Ted Hope makes 6 observations about the state of the independent film market and what we can do to make the business sustainable.
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Saturday, 31 May 2014
Hope for Film: Six Keys to the Current State of Indie Film | FilmmakerIQ.com
Friday, 30 May 2014
Visual gags in comedies: US vs UK - Boing Boing
Tony Zhou created this fantastic, 7-minute critique of the visual style of comedy in US films, as compared with UK films (especiallythe films of Edgar "Shaun of the Dead" Wright). Zhou makes a compelling case for the superiority of British sight-gags and visual comedy -- and the fundamental laziness of US directors in their use of visuals to get a laugh.
Wednesday, 21 May 2014
How To Achieve Your Filmmaking Goals
How To Achieve Your Filmmaking Goals
As filmmakers, we dream big. Perhaps we want to win an Academy Award one day; change people's lives with our stories; or just make a full-time living from our craft. Most of us are not taught how to achieve our filmmaking goals and dreams but this is a learnable skill. Like anything getting things done takes knowledge and practice.
How close are you to accomplishing your New Year's Resolutions and your filmmaking goals?
Hopefully you are closer than when you started. If not, here is a Quick Start Guide to Achieving Your Filmmaking Goals.
http://www.filmmakingstuff.com/achieve-filmmaking-goals/Monday, 19 May 2014
Filmmakers need to focus more on story, less on technology
Filmmakers need to focus more on story, less on technology
With the tech industry growing faster than the film business can keep up, speculation has grown over what entertainment will look like in the next year, much less by the end of the decade. The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Show 2014 is the world's largest event covering filmed entertainment and content development, management and delivery in Las Vegas, Nevada. The NAB Show 2014 in April talked a little about how today's technology develops a better movie.
UK film finance scheme Microwave relaunches, sets team
UK film finance scheme Microwave relaunches, sets team
The BFI has joined Microwave founding partners Film London and BBC Films for the next iteration of the low-budget production initiative behind Sundance hitLilting and Eran Creevy's debut Shifty.
The trio has earmarked £2.2m for the next round of its Microwave scheme, which will now offer development funding to all shortlisted filmmakers and further development grants of up to £10k for advancing films.
The scheme is due to produce up to six features over three years with production budgets of £150k. £100k will come from Microwave, £50k from the film's producers. Completed films will have access to an additional £25k of P&A funding.
The extended development programme, supported by Creative Skillset, will develop and train up to 36 filmmaking teams. It will also see the return of Microschool, the intensive five day training 'bootcamp'.
Olivier Kaempfer, who produced previous Microwave title Borrowed Time and executive produced Sundance 2014 title Appropriate Behavior, joins the team as senior Microwave executive, while Tessa Inkelaar steps into a development producer role.
http://www.screendaily.com/news/microwave-relaunches-sets-team/5072067.articleWednesday, 7 May 2014
Shooting Documentary: Five tips for filmmakers - Imagejunkies
I've been lucky enough during my career to shoot a number of documentaries. Above is my most recent, a 45 minute film exploring the lack of equality worldwide between men and women.
I find shooting doco's much more intense than shooting daily news. The whole process takes over your life from the planning stage through to the editing and delivery (I also edited the film above).
Sunday, 4 May 2014
Interactive: Apps and tools for the mobile multimedia journalist | Media news
Here are the contents of the multimedia kitbag used on a day-to-day basis by Christian Payne, also known as his online alter-ego @Documentally.
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