With the 21st Raindance film Festival done and dusted, and with record breaking crowds and an astonishing 600 filmmakers from 5 continent attending, we learned a lot about filmmaking - often by just hanging out in the lobby of the swanky VUE Piccadilly Cinema.
What were most filmmakers talking about? From Carlos Cuaron (yes the bro of the Famous One) to film producer Julian Assange (yes That One) to filmmakers attending Britain's first Web Fest, the question always was (and is): Where's the movie money.
It get's a whole lot easier to raise money if you can offer potential investors some ways to protect the downside.
Here's a bunch of ways you can de-risk your film's finance:
If I Was Looking for film Work, I'd ...
When I started out in the film business I didn't have any training, I had no film school background and I hadn't been to university. I painted sets for nine years in Toronto, and I was a runner at the BBC here in London for two years during the last year of Monty Python.
But what if I was trying to break in now? What are the 3 most useful jobs, the 3 hardest crew members to crew in today's digital age?
Read my article: The 3 Key Jobs No One Can Fill
But what if I was trying to break in now? What are the 3 most useful jobs, the 3 hardest crew members to crew in today's digital age?
Read my article: The 3 Key Jobs No One Can Fill
Theatrical is Dead - Long Live Theatrical
I have met Jon Reis, author, filmmaker, entrepreneur several times and admire his work. He has carved himself a niche as the go-to person for advice on ‘self distribution’ – a term he and I agree is derogatory. Better to call it distribution. But distribution handled by the filmmakers themselves.
Jon’s current crowdfunding film campaign has just ended successfully. He has written a series of wonderful articles about how filmmakers make money in movies in an age of abundance.
In Theatrical is Dead – Long Live Theatrical, Jon goes through 9 different ideas and techniques to create live events which he sees (as do I) the way forward in 'self distribution.
Filmmakers Stay Cool In Heatwaves - 10 Ways
I have grown to hate the hot weather here in London. A week on consecutive 30+ degree days is enough to make one's blood literally boil.
So here I am - the founder of Europe's largest and oldest film festival, the biggest independent film festival in London - sweating like a circus act.
the it dawned on me - Independent filmmakers stay cool! They are cool!
read 10 Reasons Independent Filmmakers Are Cool
So here I am - the founder of Europe's largest and oldest film festival, the biggest independent film festival in London - sweating like a circus act.
the it dawned on me - Independent filmmakers stay cool! They are cool!
read 10 Reasons Independent Filmmakers Are Cool
What Filmmakers Can Learn From Tour De France Cyclists
Believe it or not there are 4 important things that filmmakers can learn from the professional cyclists running in this week's Tour de France!
Read them here: Four Things Filmmakers Can Learn From the Tour de France Cyclists
Read them here: Four Things Filmmakers Can Learn From the Tour de France Cyclists
Why I Get Up In The Morning
Every once in a while I am forced to sit down and put some of my thoughts to paper - something I have come to dread. And tonight is no different in that respect - it's a deadline for the rewrite of my Lo To No Budget filmmaking book - a book written 11 years ago now!
Go figure! I had to write a reason of where I think filmmaking is going, and how little ole me (and you) fit in.
Want to read what I came up with? Read My Filmmaker's Manefesto.
7 Simple Ways Filmmakers Can Impress
It hit me this damp and cold London June Sunday afternoon that there are some pretty basic ways that filmmakers can make themselves look really good (even if they aren't).
I'm not entirely sure what prompted this thought, or what chain of events conspired to drop this idea into my head.
But here it is:
7 Simple Ways That Filmmakers Can Impress
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