Many productions that are filmed in colour usually have a certain colour scheme that sets the tone for the film. This is called the Film Color Theory, which states that certain colours in a film can draw out certain emotions from its audience. Manipulating these colours can help guide the audience toward the director’s intent, […]
Every director once had the dream to make movies when they were younger, and decided to go and chase after it. Starting out as a filmmaker can be terrifying and difficult. Getting your name out can be a long process that takes a lot of effort and patience to get your big break. Every award […]
Beyond acting, clothing, make up and iconic hairstyles are a large part of character interpretation. Carrie Fisher, Audrey Hepburn and a lot of other actresses and actors launched popular styles by playing iconic characters. If these styles were surprising at the beginning, most of them became fashion along the years. Whatever they are, these iconic […]
Today we are going to talk about films (oh, what a surprise!), but this time, about the film-viewing experience and film market on an European scale. These days, while Brexit hits the headlines, we should enjoy being still Europeans and take a look at our performances and those of our neighbours. What’s the place of […]
Meeting Patrick Tucker is an experience that you will never forget. He is a tutor at Raindance and is teaching masterclasses on secrets of screen directing and screen acting. A master of his field, he has directed over 200 theatre plays and around 200 television programmes for over 40 years. He has taught screen direction […]
A new generation of emerging Polish film talent has recently come to the fore. As Michał Oleszczyk, Polish Film Festival’s former artistic director comments: “This is a generation incredibly aware of film language in all its variety. They have absorbed large chunks of both arthouse and mainstream world cinema. No earlier generation of Polish filmmakers […]
“A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.” It was Thomas Mann to say that, but every good writer knows exactly what he means. A writer’s aim is to create from scratch a parallel world (that should be at least as interesting as the real one). For […]
If screenwriting can be taught (and we at Raindance know it can be), that’s because storytelling is part of human nature. Every child has been told a story by his or her mother before going to bed. Good stories have the power to calm babies’ worries and make them dream quietly. The amazing fact is […]
Working at a film festival is great fun – I should know, I’ve been working with 7 over the past 8 months and it’s been a blast. I have, however, become somewhat of a seasoned professional in the art of preparing for these things. So here’s some nuggets of wisdom to bear in mind before […]
The term ‘erotic’ may cause a few blushes and signal something ‘dirty’ or ‘taboo’. Whatever preconceptions you have about the term, it does hold a certain fascination for cinema audiences. New modes of exhibition are constantly blurring the lines between realism and fantasy in the world of erotic VR. The film industry has been exploiting […]
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