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Have you considered getting the short produced in order to sell the feature? For $2.5k it must be an awesome short! :cool: It might be better to find a great director to make the short with on a $2.5k budget, and then use that to sell the feature. Also, suppose you sold it for $2.5k -...

Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer or accountant! It sounds like there are three parts to this doc job: 1) Forming an LLC, 2) becoming a contracter for the state agency and 3) everything else that normally goes with producing a documentary. 1) First, limit liability for your production by...

I imagine the broker is going to Cannes next month. Well, if the broker is legit and you made the film for $100-$360k that is great, and if you made it for $2M that is not so great. Ask the broker point blank who they are going to sell it to and why they can get access - brokers/agents are...

The happiest people I know don't worry much about fame. Quickest way to become happy is to cook a good meal for someone.. I think fame/success/winning/etc. are great things to strive for but.. not the whole story. Sure, you'll get "love" and "respect" if you are famous but fame is almost...

Nice that they want to distribute and are asking for pictures. I want them to prosper and thrive. I wonder how long they will take an open call for submissions. About the site. All of the films in production (5) are written or directed by "Vahé Mansourian". I am a little dubious about...

As screenwriters we agonize over names but does anybody remember the name of Tea Leoni's character from Spanglish? Adam Sandler's character name from any of his films? Nope, it's just "that character Tea played". Only Tolkien fiends can name more than 3 characters from the Lord of the...

I think it means every PDF out there will be retrofitted with an annoying Flash intro.. no, just kidding, it's an exciting development. They are both great companies.

Here's a great thread about the distribution puzzle: http://www.indietalk.com/showthread.php?t=6286

That is a great idea. It is certainly a saner idea than what was going through my head: just start rewriting, budgeting, scheduling and casting the *(& picture w/ out their permission :cool:

So I had a meeting today with an exec producer, who shall remain nameless of course. He had produced a ton of material for television and had done a couple of successful feature films. This was my first serious meeting of this nature.. I was always wondering what it would be like. He was a...

It is possible to wrangle a bunch of art houses into a "network" of venues, but this legwork is what distributors already do for their own pictures. Theatres will always have the issue of a limited # of films they can show during any given week. There are so many festivals out there that...

If a film is mostly straight cuts, why would a Nitris cut look any better than FCPHD? As long as it writes the final cut (no pun intended) to the HD tape correctly..

At NAB apple just announced Final Cut Studio 5. I'm excited because the specs say that it will support 1080p! (Final Cut 4 HD supported 720p, but not 1080p). Does this mean that with a powerful enough Apple, you can do a 1080 "online" quality session - suitable for blowing up to 35mm? My...

JonRon: No matter what package you choose, I'd recommend checking out the trial versions thoroughly. The scheduling functions in the "all in one" packages often have performance and usability issues. Make sure that the program is user-friendly, robust, and reliable enough to use during the...

Two words: Deferred pay. :cool:

Move to Los Angeles as soon as possible and hire the most expensive plastic surgeon you can find.

Most of the MiniDV modifications are not so much in CCD replacement but in lens system replacement. See this site for example. CCD replacement would be electonically tricky as your are dealing with chipsets/boards specifically tuned for that CCD. (I would not put it past a gifted engineer...

My suggestion would be to toss aside any formal definition of "synopsis" and focus on selling the screenplay in those paragraphs. This would probably be in anecdotal format for most cases. Some screenwriters like to refer to other films (as in "BLADE RUNNER meets BATTLE OF THE ROSES in a tale...

I think Wes Anderson is a wonderful voice in indie (or quasie-indie? studio?) filmmaking. I haven't seen "life aquatic" yet, but loved Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, and Royal Tennenbaums. I read that Bottle Rocket was originally a 10min short that screened at Sundance. Hope yet for the short...

For short films, I would not sweat Sundance. God only knows what they are looking for and your chances of getting in are less than 2%. Do fests for fun and not for $, because short films rarely sell! For long format films, I would not overly sweat Sundance. The fact is many films at...