The quandry you face as a filmmaker, is to decide which is more strategy is more potent. Its the battle between film festivals vs film distribution. I’m waiting in the Heathrow Departure lounge awaiting a flight to the Berlinale and the European Film Market. In Berlin, I’m going to be researching film festivals vs ilm […]
So you want to write for the screen? I hope you have your story worked out, your characters are competing and your screen dialogue sparse and filled with double meaning. But how to start your screenplay? The start of your screenplay is where you define the mood, the atmosphere and introduce the main characters. the […]
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 […]
If you added the running time of all thirty Raindance Film Festivals, one day after another, you’d end up with over 12 months of festival. That’s a lot of standing around talking to independent filmmakers. Submissions to this year’s film festival (the 30th) are flooding in to a wave of terrific publicity and record breaking […]
When I started Raindance I can remember thinking: “This is it! This is the moment we’ have all been waiting for. No more waiting for someone else to decide which films get seen. If Raindance is going to succeed or fail, Raindance is going to do it on our its own terms with our own […]
We’ve all heard about the horror stories of independent films gone to hell. Whether it is the deeply personal story, the social impact film dying to be made, or the genre thriller/spiller that turned out to be a road to hell, Fortunately, the independent filmmaking mistakes are less dramatic. But if you aren’t aware, you’ll […]
We always hear about the most popular Screenwriting books. From masters of the craft such as Syd Field and Blake Snyder through to teacher gurus – from Aristotle to Robert McKee. But what about the unsung heroes behind mastering the craft of Screenwriting? The authors that deserve the same recognition are often left out. Most […]
Andy Warhol said, “in the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes.” Whilst at the time, the statement would have been seen as bananas (see what I did there). Today, it’s almost as if the American artist predicted social media. For better or worse, social media has changed our lives. Once upon a time, […]
Raindance 30th Birthday: Elliot Grove’s FAQ’s | Why I Raindance | Key Raindance Dates | Raindance eco-System I just passed another milestone – I rewrote the Raindance Producer’s Lab book, only 38 months after my original deadline! It was a real monster – at over 250,000 words. Just managing the manuscript was a challenge. So […]
We all love music, don’t we? And don’t we love the rhythm, the melody, the lyrics and the swell of emotion great musicians magic in their music? And are not these the same element great filmmakers have as well? Here are the reasons why musicians make great filmmakers. 1.Musicians understand the timing Great musicians know […]
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