Source: Raindance & Raindance_Fest
A must for Film tweeting fanatics -
FollowFriday is a crowd sourced recommendation engine for Twitter followers. The theory is that you would rather follow someone who has a recommendation, than following random people. Hash tags #FollowFriday were added to make the phrase more searchable on Twitter.com.
Rather than fill your Twitter account full of Fweets with loadsa names, we thought we would describe the people we recommend - hopefully making
the #FollowFriday, or #FF tradition a little saner and easier to follow.
See the list of Twitter accounts from film fanatics, parties, screenwriters, shorts and more.
How Hollywood is killing us
Source: Raindance, indie tip
Ever wonder why some people get sick after a 3D feature? Are Hollywood's newest mega-blockbuster killing you slowly? See how the body breaks down these feature length films in the article, Hollywood is Trying to Kill Us.
Ever wonder why some people get sick after a 3D feature? Are Hollywood's newest mega-blockbuster killing you slowly? See how the body breaks down these feature length films in the article, Hollywood is Trying to Kill Us.
8 Mistakes Filmmakers Make That Kills Their Career
We see so many people coming through the door here at Raindance. Especially this time of year when submissions to the Raindance Film Festival flood in. Trouble is, many filmmakers seem to treat their career with a total lack of respect and understanding.
Avoid the 8 Mistakes Filmmakers Make That Kills Their Careers.
Avoid the 8 Mistakes Filmmakers Make That Kills Their Careers.
Films on the Green
New York City parks this June & July will host the third annual "Films on the Green" festival which features environmentally friendly films. Located in city parks around New York, NY the festival is a collaboration between the New York City department of Parks and Recreation and the Cultural Services of the French Embassy. A total of seven critically acclaimed French films will be screened every Friday at sunset through June and July.
Last year's premiere film titled, "Home" is shot from the air over 54 countries for two years. Its goal is to give viewers a different kind of perspective of the harm humans can induce on the world. Here is the trailer of the festival.
Last year's premiere film titled, "Home" is shot from the air over 54 countries for two years. Its goal is to give viewers a different kind of perspective of the harm humans can induce on the world. Here is the trailer of the festival.
The Zero Budget Movie
Source: Elliot Grove, Raindance Founder
Learn how to make a movie as a producer on a lo-to-no budget.
This quick piece highlights just some of the areas money can be pinched and still produce a quality film. Raindance Film Festival website is full of tips just like this one.
Learn how to make a movie as a producer on a lo-to-no budget.
This quick piece highlights just some of the areas money can be pinched and still produce a quality film. Raindance Film Festival website is full of tips just like this one.
10 attributes of a Great Producer
Source: John Truby, Raindance Contributing writer
Here are 10 things you must know to be a great producer:
1. When listening to a pitch, focus on the probable structural problems embedded in the story idea. Every idea comes with them. You want to figure out now if they are solvable or not.
2. No matter how good an idea sounds at first, it will inevitably have elements that are predictable and generic. Ask yourself: What are some of the possibilities of this idea? Where can we take this that is more ambitious and hasn’t been done before?
3. Most story ideas, especially “high concept” ones, produce only two or three great scenes. You have to know how to help the writer extend the idea to a feature length script. That requires focusing on the opposition and the central moral problem embedded in the story idea.
4. Most of the time, the second draft is worse than the first. That’s because writers and producers don’t know that rewriting and development are a unique set of skills that must be learned, just like character, plot and dialogue. And the most important of this set of skills is knowing the proper order for development.
5. Good script development is all about fixing the structure and not the surface of the script. Dialogue is the surface. Deal with that only at the very end. Often it will fix itself as you work with the writer on getting the structure right. There are many elements involved in fixing story structure. But the most important is to make sure the main character drives the plot.
5 More attributes of a great producer
Here are 10 things you must know to be a great producer:
1. When listening to a pitch, focus on the probable structural problems embedded in the story idea. Every idea comes with them. You want to figure out now if they are solvable or not.
2. No matter how good an idea sounds at first, it will inevitably have elements that are predictable and generic. Ask yourself: What are some of the possibilities of this idea? Where can we take this that is more ambitious and hasn’t been done before?
3. Most story ideas, especially “high concept” ones, produce only two or three great scenes. You have to know how to help the writer extend the idea to a feature length script. That requires focusing on the opposition and the central moral problem embedded in the story idea.
4. Most of the time, the second draft is worse than the first. That’s because writers and producers don’t know that rewriting and development are a unique set of skills that must be learned, just like character, plot and dialogue. And the most important of this set of skills is knowing the proper order for development.
5. Good script development is all about fixing the structure and not the surface of the script. Dialogue is the surface. Deal with that only at the very end. Often it will fix itself as you work with the writer on getting the structure right. There are many elements involved in fixing story structure. But the most important is to make sure the main character drives the plot.
5 More attributes of a great producer
Shutter Island w/ Producer Brad Fischer
Master of filmmaking director Martin Scorsese's movie Shutter Island premieres in theaters everywhere Feb. 19. I found this interview with the producer of the movie Brad Fischer. He talks about working with Scorsese on a horror piece (not his usual genre) how he wound up getting the rights to Shutter Island, and a bit about the Boston area where the movie was shot at.
For the interview: Fear Net, by Joseph McCabe
Interview w/ Scorsese at Berlin also ft. DiCaprio and Sir Ben Kingsley:
Keep up with the Raindance Team now in Berlin at Raindance_Fest
For the interview: Fear Net, by Joseph McCabe
Interview w/ Scorsese at Berlin also ft. DiCaprio and Sir Ben Kingsley:
Keep up with the Raindance Team now in Berlin at Raindance_Fest
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