How To Make Indie Filmmaking Profitable In The Age of Tentpole Franchises
Kathryn Arnold sits down with Cindy Nelson-Mullen, Co-CEO of MonteCristo International, an international sales agent/production company, and discussed with her the elements it takes to make a...
View ArticleFour Tips for Festival Rejectees
You didn’t get the acceptance notice you wanted? Now what? Sheri Candler offers four tips for the rejectee though some of these may be good to think about while you’re in development. Your film didn’t...
View ArticleTROPFEST NY 2013: The Worlds Largest Short Film Festival
There are a lot of film festivals all vying for your attention, but here’s a rare one Filmmaker IQ can support – a unique shorts festival with a long established history and strong industry...
View ArticleIntroducing Vimeo On-Demand – A DIY distribution platform
Vimeo On Demand is direct-to-fan distribution done the Vimeo way — with all the power of Vimeo’s best-in-class video player, easy-to-use tools, and passionate audience. Creators of all types can...
View ArticleHow Long Should a Short Film Be for Submission for Film Festival?
HollyShorts Film Festival Daniel Sol answers the question of how length of film affects it’s chance of getting into festivals. From personal experience – I’ve run a couple 20+ minute shorts through the...
View ArticleChina’s Censorship of Hollywood Films
Quentin Tarantino’s “Django Unchained” was re-released in China after censors made changes to the film to meet the country’s strict standards. Seth Doane of CBS Newsreports.
View ArticleYouTube is Becoming Like Traditional TV – Is it Worth Paying For?
The wild west was conquered with barbed wire. Will the internet be conquered by pay walls? ONE of the most popular videos this month on YouTube, an online video site, is a commercial by a bottled-water...
View ArticleMovie Marketing Advice from Harvey Weinstein
Harvey Weinstein sent this quick memo to Errol Morris on his appearance on NPR to promote the film “The Thin Blue Line”: Dear Errol: Heard your NPR interview and you were boring. You couldn’t have...
View ArticleDrive-Ins Soon Face Hollywood’s Digital Switch
The Drive-In Theater, an heirloom from a bygone era, will face another challenge as Hollywood moves away from 35mm film to digital distribution. Pull into the Bourbon Drive-In just off U.S. Highway 68...
View ArticleThe New “Soft” Money
Forget the fairy tale of Kickstarter enabling Zach Braff the freedom to have director’s cut. The real success story is not how that money can be put into use in production but what it means in the eyes...
View ArticleThe #1 Reason Your Movie Will Not Get A Distribution Deal by Jon Reiss
Filmmaker John Reiss lays out the cold hearted truth about why your film will probably not get distribution.
View ArticleA Short History of Coming Attractions
Jason Kehe and Katie M. Palmer trace the history of movie trailers in this Art of Trailer for Wired Magazine. We’re obsessed with movie trailers. This year fans watched more than a billion on YouTube...
View ArticlePuppets explain Copyright on YouTube
Glove and Boots attempt to make sense of the copyright policies on YouTube. Now if the this copyright notifications from large companies actually made sense… Via NoFilmSchool.com
View ArticleVimeo or YouTube? Where Should You Post Your Videos?
Ron Dawson provides a few thoughts on the difficult question of which service to post your content to: I often get asked whether it makes more sense to post a video to YouTube or Vimeo. As far as I’m...
View ArticleWhy There Are So Many Terrible Movies on Netflix
Meghan Neal explains how Netflix with it’s wealth of data on consumer streaming habits may have revived the B-Movie industry: It’s finally happened: I’ve run out of things to watch. The blockbuster...
View ArticleHow to make a DCP (Digital Cinema Package) on your own computer
When it comes down to projecting your film for the big screen, the DCP is quickly becoming an industry standard. But how can you get your film in this format and most importantly – can you do it on...
View ArticleIt Takes a ‘War Room’ to Launch Netflix’s Series
Go behind the scenes of the of a Netflix launch as their premiere new episodes of “Orange is the New Black” Netflix’s Internet video subscription service works around the clock, but it’s unusual for...
View ArticleThe Secret Origins of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
This documentary goes through the history of how 80′s animated series “He-Man”, one of the first animated series designed to be broadcast 5 days a week, came to be.
View ArticleTips For Getting Into Sundance from Sundance Programmers
Film Independent asked Sundance programmers Kim Yutani and Lisa Ogdie to give us the scoop on how the process works and tips to help filmmakers give their films a fighting chance. 1. Focus on the film....
View ArticleThe New “Soft” Money
Forget the fairy tale of Kickstarter enabling Zach Braff the freedom to have director’s cut. The real success story is not how that money can be put into use in production but what it means in the eyes...
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