Raindance Toronto’s Creative Director Tiska [teesh-ka] Wiedermann caught up with Elliot Grove on Skype and asked him why anyone would be interested in attending his one-day signature filmmaking class, The Saturday Film School, in London TW: Can you tell us a little bit about your background and explain how it helped you as a filmmaker? […]
In recent years, the content of the internet has transformed itself from a controlled and manufactured environment to a vast expanse of user generated content. Internet users can log on and create their own subjects, themes, and arguments to the sites they frequent. This idea gave birth to sites like Facebook, and Twitter; as well […]
In my early twenties, I went on a first date that went so well, we walked around the city for fourteen hours. I was smitten, he was too. It was a unique and unforgettable personal experience. Small problem. He “sort of” already had a girlfriend, and had just been online dating to “take one last […]
Elliot Grove is the founder of Raindance Film Festival and the British Independent Film Awards. He has produced over 700 hundred short films and also five feature films, including the multi-award-winning The Living and the Dead in 2006, Deadly Virtues in 2013 and AMBER in 2017. He teaches screenwriting and producing in the UK, Europe, Asia […]
Coming of age films genre are a film festival favourite, simply because, angsty teens, first love and awkward encounters are universal — no matter the culture or language. Therefore, we decided to compile a list of the top ten coming of age films throughout film history. For similar lists, try the 21st-century female coming of […]
There are pros and cons to go to film school, as Baptiste explains in his article. Indeed, Col says you should not go to film school at all, but rather use that money to make your own film. But what about Film Studies? Throughout my undergraduate and postgraduate degree, I’ve had people getting super interested […]
There’s lots of advice out there for screenwriters and independent filmmakers. Film schools the world over are chipping in too.The question is – which of it is of any use? Who do you trust? I grew up on a hundred acre dairy farm just north of Toronto and have had no formal film school training […]
Just under a year ago, I graduated from a BA Film and Animation course. Since graduating, I’ve been lucky enough to meet some great people and work on some fantastic stuff. But, whilst in thought the other day, I realised how much I would do differently if I could go back in time and start […]
We’ve all seen those big visual effects block busters from the studios: Avengers Assemble, Independence Day etc. Personally, I love them: they’re great fun, and impressive to watch but it’s easy to get the idea that visual effects are just for the blockbusters. It has often been said that, actually, the best visual effects are those that […]
To make a movie with zero budget filmmaking tips you need to have a look at some recent key historical dates: Valentines Day 2005 was a key date in the history of the movie business. It was the day that Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim registered the name youtube.com. See their registration on […]
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