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 wrote Hollywood’s 4 Biggest Lies for a Raindance newspetter in 1993 or 94 – I can’t quite remember. It’s based on the teachings of Dov S-S Simens who first came to Raindance and Europe on April 4th 1992. This article has been cloned and copied dozens of times. Here I make my claim to […]
“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 […]
One of the many things that we here at Raindance have to do (besides answering your phone calls) is to review submissions that people from around the world enter into the film festival. All of the submitted films are amazing, but only a few can make it into the actual festival–otherwise, each event would take […]
Cell phone technology has advanced at an unbelievable pace since the 1980’s. In the dark dystopian future of 2017, entire feature length movies are shot on so-called ‘Smart Phones’. What does it all mean? Just how smart are they? Are these ‘Smart Phones’ planning a revolution? Can they feel? Seriously, though, smartphones are becoming smarter, […]
I wrote this article way back in 2012. Not a lot has changed since then. In the world of film finance, that is. Here are some ideas of how you can de-risk your film finance in 2023. With the long winter nights coupled with daily news of impending economic doom, it’s easy for independent filmmakers […]
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