Each year, the Marché du Film, the world’s largest film market at the Cannes Film Festival releases a free report called Focus. The report details trends from the previous year in world film sales and distribution. The report is always a valuable read for anyone in interested in the business side of the international film world. Focus 2008 is available from…
The first question to fall off of every film student or self taught filmmakers’ lips when they reach the point of no return and decide to actually try to make a film is, “How the hell am I going to pay for this?” Over the years I’ve done a lot of research on this subject,…
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…
Each year the Marché du Film (Cannes Market) publishes Focus, a summary of key facts and figures for the international film industry from the previous year. Focus 2007 provides box-office and admissions statistics for all of the world’s key film markets from 2006. » Download Focus 2007 (PDF)
Remember a story about a small town Malegaon, 285 kilometres from Mumbai (India). In this particular part of the world, Shekh Nasir a young enterprising fellow courts news by making movie remakes of Bollywood blockbusters. His films commercially screened in the small town video parlours created a hysterical fever among the public elevating his films…
