I recently had the opportunity, thanks to Raindance, to go into production on my short film “Wake Up”. I’ve written a number of spec scripts, both short and feature-length, however this stands as my first produced screenplay. What was also new to me was that I found myself standing in the director’s shoes as well. […]
OMG School’s back. Where did the summer go? And today, the first of September is Labour day in Canada or Labor day in the US of A. A weekend of BBQ’s, music festivals and friends before the Autumnal grind sets in. Here at Planet Raindance we’ve been sweating through the August day prepping for this […]
What’s your favourite movie? If you could only watch x-number of movies for the rest of your life what would they be? I was posed this kind of question recently by Stage32 in the form of their Desert Island Discs heading. My first step was to take a look at the few movies I still […]
Studies show that half of all film school graduates are women, yet only 5% of them are working Hollywood directors. This is not only a problem in Hollywood but everywhere in the world. There are prejudice and difficulties akin to them, common stories of declined financing help and even production interruptions due to certain chosen […]
Journalist and author Noah Gittell over at one of my favourite websites, mic.com wrote a very successful and amusing piece on the 14 Brilliant Films You can Watch In The Time It Takes To Eat Lunch. You should go over there and read Noah’s piece and watch the movies he recommends. It’s almost an entire […]
I’m a real stickler for respect and courtesy. To me it costs nothing to treat others with respect and decency – at least up until the point they demonstrate that they don’t deserve it – but it’s becoming increasingly obvious to me that the idea of respect is somewhat alien to the film industry at […]
The creative industries are ripe with talent and it’s becoming frequently common place for many of those talents to bring their skills to more than their own traditional stomping grounds. Here are just seven members of the music industry who have flexed their muscles in film, both in front and behind the camera. 1. Rob […]
My name is Phillip Whiteman and I am a previous winner at Raindance Web Fest. So it started out with an audition, an e-casting for a feature film. They wanted an improvised scene that could be about anything we wanted. My friend and I at the time were both asked to audition and were finding […]
Crowdfunding campaigns are becoming increasingly relevant in the current filmmaking market. Quite a few independent directors and producers that would have previously attempted to court production companies are now turning to their own potential audience to collect the money they need. Along with incentives such as gifts and the chance to visit the film set, […]
Demythologizing medieval. All stories about flawless princesses, mighty knights struggling with dragons and powerful sorcerers are foundations on traditional ways of thinking, tales we have been told as children. J.R.R. Tolkien’s modern fantasy epic Lord of the Rings is absolutely based on this scheme, and this is why the whole world at one time went […]
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