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    Before you pick up your iPhone to film the next Tangerine...

    Tangerine, the Sundance hit that was filmed on an iPhone, is starting to roll out to theaters and on-demand. But before you pick up your phone and start filming a feature or a short, take note of this article. TANGERINE DREAM: THE INSIDE STORY ON THE SUNDANCE IPHONE FILM Particularly pay...
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    When an actor is abused or harassed by another actor, what happens?

    This article is making its way around on theater discussion groups, but I thought I would also post it here. Sex and Violence, Beyond the Script It talks about how the industry doesn't always deal with harassment or abuse that well, and how it lacks solid policies. As an actor, I have...
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    Want to get that authentic New England winter shot?

    No Film School just published an interview with the DP's of Bob and the Trees, which is about to show at Sundance. They filmed the feature mostly outdoors during last year's frigid, snowy winter in Massachusetts, and it is one of the first features exclusively shot on the Blackmagic Pocket...
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    SAG low budget day rates are going up.

    New Rates: Ultra Low Budget: Under $200,000 Day Rate: $125 Modified Low Budget: Under $625,000 Day Rate: $335 Weekly Rate: $1,166 Low Budget: Under $2.5 million Day Rate: $630 Weekly Rate: $2,190 Read more here.
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    Shaky versus Still Cameras - Observations From IFFB

    I've just spent a week at the Independent Film Festival Boston where I saw about 12 films. I noticed something that has come up from time to time here on Indietalk - Shaky versus Still camerawork. There were many films that deployed both techniques, but I saw the contrast most notably in two...
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    Is Kickstarter Becoming Harder

    I thought I would pass along this interesting post on the Ms. In the Biz site. This filmmaker, who has had great success with Kickstarter in the past, is not tracking as well with her current project. She opens up with her numbers and tries to draw some conclusions, causes: Including...
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    What Questions to Ask at A Reading?

    Hi All, My co-writers and I finally have a draft of our script that we think is ready to hear read by actors. We have got a date and the cast all set. We have invited some of our filmmaker/screenwriting friends whose opinions we trust. We were thinking of, after the reading, having a...
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    Hi from Boston!

    Hi all! So happy to be joining this forum. My friends and I have been acting in, writing and shooting various projects for a number years. Finally, we all got together and made some shorts, including one that played a nice number of great festivals recently. We're in the process of...
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