February, 2020 | Directing, Documentary, Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career, Producing, Promotion, Marketing and Distribution, Screenwriting
Most filmmakers complain about not having enough money. But having too much money can cause what I call ‘deadly wealth wounds’. And the wounds filmmakers suffer have absolutely nothing to do with the often misquoted Biblical verses about wealth and the...
by Elliot Grove | 26 January, 2020 | Filmmaking Career, Producing, Promotion, Marketing and Distribution
There are many ways a filmmaker or screenwriter can mess up. But have you considered the social media mistakes filmmakers make? Well, welcome to the ’20’s! Social media has become a key element in a film’s life cycle and in most filmmaker’s...
