by Elliot Grove | 9 January, 2021 | Filmmaking, In Our Opinion
Do you remember the good old days? The days where you would travel to a meeting or to a filmmaking class? The world has changed. Meetings are now on a host of different online apps like Zoom, Skype, Microsoft Teams and many others. I spend hours each week on Zoom so I...
by Elliot Grove | 26 December, 2020 | Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career, In Our Opinion, Raindance Film Festival
With Christmas plans dashed by the rampant COVID, filmmakers the world over are faced with the new challenge of how to celebrate Christmas in Tier 4 Lockdown. Don’t yield to the despair of ruined Holiday plans. This is so-called second wave anxiety. And...
by Elliot Grove | 15 December, 2020 | Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career
The Raindance London office is near a food line. Every evening I see a long line of people patiently waiting for food. Hungry people accept a wait for food much more patiently than I would. I am not used to waiting at all. What can we as screenwriters and filmmakers...
by Elliot Grove | 8 November, 2020 | Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career, Producing
I founded Raindance in 1992. I started the British Independent Film Awards in 1998. I run a film school that goes all the way up to a Masters Degree. Over this time I have organised hundreds of events: seminars, workshops and lectures by some of the most interesting...
by Elliot Grove | 26 September, 2020 | Filmmaking Career, In Our Opinion, Promotion, Marketing and Distribution, Screenwriting
Facebook’s former director of monetisation Tim Kendall has has a great deal of wisdom. And his insights are a terrific resource for filmmakers. His way of connecting Big Tobacco and Facebook offers useful strategic advice to filmmakers and storytellers. Kendal...