by Bob Jordan | 1 January, 2021 | Raindance Success Stories
I Blame Star Wars 1977: I sat waiting patiently for the curtains to open. Two hours later I was convinced Star Wars was the best film ever made. Well, I was nine. 1994: After moving to Leeds, I discovered film festivals and independently made, zero budget, friends...
by Daniel Korth | 24 July, 2019 | In Our Opinion, Promotion, Marketing and Distribution
The Dark Knight Rises I like the poster for ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ (2012, dir. Christopher Nolan) because for me it sums up what makes Batman likeable. The low angle makes him look very dominant – mighty, like he is. One gets a sense of Bruce Wayne, the man...
by Philippe-Alexandre Auxis | 23 May, 2019 | Acting, In Our Opinion, Technical Craft, Uncategorized
Beyond acting, clothing, make up and hairstyle are a large part of character interpretation. Carrie Fisher, Audrey Hepburn and a lot of other actresses and actors launched popular styles by playing iconic characters. If these styles were surprising at the beginning,...
by Tekle Baroti | 4 October, 2013 | Uncategorized
Robots have been a major source of inspiration (and revenue) from the dawn of filmmaking. Some see them as a way to express concerns about the daunting cyber-dominated future or as means to observe humans as opposition to the artificial machines. Either way, most of...
by rdmaint | 18 July, 2013 | In Our Opinion, News
A lot of things have happened in only the first couple weeks of what has been the hottest (figuratively and literally) month of them all. As before I have taken it upon myself to inform you of what I believe to be some of the more relevant and important stories, so...