All posts tagged "kickstarter"
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The Road Less Traveled: To Get Your Indie Made, Treat Your Crew Like Your Family and Put Your Audience Above Yourself
Soon after my film “Thunder Road” won the Short Film Grand Jury Prize at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, I wasted about... -
Indie Law: Put the Green in Greenlight With This Guide to the Most Effective Film Financing Tactics
You went to film school, not business school—yet all the sudden you’re confronted by a bevy of fancy financial terms as you... -
Crowdfunder Pick: "Thou Shall Not Tailgate"
Crowdfunding has become an invaluable tool for the indie filmmaker seeking funds for the start or completion of a project. And here... -
Crowdfunder Pick: Stuck.
This week’s Crowdfunder Pick is Stuck., a fresh and funny take on personal growth and relationships from award-winning director Jillian Armenante, and... -
Slate Up: Five Things to Prepare Before Starting Your Film
In partnership with Film Slate Magazine, we’re publishing “Slate Up,” a fortnightly series with practical filmmaking advice and musings. New articles, written by... -
Crowdfunder Pick: Perfect Song
Crowdfunding has become an invaluable tool for the indie filmmaker seeking funds for the start or completion of a project. And here... -
The Case for Donations: Why I am Distributing My Next Film, Tex Montana Will Survive!, Via Creative Commons
It is possible to make a living as a filmmaker. You would be wise, however, to read that sentence as the reluctant... -
Cinema Law: Why Moviemakers Should be Very, Very Careful About Equity Crowdfunding
Just days before the American Film Market began last November, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) finally promulgated regulations (after a two-year... -
The Cardinal Rules of Crowdfunding:The Five Basic Tenets You Need to Follow for a Successful Campaign
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last seven years, you or someone you know has ventured into the depths... -
How They Did It: The Myriad Sources of Financing for Ethiopian Drama Difret
Financing the feature Difret, an unapologetic narrative about two Ethiopian women who had altered that country’s legal history, was a piecemeal struggle...
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Sydney on the Map: To Land Breakout Roles, Sydney Sweeney Draws Her Own Maps of the Characters She Inhabits
A reverent initiate of a patriarchal regime; a disturbed young psychiatric hospital ward; a sexually questioning teen with a flair for the dramatic; a mysterious denizen...1Inside the Issue: Directing
Think Like A Photographer: Generation Wealth’s Lauren Greenfield Shares How Still Techniques Make Better Movies
The biggest change I experienced when I went from making pictures to making films was the sense of an arc—of creating a story over time, and...Inside the Issue: How To
How They Did It: Casting Unknowns Was Key to Finding the Laughs and Lived-In Feel of Bo Burnham’s Eighth Grade
Before I directed my first film, Eighth Grade, I had heard that 90 percent of directing is casting. I’m sure there are other directors who weigh...2