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Excellent advice. I'll add one thing, give them plenty of time to block out the actor's schedule. It is really difficult to get a busy actor, even B-, if you're calling up 1 month before.

Hi Ewan, I agree with most of the other posters, manager first, agent second. Managers can produce, agents can't, therefore they are more motivated to help the project as a whole. You will eventually have to deal with the agent as well. You don't need to bother with Equity, however, if you...

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Do you guys get LoveFilm in the US?

DVDs are not dead. Sale volumes are down but they are accompanied by rising Blu-Ray sales. Streaming and downloads are smaller ancillaries but they are growing, slowly. The real problem with DVDs is that distributors are getting less per DVD sold, so the profit is down. This is not the case...

Everything you said. I'm going to check out your work today, is any of it on iTunes?

This is not true, they were not few in number. In any case, you miss the point. If there is 1 silent movie where the sound effects and music is created this way, then the definition stands regardless of whether they can be mixed or not. Just because they did not use mixing facilities, et al...

It's free for 30-days then you can buy or cancel. But it is fully functional during the 30 days.

Hidden, don't worry about your camera. As Steve said, just make sure you really think and plan your lighting and framing. It probably won't be the way thought it would be because this is your first time but that is part of the process, looking over the film and working out what could have been...

Excellent explanation, Alcove. I wish I had your succinctness, if that's a word.

No, i am not new to filmmaking and the fundamentals. I have produced a feature which is currently touring the markets and I am currently producing a feature packaged by ICM. I use sound design in the following sense, it means the the output of the sound designer which includes the creative use...

The coverage report will take into account the potential audience, how the genre of the script fits into the current market, as well as the actual story and script elements, so yes, there is some market consideration although it is not in great detail at this stage. Feedback from cast and crew...

Silent movie does not mean without sound design, it means without dialogue.

If you are going to sell a movie or pitch a project, you will have to make your appointments well in advance to make sure they will see you. I have seen people just walk to distributors, and they will take your completed film, but they won't watch it until after the market, way after...

Hi Miken, Yes, word of mouth and P&A have to work together, otherwise the effect is patchy and localised. But, word of mouth is also created. Some people are great at it (Fox Searchlight, Weinstein), others not so great. This seems unromantic and cynical but it is a fact of the business and I...

If you read that properly, you would understand that word of mouth means nothing if you cannot back an ad spend. The theatrical chains ask the distributor for a commitment on this otherwise you do not get the screens booked. Also, if you read further, word of mouth can be , and is, manufactured...

You can download a fully functional copy of Adobe Photoshop Elements, into which you can copy and paste you logo from AAA and save.

Not all tentpoles have the budget of Avatar. It is still in the top four P&A spends if all time, the other three all go to Chris Nolan pictures. The opening weekend thing is a bit misleading. What happens is that the studios/mini-majors push for a strong opening weekend to create the biggest...

I'm assuming you have no money if you are looking on Craigslist? You could try to find a casting assistant who wants to jump up to casting director and persuade them thar deferment or a joint venture approach would be mutually beneficial. If that is too tricky, try CastingCallPro, most actors...

You shouldn't let him into profits for any future film. I don't know any investor who would invest in a movie where they are profit sharing with an investor fom another film, they are effectively giving part if their recoupment away. He should expect that, if your short generates money, he gets...