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Contact the label and ask them who is in charge of releasing music rights for films. Call that person. Talk to them nicely and politely and explain to them that you are an indie filmmaker, one with limited funds and monetary resources. Tell him or her that you wish to get the publishing...

I would disagree with this assessment of her acting abilities, based upon anything I'm seeing in this reel. gelder

I would trim from :44 to :51 and 1:07 to 1:16. I'd also probably cut the hug at the end, so from 2:04 to 2:11. Those cuts would bring you under 1:50, which would be better. It's still kinda long for casting people. gelder

I agree with much of what's been said already - I would lose the stills up front, and trim back on the scenes. Lose the scene where she's watching the girl change into the bra - that one is almost entirely the same reaction shot from the actress the clip is for, and gives too much time to the...

Gremlins 2 Used Cars Atlas Shrugged gelder

I think "Adaptation" uses narration in an interesting, funny way. gelder

A rock, two sharp sticks and determination. Digital files are the hardest... Final Cut Pro, primarily, although I've worked on Avid and have looked at Adobe, and think I could get the hang of that pretty quickly, too. gelder

I took his two-day film school a few years ago. Dov has successfully culled information from enough sources and his own limited experience actually producing films to be able to present a competent film course for people who have done no research on the subject whatsoever, but who want to maker...

Nice! Congratulations on the win. gelder

You can go this route, avoiding festivals altogether. Some filmmakers like to screen at festivals because being accepted is a nice "good job" kind of affirmation that you made an exceptional film. You also get to screen in front of an audience, sometimes, a huge audience, and hear and feel...

It's not entirely true that features at festivals don't make money at the festivals, themselves. I have a friend who produced a fun documentary on wiener-dog racing. He ran at a few festivals, always let the local dog groups know about screenings, and was eventually selling-out screenings and...

Part of a director's job is picking good stories to tell in his/her style. If you start by picking a bad story to direct for one of your first, or "calling-card" projects, will you stand out as a good choice to hire as a director? (if that's your goal) If you watch a film, short or long, and...

Cincinnati Joans - everyone could call him "Cincy"... gelder

Beef Tips On Rice Productions. Named after my old bowling team. Which was, itself, named after a lunch special at the bowling alley the day we had to pick our team names. Three of us were talking out loud, trying to decide on a name, and our fourth, Dave, hungry and easily distracted, read...

A band did that out here late last year - October or November, I think. Stopped traffic on the 101, played their song... They received felony charges and, although I didn't hear what the final outcome was, faced up to 3 years in prison. And I heard the song wasn't that good. gelder

You do realize that you can't have "The Omen" playing on the TV, right? That's if you're planning on doing anything with it (festivals, online contests) besides making it for fun. gelder

Congrats on the acceptance - now, win something, and we'll really be impressed! gelder

My first short had a hospital scene - almost all the existing sets in town are priced pretty high, and I never found anyone willing to negotiate rates (things may have changed with the economy being the way it is). I ended up renting a hotel room and dressing it as a hospital by renting a...

Sure. I get suspending disbelief to enjoy a movie. I do it frequently. This particular movie did not do that for me. But, just because I accept the existence of an alien as a given, doesn't mean you can suspend all Earth physics, military procedure, realistic human reactions, etc. etc. I...

So, somehow the alien knows he will survive a train crash, sacrificing the scientist/teacher, who has evaded being caught by the government while teaching in a school that happens to be on the train tracks that the government chooses years later, blah, blah, blah. It has plot holes, it has...