Did you miss this interview with foreign distribution champion Marcy Rubin? Shame on you, it may be one of the most important interviews of your life. [And you were not even the subject, go figure jeez.] Listen.
I’m having this conversation with some friends. They are making a movie. My friends are also creating a comic book for the movie — or in more polite terms, a graphic novel — as a pre-launch ad campaign. It’s a smart idea. Get it out there, get it circulating, get people knowing and talking and seeing and thinking about it. My friends figure they will break even on the Read More ...
Categories: Classes, Conferences, Film, The Art of the Pitch, Writing
I will be at San Antonio Film Festival June 18-24: Tuesday June 19, midnight screening, Underbelly Blues at Sideliners Thursday June 21, 10:30 AM: Writers/Producers: When To Opt Out Of The Director’s Chair Friday June 22, 9 AM: Actor/Writers: What Makes An Actor Champion Your Script Saturday June 23, 9 AM: Director/Writers – Pros and Cons of Doing It All Saturday June 23, 10:30 AM: Writers – Researching Read More ...
Categories: Festivals, Film, In Person, Max Adams, The Academy of Film Writing
Martin Scorsese’s Film School: The 85 Films You Need to See To Know Anything About Film ~ by Rick Tetzeli originally posted on fastocreate.com As we head into Oscars weekend, here’s an A-Z list of the films that influenced the most influential–and Oscar-nominated–director in Hollywood, Martin Scorsese (in other words, the films you need to see to be the film expert you think you are). Interviewing Martin Read More ...
Categories: Articles, Directors, Film, The Academy of Film Writing
I found this talk about new technology in filmmaking by Robert Rodriguez [pictured left] really interesting. I know some of you think screenwriting is all about the writing, but, we’re writing Movies — that’s Movies, with a capital M. To write movies, you must know movies. This is about knowing movies. It’s pretty damn interesting. [This is from 2003, btw, but I had not seen it before Read More ...
Categories: Directors, Film, The Academy of Film Writing
This is brilliant and, as Canales points out, should be in a textbook. How To Fake Being An Indie Auteur [Part One] ~ by Suzanne Ballantyne ~ from the Raindance Film Festival Website This is not about how to make Hollywood films, made-for-tv films or even low budget films. This is not about making films whose purpose is to entertain. This is about a Read More ...
Categories: Articles, Film, Humor, The Academy of Film Writing