The holiday season is a time for giving and sharing, and what better gift to give the passionate filmmaker in your life than something that will help them grow their craft and create even more amazing films. There are so many great options available, so we’ve put together a list of 10 gift ideas that filmmakers of all levels will love. From essential filmmaking gear to inspiring workshops to a pass to our festival, here’s our guide to the perfect gifts for filmmakers this holiday season.
1. Storyboard Notebook (£5.89)
Professional Storyboard for filmmakers and creative artists. 3x Panels with 16:9 Thumbnails per Page.
2. Clapperboard £13.99
Film fans and filmmakers alike will love clapping this in people’s faces.
Whether you’re working on a film or would like one for decoration, a high quality clapper board would be a good choice.
It is an important tool for synchronizing sound and video material for editing.
3. Raindance T-Shirt (£14)
Relive your Raindance Film Festival memories all year round with a 100% cotton t-shirt, available in four sizes (small, medium, large and x-large).
4. Camera Lens Mug (£14.99)
This camera lens mug is not only a 1:1 replica of a lens body, but also use a transparent light blue color to simulate the coating of the first glass of a real lens, and carefully copied the rear lens cap as the base of the mug.
5. Mobile Phone Camera Lens Kit Phone Lens (£16.99)
Take your mobile phone filmmaking to the next level with this kit of lenses.
Not sure how to shoot a film on your phone? Take our Smartphone Filmmaking Workshop.
6. Professional Grade Lavalier Lapel Microphone £43.43
This microphone can plug in directly to you phone, perfect for on the go interviews. If you’re an iPhone user there’s a handy adaptor you can buy to go with it.
7. Raindance Membership Gift Bundle (from £64)
Raindance Gift Membership is the perfect surprise for the filmmaker or film lovers in your life. Give them Raindance perks and benefits for a whole year and for a limited time it comes with a Raindance T-Shirt!
8. £100 Course Voucher (£70 for Members)
Raindance Gift Cards are perfect for film-crazy family and friends. They can be redeemed for any Raindance London course or class, Raindance Membership, or Raindance Film Festival pass. Members get 30% off.
9. Earlybird Raindance Film Festival Pass
10. Newer LED Lights £125.99
These powerful adjustable lights are affordable and the exact model we use here at Raindance!
You can even adjust the LED settings on the go with the mobile app. That’s a really useful feature.
Raindance promotes and supports independent filmmaking and filmmakers.
From new and emerging to industry pros, Raindance connects, trains, supports, and promotes visual storytellers through every step of their career.
The Raindance Film Festival runs each Summer in London’s Leicester Square.
Raindance has been delivering film training since 1992. A wide range of Open Classes to a 2 year HND Level 5 BTEC in Moving Images to a Postgraduate Film Degree are delivered to students on five continents, both in person and online.
