“Low budget filmmaking is a good way to start a career in filmmaking. There have been many instances of low budget filmmakers making it big in their own countries and even internationally. So if you believe that you have the potential to make good or even great films then why not prove it by making an effective low budget film. You never know it might just turn out to be your ticket to filmmaking success.

But of course it is not a cakewalk and many aspiring filmmakers end up with half done or completely trashy projects and lose confidence in themselves. If you intend to make a low budget film, the following tips are going to help you ensure a satisfying experience.”

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Happy filmmaking!

“Want to be an actor, but you are beyond your 20s. Perhaps a career as a screenwriter, but you heard about age discrimination. Try directing, filmmakers are having all the luck these days — at any age.

“Shutter Island” from 67-year-old director Martin Scorsese, reigned atop U.S. box offices for the second straight week this past weekend. It dethroned former champ “Valentine’s Day” from 75-year-old Garry Marshall, and 76-year-old Roman Polanski’s “Ghost Whisperer” is performing well in art houses.”

Read the rest of this article from Reuters.

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“Since the birth of the moving picture, film has played an important role in the way people experience culture worldwide. This is apparent at the 400 film festivals which take place around the globe each year. These events give talented artists a venue to promote their work in front of a qualified, interested audience.

Like any dynamic art form, film is forever changing. New digital media have placed unknown independent artists on the same playing field as their more established, commercially-backed counterparts. Moreover, as access to cyberspace has become more universal, reaching the right audience has never been so easy.’

Read the rest of this article from Best Social Media Marketing Tips.

Today, March 8, 2010, is “International Women’s Day” – a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future.

Last night at the Oscars, Kathryn Bigelow made history by being the first woman to win the Best Directing award … AND her film “The Hurt Locker” also won Best Picture.

Last week, I shared two articles with you on women directors. You can read them both here: Why are there so few female film-makers? and Top Female Directors.

Please take a moment now to thank the women near you for their contribution to making our lives better.

“In case you haven’t noticed, becoming a professional filmmaker requires persistence, tenacity and an unyielding ability to overcome obstacles and keep going, even when doing so seems crazy… I wanted to share a little tool I have been utilizing for years.

The tool is called the Filmmaking Success Mindset. The FSM is a set of filmmaking declarations that, if repeated over and over every day – will help you condition your thinking for the better. Your thoughts will influence your beliefs and your beliefs will influence your actions. Put enough actions together and you will begin to forge a new life as a filmmaker.”

Read this article from Filmmaking Stuff.

“201 Things You Wouldn’t Know
Without Movies or Television!”

“Starting a career in post? already in post? good. Here are 5 things I learned, practically. I’m still learning.”

Read this article from Looking For the Right Image.

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“The film short I’m co-producing “Accused” is now in post production and during the editing process I’ve been putting together a marketing plan for promotion, audience building and defining our goals for the project.  One thing that has become apparent to me is the need for structuring a “things to do list” in such a way that the basics are locked down, while leaving room for contingencies.  In addition,  we  have been discussing the most effective way in which we can use this production “as a means of advertising”, the way that Thomas Mai suggested during my chat with him.”

Read the rest of this article from Filmmakers Notebook.

The Ten Commandments of Filmmaking
How to Work (and Survive) in the
Film and Television Industry
by Peter D. Marshall

“It’s an old rule of thumb for indie film screenplay writing:  Include in your screenplay what you already have access to.  This saves you money and streamlines your shoot.  Robert Rodriguez cites this decree as a major contributing factor in his pulling off the micro-budget El Mariachi.

I think S.F. Brownrigg, director of Don’t Look In The Basement, explained it best when he spoke of his “three legged dog” low budget filmmaking tactic:  If you discover a three legged dog on set, put it in your movie because that’s production value.  But never, in pre-production, write a three legged dog into your script, because then you’ll never find one.”

Read the rest of this article from Fearnet.com

Filmmaking Quotes

A Collection of 470 Film Quotes
from“Twitterers” Around the World

“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 a country with so many TV broadcasters, it’s no surprise that cinema here is in part defined by the needs of television.

“Like nearly everywhere in the world, there is no feature film industry without television,” says Constantin Film’s Martin Moszkowicz, head of film and television, worldwide theatrical and television production, distribution, marketing and international sales. “In Germany, the importance and influence (of television) is stronger than in most other countries because the German landscape is heavily dominated by broadcasters.”

Read the rest of this article from Variety.

The Ten Commandments of Filmmaking
How to Work (and Survive) in the
Film and Television Industry
by Peter D. Marshall