This year Raindance saw 8929 film submissions with over 4,000 hours of film watched! The brave individual who oversaw the entire submission process is none other than Raindance festival senior programmer Martyna Szmytkowska. She selects her top 5 picks you make sure to see at the festival this year. Princesita Directed by Marialy Rivas Launching […]
When you go about creating a short film it can be a strangely overwhelming experience at first, Equipment, locations, crew, talent, shot lists are just a few of the organisational challenges you need to overcome. And you really want to smash your short film. When you have a story to tell, the reality of making […]
I have just had an epiphany moment. On a trip from London to Toronto’s famous film festival I read an advance copy of James Forsher’s Film Stock Footage: Using Archival Material to Make Your Good Film Great. Had I had this book when I started out I am sure it would have shaved years off […]
In drama filmmaking the script editor’s services are used all the time to make film scripts better. The equivalent in documentary filmmaking is the Documentary Consultant who comes in at ideas stage (or sometimes during post-production) in order to help film-makers’ documentaries get better. However for some reason documentary consultants are used less frequently than […]
Crazy Rich Asians Story Breakdown Part 1 Here is a breakdown of the story beats of Crazy Rich Asians. It’s a story of personal growth with an ensemble protagonist. It is made even more complex without being confusing by changing up the order of the beats and repeating them through out the movie. These are […]
Crazy Rich Asians Script Breakdown Part 2 >HERE I’ve just seen Crazy Rich Asians! Another movie with stories of personal growth. And believe it or not, I am just a few miles from the Arctic circle in Canada’s Yukon territory. At first this looks like an Asian version of Pretty Woman or While You Were […]
Every screenwriter wants to write a page-turner. Whatever genre you are writing in, you need to have compelling characters, an impeccable structure -that is not necessarily three acts-, tremendous action, and a universe that your reader, later your audience, will not want to leave. And a crime drama is a tricky one to navigate. This is […]
Virtual reality trends and technology are evolving rapidly, and as VR advances, storytelling will go way beyond the confines of traditional storytelling. There’s obviously immense potential for filmmakers to capitalize on the growing capabilities of virtual reality to create an unprecedented level of immersion for viewers. Imagine a movie in which you are playing the […]
A decade or more ago, Raindance festival programmer, Suzanne Ballantyne wrote a tongue-in-cheek article How To Fake Being An Indie Auteur. She wrote the article based on her personal experience of watching over a thousand features a year. She was trying to use reverse-information to show people how to make a perfect festival film. Unfortunately, […]
The Reel Challenge 2018: Show us what you can do in just 10 seconds and win TWO free places on the ultimate filmmaking adventure from London to Budapest. Looking for a last-minute summer adventure? This could be your chance. Calling for submissions to our new Instagram competition. We’re giving away two free places on Reel […]
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