I just finished working on a set of a documentary about poverty and developmental politics in Latin America. This documentary led our team through villas in Buenos Aires and slums in Brazil. The amount of knowledge acquired is, beyond debate, more than I received in an equivalent amount of time in my University Classes. However, as we started…
Antics Technologies has today released a free version of its real-time animation software enabling film enthusiasts and students to quickly and easily bring their script ideas to life. Antics is already widely used in the entertainment industry, from helping plan adverts to being a pre-visualisation tool for major productions like the Chronicles of Narnia. With…
Adding soundtrack to your Indie Film is one of the most essential elements to make it look and feel like a real motion picture. The question is often raised by Indie Filmmakers, on a limited budget, just how do I get the kind of music I want for my film? The answer to that is…
How to make contacts and get your foot in the door – it’s Easier than you think. Everyone says that it’s not what you know, but who. To a large degree, that’s absolutely true. I don’t care if you want to be a PA, an editor, or the president of Paramount, you have to know the…
Filmmaker and founder of the Victoria Motion Picture School, Barry Casson, outlines 10 simple but effective techniques for lifting your film above the competition. Make your video like real film. There is a simple but exciting way to make your video look more like film and take away the harsh look of video. It’s an old Hollywood technique…
The writers are going to lose this strike. The WGA is finished. I know for some of you that is a pretty grim prediction, because essentially the writers deserve to win. The writers want an increase in residuals from 4 cents to 8 cents per DVD sold. If you ask me even 8 cents per…
The phrase “Bollywood” sounds phony. For those fresh to this spurious phrase, it is the pseudo name gloss to the Mumbai Hindi film industry; a simulated pirated version of the American movie industry – Hollywood. Piracy in Mumbai film industry starts from here itself. Piracy in the Mumbai film industry is three-fold. Firstly, it is…
Aspiring directors will be given the chance to work with some of the best talent in the music industry through the second Radar Festival. Kylie Minogue, Just Jack, Maximo Park and Richard Hawley are just some of the artists who have released their tracks to the festival for up and coming directors to work with….
Who is Sid Kali? I’ve written, directed, and produced two full-length urban features, CONSIGNMENT and IN WITH THIEVES, plus have a third feature in production titled STASH SPOT. Some people feel that when you attach the word urban to an independent film the story will be based on slices of life that unfold in housing…
“The greatest roadblock to success for an independent producer is not access to name talent or a great script or even money – it’s distribution.” That’s the view of Mark Byers, independent writer/producer, and co-creator of the S2ScreeningRoom.com website. Byers has worked in the independent film industry for over 25 years, both in the United…
