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Hello all. A friend's film recently got accepted to the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival. He was really excited until they started pushing their "Festival Package" on him. Apparently, for a fee, the Festival will promote his film to all the participants with flyers...

Clive, I work for the AFM, which is the largest film market in terms of the amount of business transacted. The AFM and MIFED do essentially the same thing, directorik has it right. I've been to MIFED once on the Exhibitor side and would be happy to tell you what I know about either market...

So glad I read this post. I had planned to give them 8mm footage from my wedding for transfer to DV. But now that I hear they've done this, I will take my business elsewhere (www.thetransferstation.com is looking good right about now). God, I love the Internet. Thanks for posting this, Sonnyboo.

Great Job Just wanted to encourage you to keep going. This stuff is great! Someone compared it to Dr. Who and I totally agree. It's got the heart if not the production value (something the "established media" seems to get backwards all the time). Good luck with the next episodes. One...

Wow! I just took a look at your site and while I like the teaser, I was BLOWN AWAY by the "Robot!" You have some incredible talent, my friend. Really impressive.

First Rough Draft Ready Well, for those of you who might be interested, I have finally completed a rough first draft of the script for this project. If anyone would be interested in reading it, PM me and I will email you a PDF. Just a reminder, I may or may shoot this in the 1:1 format hotly...

I am about a month away from finishing a rough draft of a low budget screenplay (those of you who are familiar with the thread in Script to Screen about the ultra-low budget shooting format, this is the project). I was hoping to get some feedback from this forum on the story (independent of how...

Haven't Started Production Yet I haven't started production yet. In fact, the first draft of the script was only just finished this weekend. No actors cast or crew hired. And I may still decide to go with a more traditional shoot in the end. But I continue to find the format intriguing...

All Comments Appreciated Since posting this question and getting feedback, I got a hold of Dov Simons class on tape through eBay since it had been mentioned a couple of times here an elsewhere. Sure enough, he does mention it as the last ditch effort for people who want to make a 35mm film on...

I just watched The Devil's Backbone and listened to the director's commentary. Guillermo del Toro mentions a crane he used for some of the more complex shots. He said the crane is not available in the US but worked well in tight spaces and allowed him to move the camera quite a bit in longer...

Thanks again to everyone for their great insight, I will be printing these pages out and discussing many of these points with my DP, sound and the rest of the cast and crew. Okay, so we're all in general agreement, this is an insane way to do a film. The main concern seems to be that the film...

Arniepix, stbd1 and Renegade, this is all eminently helpful. Working through some responses helps me better define my goals with this project and see if it still makes sense. First, why this method? If I shoot on digital, there is no reason not to shoot a traditional shooting ratio. Video is...

Renegade, Point well taken about stock, changing lenses is more what I had in mind from take to take. Anyone know if you actually get 10 minutes out of a 1000' load? All I've ever worked with are short ends so not familiar with fresh cans.

Really appreciate everyone's thoughts. I saw Russian Ark, really intersting film and pretty amazing since they ran back and forth through time (modern time, Russian revolution and back). One disadvantage was that everything was shot with the same lens and "stock." I never realized how much...

STBD1, Thanks for the input. The point is well taken about Stewart and the amount of time Hichcock had. The one thing we do have time and money for is rehearsal. My estimate was that the cast would treat it as a play, we would rehearse it as such for 2-3 weeks and then shoot. DV is, of...

I am writing a screenplay for a micro-budget 35mm feature to take place in one location. Because of time and money constraints, I plan to shoot everything over the course of one long weekend using a 1:1 shooting ratio (it will be shot almost entirely in masters, with dolly, crane moves or zoom...