Dear Raindance is a weekly column designed to answer filmmaker’s and screenwriter’s burning questions about the film industry. If you want to submit your question to be answered, click here. This week you will hear from a filmmaker who has just finished her film and is wondering about where to focus their marketing efforts from the […]
When same-sex kissing is a regular, everyday occurrence for millions of people around the world, why does it cause so much controversy, especially when it’s put on a screen? Same-sex relations have occurred for millennia, across the multitudes of cultures, yet the portrayal of same-sex relations on screen has been an uphill slog, firstly in […]
My name is Tony Errico and I’m a sound guy. I’ve worked on countless productions, large and small. Raindance asked me to write up an article on the DON’Ts of sound recording. Here goes: Nowadays it is so easy to make movies, DSLR are getting cheaper and better, every phone can shoot a movie in […]
See that guy staring up at you looking like a lost puppy? That’s me. I remember taking this picture. My sister told me to smile and I did for a few, but for most I looked at her like she was crazy. Now don’t get me wrong because I was in a great mood (the […]
Every minute in production means money and the bigger the production, the bigger the budget…
Job hunting is a daunting prospect for any individual, and for those in pursuit of a career in Film and Television (or any creative industry for that matter) the weight and pressures of success seem to increase tenfold. Now, more than ever, graduates and first-time filmmakers are faced with the decision to follow their dreams […]
I’m writing this because I cannot start writing. So many times I jot down a script idea – a character, a setting, an inciting incident – but nothing becomes of these. Instead, I procrastinate. Sound familiar? Yet, somewhere in this procrastination my mind thought up some wacky ways to start writing that I think I’ll […]
Traveling through the provinces with the Raindance Tour has given me an entirely new perspective from which to view Planet Raindance. On one hand I have had some precious downtime to reflect, and on another I have had the opportunity to meet some of the most interesting, talented and indie film-starved people you’d ever have […]
As a lifelong fan of Rik, my brother and I had the great pleasure of directing him in 2010 when he very kindly narrated our short film, This Side of the After Life. We wrote the film specifically with his voice in mind but as unproven directors with barely a short film to our name […]
I travel a lot in my work, which gives me time to reflect. I write this from my room in Edinburgh, where on this beautiful June day, I am preparing for the second day of our first ever Raindance UK tour. Last night in the pub with Amy (producer) and Orestes (marketing and filmmaker) we […]
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