Christmas is nearly here – and all your friends want to know what piece of filmmaking equipment they can get you, right? If it’s a cheap jokey piece, they can give it to you along with the normal beauty products, and wink! wink! – like you really aren’t serious about your filmmaking, are you? You […]
It really is the terrible job everyone wants. Here’s the catch: Hollywood studios are hiring fewer filmmakers and giving them less power. So, what is wrong? Making a movie is probably one of the most challenging things you could try to do. Yet nearly everyone in the world of Raindance is an aspiring filmmaker, which […]
I have had the good fortune to meet and work with a great number of wonderfully talented and exciting filmmakers since Raindance started in 1992. Each year at film festival submission time, I have had the benefit of seeing hundreds of shorts, features and documentaries pouring into the Raindance Film Festival office from just about […]
As a reult, Believe it or not, most people are filmmakers. They have smartphone with a camera and they make movies for their friends or social media. But to hone filmmaking skills, filmmakers need to develop their craft. Of course, you can do this on your own through trial and error. Or go to a […]
The death of Queen Elizabeth II has shocked the world. I live in London. The streets have been filled with well-wishers flocking to Buckingham Palace to pay their respects. The TV and radio stations have non-stop items about Her Majesty. For anyone not in the UK, it is hard to explain the emotional sense of […]
With the economy in free fall and full time filmmaking jobs disappearing quicker than you can say ‘recession’, freelancing is becoming the way talented filmmakers (or should I say ‘content creators’?) can get paid work. Successful filmmakers master the fine art of freelancing. The advantages of freelancing are the flexible working hours and being able […]
Tarantino. Daniel Craig. Keira Knightley. Now that I’ve got your attention, let me introduce a topic that scares filmmakers and screenwriters: Money. Especially how filmmakers talk money. How Much Money? I know it’s hard to decide how much to ask for. When you are talking about how to price your time, your services or your […]
Work in style and with the right tools and you’re halfway there. Here is a handy list of the tools we think are essential if you want to make it as a filmmaker. Not everything on this list needs loadsa cash. I splashed out on my Apple laptop (see number 3) and cut corners on […]
With the current heatwave melting filmmaker’s equipment, we thought it a good idea to remind ourselves how independent filmmakers are cool! While independent filmmaking can be challenging, there is no doubt that being an independent filmmaker is the coolest of cool occupations and an independent film can become the flavor of the month amongst the […]
How terribly and drippingly cool to work in the creative industries. You get to wear the coolest clothes, sport the strangest hair dye and give yourself the most glamorous sounding job description imaginable – and get away without proving any real talent or ability. Yet here I am about to tell you how to become […]
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