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On Art Versus Commercial Potential in Indie Filmmaking - Movie City News

On Art Versus Commercial Potential in Indie FilmmakingMovie City NewsThe rub is, we all have to pay our bills, and making films, even “microbudget” films, isn't free. It's a conundrum, to be sure.See...

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LA's No Budget Film Festival Announces Films and Panelists ...

The wild West days of the world's film festivals are not over. Despite festivals getting bigger and bigger with each passing season, with programming spots.See it on Scoop.it, via Microbudget Filmmaking

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Financing Your Micro Budget Film | Independent Film Blog

Private equity is still the #1 way most micro budgeted films are financed. Realize that it's not necessarily the smartest way to finance your entire budget since depending on what your budget actually...

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Low Budget Filmmakers Must Do Everything Required | Articles Studio

Making a very low budget or 'independent' film is a double edged sword. On the one side you have the freedom to express your art without corporate considerations, but on the other side you have the...

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The 10 Things You Must Know Before You Set Foot on the Festival Circuit -...

Indie Wire (blog)The 10 Things You Must Know Before You Set Foot on the Festival CircuitIndie Wire (blog)Film festivals require submission fees (unless you can get them waived), exhibition...

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No Budget Film Festival 2011 - Trailers - YouTube

No Budget Film Festival 2011 - TrailersYouTubeTo buy your tickets, visit: http://wearecartel.org/nobudgetfilmfestival2011.php On Thursday, August 25th, at the Downtown Independent, cARTel:...

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REFOCUSING YOUR ART, FINDING JOE

“We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” – Joseph Campbell   Chances are, you’re reading this because you are a veteran or aspiring...

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Cheap shots: Microbudget film-makers

In 1991 two films changed the landscape of indie cinema by making the frugality of the budget a selling point.See it on Scoop.it, via Microbudget Filmmaking

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CELEBRATING HISPANIC HISTORY MONTH WITH HBO’s THE LATINO LIST

My new colleague Elvis Mitchell, Film Independent at LACMA Curator, collaborated with Timothy Greenfield-Sanders on The Black List  for HBO.See it on Scoop.it, via Microbudget Filmmaking

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FIND ANSWERS YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT MUSIC LICENSING

As a follow-up to last week’s post about clearances, I’ve been asked specifically about music clearances.  Here’s the scoop: I can’t stress enough how important it is to get the proper clearance, or...

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What Does a Feature Film for the Web Look Like?

Here's a question: what is Film 2.0?With my goal of making and releasing a "web feature" looming in the near future, I am beginning to question even the very nature of what that means.See it on...

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LEGAL EASE: IS THIS PRODUCER TRYING TO PULL SOMETHING OVER ON ME?

Q: I just had someone send me an option agreement. I’m not going to lie… a lot of it is legal mumbo jumbo that I don’t fully understand but seems harmless. There’s one thing though that seems really...

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Mumblecore After the Rise of Web Video and Decline of Digital ...

What was mumblecore? Many of its formal characteristics were obviously side effects of rise of digital filmmaking — because of cost — and rarely true artistic statements about the state of cinema. I...

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Great First Features for 250K and Under | jasonbkohl.com

Another interesting point here is that many, many of these films were shot ON FILM for less than many graduate thesis films cost. Just as a clincher, here are Peter Broderick's 9 principles of...

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DGA RELEASES RESULTS ON WOMEN & MINORITY DIRECTORS WORKING IN TV

Directors Guild of America released a report on the percentages of women and minority directors in episodic television.  The numbers are dire.See it on Scoop.it, via Microbudget Filmmaking

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Very low Finances Movies Usually aren't Difficult to Make | Gotham ...

This could be real in a large amount of strategies but not so much in film-making. If truth be told, big-budgeted movies are further epic in nature and so are because of this further hard to yield....

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THE MICROBUDGET CONVERSATION ... - Filmmaker Magazine

In our last post Anna Rebek briefly touched on one very important aspect of sacrifice when it comes to making microbudget films...crew. I think we often have to.See it on Scoop.it, via Microbudget...

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"A CINEMA OF RECESSION: MICRO-BUDGETING, MICRO-DRAMA, AND THE "MUMBLECORE"...

http://t.co/iSOoE358 - Hey film hipster! Wanna know where its at!! THE POST-MUMBLECORE MOMENT! Flush ur Wes Anderson dvds down the can man!See it on Scoop.it, via Microbudget Filmmaking

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DIVERSITY DEVELOPMENTS IN THE INDUSTRY

There have been some interesting diversity news in the entertainment industry recently.  Check it out!See it on Scoop.it, via Microbudget Filmmaking

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SECRETS TO SUCCESS FROM OUR CASE STUDY COLLECTION

As we all know too well, there is not one road to success when you choose a career making films. Each filmmaker must forge their own path by From Javier Fuentes-León's Undertow considering what is...

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George Lucas, J.J. Abrams and Other Filmmakers React to Death of ...

Aѕ раrt οf hіѕ tenure аt Apple, Jobs mаdе digital editing аnd filmmaking a more realistic аnd low-budget option, affording those wіth a passion fοr film opportunities thеу mіght nοt hаνе gotten іn thе...

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THE MICROBUDGET CONVERSATION: DO YOUR HOMEWORK ...

As Micro-Budget folks we can only get better at this. Use that drive, passion, and freedom, but don't rush it. If you're frustrated, put it into the pre-production and make your no-budget film that...

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Gary Baddeley On 'What One Learns About Film Financing From Film Financing...

Gary Baddeley On 'What One Learns About Film Financing From Film Financing ...Indie Wire (blog)I don't think he was talking about the microbudget kind of films that my company and surely those of many...

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Creative England names Vision+Media staff on senior management team - How Do

How DoCreative England names Vision+Media staff on senior management teamHow DoHer role will be to lead a national team to promote the English regions to film makers.See it on Scoop.it, via...

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FIND ANSWERS: YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT INTERNATIONAL SALES AGENTS

Debra Granik's Winter's Bone signed with Fortissimo Films as a foreign sals agent at Sundance.See it on Scoop.it, via Microbudget Filmmaking

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FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS NOW ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS FOR JAMESON FIND...

$40,000 CASH GRANT IS FUNDED BY JAMESON® IRISH WHISKEY   LOS ANGELES (November 2, 2011) – Film Independent, the non-profit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards and the Los Angeles Film...

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THE RIGHT WAY TO APPROACH CROWDFUNDING

Peter Broderick, the president of Paradigm Consulting and a guru of the digital distribution revolution, was on hand to moderate a panel about crowdfunding at the 2011 Film Independent Forum.  He...

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Here's the Third Winner for Christine Vachon and Ted Hope's Masterclass -...

Indie Wire (blog)Here's the Third Winner for Christine Vachon and Ted Hope's MasterclassIndie Wire (blog)Our producers wanted a horror film because they had experience there and it's a safer bet with...

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THE MICROBUDGET CONVERSATION: TIPS FROM THE MIX | The ...

This week I give you a bonus post and contest. In keeping with what seems to be our “Do Your Homework” theme, we have Grant Edmonds from MixMyFilm.com with.See it on Scoop.it, via Microbudget Filmmaking

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Indie Film Will Eat Itself: Are lower budgets sabotaging crew-base? - Indie...

Indie Wire (blog)Indie Film Will Eat Itself: Are lower budgets sabotaging crew-base?See it on Scoop.it, via Microbudget Filmmaking

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