MM Guide 2018

MM Guide 2018

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Go Ahead, Make Your Day: An Assistant Director’s Guide to Running a Set

The late Sam Fuller, a veteran of moviemaking and of World War II, once said, “Film is like a battleground.”…

6 years ago
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What Investors Want to Hear: Here Are the Things You Need to Be Telling Potential Financiers In Your Pitch

There are as many different ways to get funding as there are movies made, but the one thing all of…

6 years ago
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Your Key to Distribution Success: Get Keyed in to Key Art, and You’re On Your Way to an Instantly Iconic Movie

Think about some of the most famous posters ever produced: Jaws, Scarface, Taxi Driver, The Shining, Ghostbusters, E.T., The Godfather. What…

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New York Festivals 2017: There’s A Prize For Everyone and Everything At This Awards Gala in Vegas

The New York Festivals Awards take place during the annual National Broadcasting Convention (NAB) Show, held each spring in Las…

6 years ago
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SENE Film, Music & Arts Festival 2017: Giving Back and Paying It Forward in New England

On a pleasant April evening in Warwick, Rhode Island, Alec Asten attended the opening night of SENE (Southeast New England)…

6 years ago
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Alternative Gear Sources: Look Beyond the Rental House For Budget-Conscious Gear Shopping 

The question “how can I afford this gear?” has led many a moviemaker to countless hours of research and rummaging.…

6 years ago
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deadCenter Film Festival 2017: Oklahoma City Is the Biggest Star Of This Consistently Great Event

Film festivals are as good as their programmers and audiences, and the deadCenter film festival has an abundance of excellence…

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Woods Hole Film Festival 2017: Where the Call of the Sea Is Matched By the Call of Cinema and Science

When Woods Hole Film Festival Director Judy Laster invited me to work for her 26th annual festival, I jumped at…

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Filling the Space You Leave: Joe Wright on Building Your Film Around Audience’s Emotions in Post-Production

I was brought up in the Little Angel Theatre in London. My parents founded the puppet theater in 1959; they…

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Austin Revolution Film Festival 2017: A DIY Uprising is Brewing at Austin’s Secret Powerhouse Fest

It sounds like a moviemaker’s version of Big Rock Candy Mountain, I know: There’s a festival out there, somewhere, where…

6 years ago