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How about this set up: At the height of the cold war, a Russian vessel gets damaged and accidentally runs aground near Point Hope, a remote village in Alaska, population 757. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_Hope,_Alaska) That could go practically anywhere.

Somewhat off topic, but from the "my dvd's for sale" I'm looking for a "buy it now" button that takes me to the order page, but I can't find it.. where is it? It helps to make it easy to buy for the customers :cool:

Nice job, I never knew this kind of edit had a technical name for it.

I hope they eventually put together a good app.. but when I last looked, it seemed to have a ways to go.

Clive - happy bday!

Even if the book is out of print the rights are owned by someone. The place to start is to contact the author, or the publisher if you can't find the author's contact information. They will most likely point you to the author's agent, then you can inquire if the rights are available for a...

If it works for the kinds of scenes you are shooting, You can also film in Prospect Park (Brooklyn) and everyone will think that it's Central Park! (they were built around the same time by the same landscape architects, etc.) Less crowds, reasonable parking, etc. There's even subway access. Of...

You pay a casting director for access to (hopefully) a network of quality actors. The casting director can save you a lot of time & give you legitimacy with the actors. You can do your own casting calls etc. but then you won't have as many references on the actors (a casting director can often...

You only need to pay $40 for festivals and "art houses". If you are lucky to get the film bought then you pay more for worldwide rights, but at that stage someone has bought the film and you have the dough to pay it. $40 is definitely affordable!

A great source is magnatune, http://magnatune.com, they have streamlined, affordable licensing and great bands of all kinds.

Here are my notes from working under SAG ultra low: 1) The base rate is $100/day for the SAG actors but this is not for a 12 hr day. This is for an 8hr day and the SAG actors are entitled to overtime after that. If most of your actors are SAG and you want to work 12hr days then I recommend...

Just my two cents.. Collaboration is great, but in the end the director is boss. In the end someone needs to approve the framing, performances, set design, changes to the script, etc. etc... if nobody is in charge then you will likely spend more time than necessary debating each point of the...

What works for me is 1) if writing isn't going well at the computer take a pad/pen, go outside, and work out dialog at a cafe or in the park, or near a location related to the story if possible. When you transcribe back to your computer presto! You are rewriting and improving the script...

Knightly is very close, you will just have to run three more errands after the business cards though (I made these steps 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3) 1. Think of cool name 2.1 Google "the company corporation" and they will form your spanky new LLC for about $500-$750 depending on what state you live in...

Sounds ridiculous. Is it the same if you wanted to raise $50k for a coffee shop? There has to be a better way. One thing you could do is have them buy points in the film, instead of LLC shares outright. The points get paid out after the film earns 125% of its production budget back. The...

Where are you located? North America, UK, Ireleand..?

My advice is - don't worry about making money at this stage. Think about how to tell stories well with memorable imagery. Get as many people to see your films as you can. You want an audience and good actors/crew to work with. You are starting the process much younger than most people...

I think withoutabox charges something like $2k-$3k/year to the festivals. They are making out like bandits.

This is called "blocking" your shots. Before the shoot, work it out with two standins and a digital still camera (this is often much quicker than storyboarding) Most basic setups for two characters in dialog: You will have 3 setups and perhaps 3 takes per setup (9 takes total) 1) Master...

Great post. My attempt with www.KubrickParody.com is to reach a built in audience. If we get a deal on the festival circuit, so much the better - but I'm prepared to self-distribute. Even Sundance films with critical acclaim can get overlooked for distribution. Studio creative risks are at...