Film festivals and deadlines! Boulder International Film Festival Next Deadline: 10/01/2011 Los Angeles Cinema Festival of Hollywood (Fall) Next Deadline: 09/14/2011 Tehachapi Ticket to Hollywood International Film & … Trail Dance Film Festival PRODUCERS GUILD Weekend Shorts Contest Benefitting … Next Deadline: 09/16/2011 Olympia Film...
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Contagion
“Contagion” follows the rapid progress of a lethal airborne virus that kills within days. As the fast-moving epidemic grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself. At the same time, ordinary people struggle to survive in a society coming apart. Matt Damon and Gwenth...
Financing and Distributing an Independent Film
Independent film financing and distribution of the film is reminiscent of what it appears to be like to dance naked on stage. You can save up to pitch a film project, and must be able to dance to music for the investor. And it’s ‘their stage, they don’t like indie filmmakers looking for funding. You want to make a film available for resale that...
The Site
The Site was an indie comedy that didn’t quite turn out the way we expected. We (Ben Racicot and Carl Berens) included a “Director” who turned out to be a 350 pound camcorder toting lunatic who has fantasies of murder. Needless to say we are lucky to have escaped without a severe raping. Thank you to everyone who made it possible and as much...
A Creative Film Mindset
A creative mind is the most valuable tool for an independent filmmaker on a budget. It starts with an original idea, so it has to do with the power of the idea until it grows into a brilliant idea. After about getting the idea was in an independent film with every ounce of energy and resources to gather all possible. Blockbuster movies that are parties with very...