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Issue #83 [Complete Guide to Making Movies 2010]

Film Festival Dos and Don’ts
by Paul Osborne
You’ve made your little independent feature film, financed with love, credit cards and some spare change from mom and dad. Now you’re going to take it to Sundance, where it will be watched by excited buyers from all of the major distributors. One of said distributors will cut you a big check, gather your movie up into its warm, welcoming arms and sprinkle it into theaters all across the land. Right?

Every Movie Needs a Trailer
by Hamilton Fisher & Andrew Jackson
Alfred Hitchcock knew how to keep an audience on the edge of its seat. Though he loathed movie promotions, the master of suspense could have been the master of movie trailers. His films were feature-length cliffhangers—and the cliffhanger is the most important element of a successful movie trailer.

The Art of the Shoot
by Laura Boersma
While moviemaking is an art, there is also an art to the business of planning a production.