Filmmaking Articles and Advice from Film Consultant Peter D. Marshall
Posted in Independent Films on Aug 27th, 2010
This article was written by Angelo Bell. “The Tribeca Film Institute asked Intelligent Television to launch an examination of the current economics of independent film and video distribution in the United States to help producers, distributors, and funders better understand current realities and trends in the film and video distribution market. This study, supported in [...]
Posted in Digital Films on Aug 26th, 2010
This article was written by Devin W. “If they’re doing it as a publicity stunt, then the number of articles popping up on the subject would suggest that it’s working . . . A number of independent film makers and musicians have turned to iPhone 4 as a cheap way to produce films. CNN tells [...]
Posted in Digital Films on Aug 16th, 2010
This article was written for Rebel Digital SLR. “DSLR cinema is the future of cinema. There are companies like Red, Canon and Nikon, all competitors are small cameras that are easy to use, manufacture, supply high-resolution images and a shallow depth. Before relying on celluloid cameras to capture the information obtained from reflected light. Celluloid [...]
Posted in Personal Observations on Feb 28th, 2010
This article was written by Manohla Dargis. “It is time to blow the whole thing up.” In September 1960, when those words were lobbed at the world by a New York-centric, off-Hollywood circle of malcontents called the New American Cinema Group, there was no mistaking their radical urgency. Given the cold war times — one [...]
Posted in Digital Films on Feb 9th, 2010
This article was written by Manohla Dargis. “How much our world of moving-image entertainment has changed in the past decade! We now live in a world of the 24-Hour Movie, one that plays anytime and anywhere you want (and sometimes whether you want it to or not). It’s a movie we can access at home [...]
Posted in Personal Observations on Feb 5th, 2010
This article was written by Ron King. “When I was a child my dad got a supper eight camera and shot our family movies. The family would sit at night, in the living room, while my dad put up the projector that screened our home movies. The quality of the films was poor and the [...]
Posted in Filmmaking Tips on Jan 2nd, 2010
This article was written by Marke Andrews. “After last year’s fireworks at the Whistler Film Festival over how new media is killing traditional film and television, a new, more positive mood surfaced at the first day of the 2009 Film Festival Forum. At a Thursday-afternoon session under the upbeat title “The Age of Collaboration,” a [...]
Posted in Filmmaking Tips on Nov 15th, 2009
“In the essence of “Write it, Shoot it, Work it” We’re talking today about the mind set of an Independent Filmmaker, and how the New Digital Era is helping Filmmakers get their projects to the world. Special Guests – Jason Brubaker of FilmmakingStuff, Terence Dudley of Queinten Entertainment and Stanley Lozowski Producer.” Listen to this [...]
Posted in Independent Films on Oct 4th, 2009
“The independent filmmaker today has more options for distribution than ever before. Some things, including film financing, have not changed. How does the independent film producer adapt to a universe that includes mobile and Internet-distributed films, digital cinema, and videogame tie-ins? And, what are the opportunities for independent cinema in the age of Hulu and [...]
Posted in Filmmaking Tips on Jul 24th, 2009
“The number of “self-taught” indie filmmakers grows every year and formal film school training is not always the method of choice for training anymore. Nothing cam compete with “on-set” experience but there are a variety of ways to get information especially on the internet and through some excellent guides written by and form filmmakers. Here’s [...]
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