by Kathryn Butt | 2 July, 2018 | Directing, Filmmaking, In Our Opinion, Producing
You’ve guessed it, our Genre Format Series (working title) Extraordinaire has reached the week we’ve all been waiting for… MUSICALS week! Now, we all love a musical, whether its Disney or a Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers classic, but have we ever...
by Raindance | 23 August, 2017 | Raindance Film Festival
Raindance Film Festival has always championed the place of music in film. Over the years, the festival has hosted such musicians as Marky Ramone, Iggy Pop, and Lou Reed. Over the last few years, our international Jury has included Lemmy, Tom Waits, Douglas Hart (The...
by Kwabena Addai-Kwateng | 27 July, 2015 | Filmmaking
When done poorly music videos can just be a way to show off, sit down and have a tedious conversation or have a dance off between people for about three minutes. But at it’s best they can be as conceptual as some of the greatest movies and give abstract film...
by Mikaela Cumbers | 10 January, 2014 | Filmmaking, In Our Opinion, Technical Craft
Music is a beautiful thing. It can move people through an entire spectrum of emotion, all within a few seconds. The soundtrack of any film is undoubtedly one of the most important aspects of the whole production. Some might even argue that the soundtrack could also be...
by Kim Halliday | 26 November, 2013 | Uncategorized
Commissioning Music For Short Films: 10 Questions a Director Might Ask Many film composers learn their trade by scoring short films. Many continue to score short films, and many never get an opportunity to score a full feature. The truth is that there are many...
