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Summit of independent creative producers hosted by MoMA, Indiewire, and Zipline Entertainment in December 2009.

A Call to Producers: Innovate or Die

by Mynette Louie on June 18, 2012

Summit of independent creative producers hosted by MoMA, Indiewire, and Zipline Entertainment in December 2009.

I’m very fortunate to be friends with many accomplished independent film producers–people whose films have screened at the best festivals, won significant awards, gotten picked up by major distributors, earned healthy gross receipts, and …

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12 Key Traits of the “Indie-Friendly” Director

by Mynette Louie on May 14, 2012

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Not every director is suited for low-budget indie filmmaking, and that’s OK if you’re Terrence Malick or David Fincher. But chances are, you’re not…or not yet, anyway. I get a fair number of calls from biggish directors and producers who are having trouble raising money for their …

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Don Cheadle’s “Envision” Keynote Address on Sustainability and Activist Filmmaking

by Dan Schoenbrun on May 2, 2012

Actor Don Cheadle (Hotel Rwanda, Crash) delivers the closing keynote address from Envision 2012: Stories for a Sustainable Future.

Here, he discusses his career, issues of sustainability, and the merits of social issue filmmaking.

Envision 2012 was presented by IFP, the United Nations Department of Public Information, and the Ford Foundation on …

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Aesthetically Speaking.

by Caspar Newbolt on April 25, 2012

Around March last year a friend of mine showed me an article about why the video game Angry Birds is so successful. The author Charles L. Mauro CHFP (Certified Human Factors Engineering Professional), was attempting to provide a cognitive scientific report on why the game has been so …

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Director Bennett Miller on Barry Lyndon

by Cait Carvalho on April 20, 2012

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Bennett Miller (writer/director, Moneyball, Capote) discusses Barry Lyndon and how the screenplay is only one facet of the spell that Kubrick’s film casts.

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Directing Actors Without Leaving Your Bed

by Adam Bowers on April 16, 2012

While there are an enormous amount of elements that go into making a film (like cinematography, sound, and hair), many directors would argue that the most important element of all is the performances you get from your actors. For a long time, I could have sworn it was hair, but …

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Ten Easy and Cheap Steps Towards a Greener Film Production

by Jenny Deller on April 13, 2012

When I first decided to make Future Weather I thought the gods would condemn me to a life of shame and hypocrisy if I did not produce the most sustainable film possible. This was 2007. Al Gore had spoken. Peak oil was a hot topic. And ‘green’, ‘sustainability’, ‘local’ and …

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Director Bennett Miller on Developing Characters

by Cait Carvalho on April 12, 2012

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Bennett Miller (Director, Moneyball, Capote) explains how characters and their stories can transcend themselves and mean much more than what lies on the surface.

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