Film Directing and Film Making Tips for the Independent Filmmaker

This article was written by Jennifer M. Wood.
“After introducing now-iconic indies like Steven Soderbergh (Sex, Lies, and Videotape), Quentin Tarantino (Reservoir Dogs), Wes Anderson (Bottle Rocket) and Kevin Smith (Clerks) to mainstream success in the late ’80s and early ’90s, the Sundance Film Festival became the world’s greatest showcase of low-budget moviemaking. In more recent [...]

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This article was written by Manohla Dargis.
“Last November inside a conference room at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, a film consultant named Peter Broderick was doing his best to foment a revolution. Mr. Broderick, who helps filmmakers find their way into the marketplace, was spreading the word on an Internet-era approach to [...]

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This article was written by Ted Hope.
“Earlier this year, while looking at Atlantic Magazine’s list of Brave Thinkers across various industries, I started to wonder who are of this ilk in our sector of so-called Independent Film.
What is it to be “brave”? To me, bravery requires risk, going against the status quo, being willing to [...]

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This article was written by Angelo Bell.
“Today I spent several hours doing marketing. You know, that fun stuff where you try to find a nice mix of self-promotion and information so that recipients don’t immediately tune out.
As an indie filmmaker, the team of ME, it’s important to manage these tasks as if one were in [...]

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This email came from a subscriber to my monthly filmmaking ezine, “The Director’s Chair“.
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Hi Everyone!
This is just a quick update on my latest project.
(I apologize if you get more than one of these!  Also, if you do not want me to email you, in general, kindly let me know.  It is not my intention to [...]

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This article was written by David Basulto.
“You may have enjoyed famous independent films such as “The Blair Witch Project” or “Juno” and, while you may or may not have realized these films were not produced by major film production studios, perhaps you dreamed of making a great film yourself some day.  These days, there are [...]

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“For Independent filmmaking and distribution, the internet is still nascent territory.  We’ve only begun to see how we can reach our audiences through broad-band streaming, direct download, and DVD rentals.
But the internet is not a be-all-end-all solution to distribution.  This article highlights the importance of a solid marketing strategy for digital indie distribution.  It’s not [...]

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“These budding directors shot their first films when Korean cinema was at its peak, so it’s no wonder they now feel pressure’. -PIFF programmer
The “sophomore slump” refers to when a second effort fails to meet the standards or expectations of the first. It affects bands, performers and artists of all types – and movie directors [...]

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“When “The Age of Stupid,” a climate change movie, “opens” across the United States in September, it will play on some 400 screens in a one-night event, with a video performance by Thom Yorke of Radiohead, all paid for by the filmmakers themselves and their backers. In Britain, meanwhile, the film has been showing via [...]

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” When Chuck Griffith’s first feature film, “Thank You, Good Night” completed production before 9/11, VHS rentals were still in vogue.  Now, after seven years since the film won a jury prize in 2002, he’s branding it and other films to the internet…and monetizing them.”
Read this article from Prlog.org

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