Filmmaking Articles and Advice from Film Consultant Peter D. Marshall
Posted in In The News on Mar 4th, 2010
This article was written by Ed Meza.
“As with most European countries, financing from television nets plays a dominant role in German cinema. The partnership is a simple economic reality. But does it tamp down ambition? And does it allow for an abundance of family films and screwball comedies at the cost of edgier, riskier works?
For [...]
Posted in In The News on Feb 16th, 2010
This article was written by Megan MacLeod.
“On Saturday January 23rd from 11am to 2pm (Mountain Time) the world will tune into www.slamdance.com/summit to engage in a global discussion on the future of filmmaking. The Filmmaker Summit will gather some of the most innovative thinkers in the industry for a day of discussion and debate.
The Filmmaker [...]
Posted in In The News on Feb 15th, 2010
This article was written by Knowledge@Wharton.
When the Writers Guild of America went on strike in 2007, it looked as if Hollywood’s balance of power favoring big, money-hungry studios would never be the same again. To some extent, that’s the case, but not necessarily in the way the striking screenwriters expected.
The growing popularity of free, web-based [...]
Posted in In The News on Feb 6th, 2010
This article is from NGR Guardian News.
VICTOR Okhai is an independent producer and one of the few intellectuals in Nollywood, who feels saddened with the failings of the movie industry. Yet he maintains a positive posture with the belief that Nollywood will soon get out its dark tunnel with the emergence of a new generation [...]
Posted in In The News on Jan 18th, 2010
This article was written by Brooks Barnes.
“Paramount Pictures, looking for new ways to turn its old movies into cash, especially as DVD sales continue to decline, is creating an online video clip service that will allow users to search hundreds of feature films on a frame-by-frame basis.
Feeling “the need for speed,” as Tom Cruise put [...]
Posted in In The News on Dec 21st, 2009
This article was written by Patrick Goldstein.
“It’s not even the middle of December yet and, according the Associated Press, Hollywood has already set an all-time box-office record, with domestic theatrical revenues having passed the previous record — 2007’s $9.68 billion — with a possible $10.5 billion mark easily in sight before year’s end.
All in all, [...]
Posted in In The News on Dec 15th, 2009
“Media experts gathered Friday to discuss the interaction between media, web use and social, political and religious mobilization in the Middle East. The fifth Beirut Media Forum brought together the media-savvy for 10 lectures addressing obstacles facing socio-political documentary filmmakers and the rise of online social activism and citizen journalism in the Arab region.
The forum, [...]
Posted in In The News on Dec 14th, 2009
“A race is underway to turn social networking into an engaging 10-foot experience–one that we interact with via TVs. The technology has been in place for years. However, the price of Internet-connected HDTVs was, until recently, out of reach for most. No longer.
High-definition TVs were among the top sellers on Black Friday, according to ShopperTrak [...]
Posted in In The News on Dec 5th, 2009
“Themes explored by African women filmmakers often fall under the rubric of consciousness-raising; specific topics intended for the general population or women specifically, with the express purpose of building awareness. In these instances, women filmmakers continue the role that African women in grassroots and non-governmental organizations for development have occupied for a long time.
In [...]
Posted in In The News on Dec 3rd, 2009
“Television executives sometimes provide us entertainment. Occasionally they may even give us art. But the reality of what motivates them is neither of the above considerations. It is, and always shall be, profit. And that is the essence of why we are now bombarded with reality TV.
For a half century, network execs had the perfect [...]
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