by Milo Garner | 13 February, 2019 | In Our Opinion
1. A Camera To start at the beginning, you’ll need something to shoot your film on. But it’s easy to find yourself lost in ever-escalating costs; the art of filmmaking does not require the most expensive camera, but simply something that can capture and record. And...
by Chris Thomas | 21 October, 2018 | Directing, Filmmaking Career
A film director strives to be technically adept, to develop a great visual style and to solicit strong performance from our actors. Every director excels in certain areas over others. No matter where our key strengths lie, film directors need one thing first....
by Li-Wei Chu | 14 June, 2018 | Festivals, Filmmaking Career, In Our Opinion, Promotion, Marketing and Distribution
One of the many things that we here at Raindance have to do (besides answering your phone calls) is to review submissions that people from around the world enter into the film festival. All of the submitted films are amazing, but only a few can make it into the actual...
by Kathryn Butt | 16 April, 2018 | Filmmaking Career, In Our Opinion, Screenwriting
So, it’s that time of year again, Screenwriter friends. We all make resolutions in January about how we want to change certain habits and achieve our goals – so let’s take a look at how that’s going. Especially as creatives, often working intermittently across many...
by Kathryn Butt | 11 January, 2018 | Directing, Filmmaking, Producing
Working with child actors is probably something you’ve been taught to avoid in film if you studied courses like we did. Although it presents a lot of challenges, the results can be incredible. Who can forget Lindsay Lohan’s performance in The Parent Trap? Or Macauley...
