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Writing the short film: Making it something special

by Kat Candler on February 12, 2013

 

Kat Candler is writer-director based in Austin Texas, Kat’s award winning films have screened at Sundance, the Los Angeles Film Festival, San Francisco International Film Festival, SXSW, Slamdance.
 

IFP so sweetly asked me to do a few write-ups on “Making Short Films”. I’m certainly not the expert by any …

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Tales From Venice Biennale : The Good, The Bad and The Ugly with Tim Sutton

by Tim Sutton on January 18, 2013

I mentioned the Biennale Cinema College grounds are a former insane asylum, right?  Because we have all gone entirely bonkers.  The schedule has been one of crushing deadlines on rewrites that have occupied much of our free time, budget analysis and re-analysis and production schedule fine-combing …

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Tales from Venice Biennale with Tim Sutton

by Tim Sutton on January 16, 2013

I figured why not start with a couple of masterpieces to get me in the right frame of mind.  So, packing up to head off to the Venice Biennale College Cinema workshop to pitch my second feature, Memphis, I did the math for the long day of travel …

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Where Ideas Go When They Die.

by Caspar Newbolt on August 20, 2012

May 15th, 2011.
I am given a book by my favourite poet, Bob Hicok. In it there’s a poem about the 2007 Virginia Polytechnic Institute massacre – to date the deadliest shooting of innocent people by a single gunman in US history. This excerpt from the poem …

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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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An Idiot’s Guide to Establishing Yourself as a TV Writer

by Melissa Byers and Treena Hancock on April 23, 2012

The clock reads 4:30 am.  It’s dark outside.  Must drag ass out of bed and try to look somewhat presentable for the 6:30 am crew call.  Must also review scenes for the day and be prepared to answer the barrage of questions from the director and actors: “How do you …

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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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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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