Filmmaking Articles and Advice from Film Consultant Peter D. Marshall
Posted in Film Festivals on Aug 4th, 2010
This article was written by Ralph Dannheiser. “Web-savvy filmmakers are getting the chance to focus attention on wide-ranging efforts being made to conquer some of the developing world’s most pressing problems — and to win $20,000 in the process. // // ViewChange.org, a new multimedia website due to go live at the end of October, [...]
Posted in Film Festivals on Jul 18th, 2010
This article was written for Universal Studios Hollywood. “Universal Studios Hollywood(SM) and Rob Zombie are partnering to recognize the nation’s top short-form filmmaking horror genre talent with the “Halloween Horror Nights – Rob Zombie Film Competition,” offering filmmakers an opportunity to have their scariest short film judged by a panel led by the multi-media horror [...]
Posted in Film Festivals on Jun 26th, 2010
This article was written by Ian Kilroy. “THE 8MM FILM format became iconic when Abraham Zapruder caught the assassination of JFK on it in 1963. Its lurid colour heightens reality. It endows even contemporary events with the aura of nostalgia. On super 8 film stock, it’s always the wonder years and even old home movie [...]
Posted in Film Festivals on Jun 24th, 2010
This article was written by Garrett Godwin. Rutger Hauer challenges filmmakers around the world to show him ”things you people wouldn’t believe”, and he will personally award the winners during the Festival’s Gala Award evening. Read the rest of this article from News Blaze.
Posted in Film Festivals on Jun 20th, 2010
THE SECRETS OF GUERILLA FILMMAKING DETROIT WINDSOR INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Saturday, June 26, 2010, 2:00—3:30 p.m. Wayne State University, State Hall, Room 224 You are invited to a free panel discussion on “The Secrets of Guerilla Filmmaking” as part of the Detroit Windsor International Film Festival Tech Fair. This panel will take place on Saturday, [...]
Posted in Film Festivals on Jun 19th, 2010
Win £5,000 to create an Electric Short film at a Soho House Property Host: Electric House/Mercedes-Benz Pitch your film proposal themed on “Desire” in no more than 400 words, and win the opportunity to shoot it for real at a Soho House property. This summer the Soho House Group will launch the Electric Shorts film [...]
Posted in Film Festivals on May 2nd, 2010
This article was written by Nancy Van Valkenburg. “A decade ago, Ogden was still warming to the idea of being a Sundance Film Festival satellite site. This year, locals marked their 13th anniversary of supporting Sundance. And the number of screenings has also increased. Back in 2000, Ogden got five feature films. This year, Sundance [...]
Posted in Film Festivals on Apr 18th, 2010
This article was written by Saskia Wilson-Brown. “In the past several years I’ve had the opportunity to participate in and listen to a lot of conversations about the shifting role of film festivals, particularly as those shifts apply to mid to high level independent festivals. There are a number of conflicting opinions on the role [...]
Posted in Film Festivals on Apr 1st, 2010
This article was written by Michael Connelly. “If you are one of those people who went to film school and still cannot understand why they did not teach you how to get a job in the film industry, then I suggest that you stop complaining, gather up all the creative, hard working film production people [...]
Posted in Film Festivals on Mar 18th, 2010
This article was written for the Chicagoist. “Facets and the Chicago International Children’s Film Festival (CICFF) are in search for several teens, ages 13-17, to serve as Facets Film Ambassadors and travel abroad as international film festival youth delegates. Selected participants will be chosen to attend a film festival in Italy, Canada, India or Korea [...]
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