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Producer's Diary: Filmmakers Forum - The Re-Draft

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Sunday, 12 July 2015. Filmmakers Forum - The Re-Draft. Yesterday I attended the Sargent-Disc BAFTA Filmmakers Forum. And gathered some golden nuggets of wisdom to remember and share. These are from the session on The Re-Draft. And here is another post on Managing Production on Independent Films. The first wonderful women to take the stage for these anecdotal conversations were Desiree Akhavan (Director, Writer and Actress) and Cecilia Frugiuele (Producer) who worked together on. It's a great way of think...

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Producer's Diary: October 2010

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Wednesday, 13 October 2010. We've just spend the last week in pitch training at the Central School of Speech and Drama. There are a few tricks we learnt - mainly we did a lot of breathing exercises. The teachers made a good point when they said that most of our communication is non-verbal: tone and voice and body and eyes speak more loudly than we'd sometimes like. Like so many things) is all about breathing. Anyway, on the topic of pitching movies, here's one hilarious way (not) to do it:. Has been expl...

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Producer's Diary: May 2011

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Sunday, 8 May 2011. From San Francisco was in London this weekend promoting her new book Casting Revealed. And hosting a Q&A session. For producers, directors and actors. It was interesting to note some of the subtle distinctions between working in the UK and in the States - the actor's union seems to be more demanding of producers/directors over there, which may be a good thing. Here are some interesting tidbits of advice from the seminar. Use the internet - nobody does open casting calls anymore. When ...

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Producer's Diary: September 2010

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Wednesday, 15 September 2010. Movie fundraising is GoGo! Of crowd funding websites, House Rules Productions Ltd decided IndieGogo was the place to base our quest for investment. We are now well on the way to our first 90-minute movie - unless something goes horribly wrong. And. Things going horribly wrong. Here's a link to the promo video we've produced to get us started:. Thursday, 2 September 2010. Our firstborn has a name! After a variety of cute and crazy suggestions, we have decided to call the film:.

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Producer's Diary: June 2010

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Thursday, 3 June 2010. Matching Ears and Eyes. We have a writer! Matt has been carrying around a cool idea for a low-budget horror movie for some time, but none of us had the time to learn how to write a screenplay and put it down on paper. The idea is simple, but perfectly suited to a microbudget production - around six characters, "one location" (one house, which may be several different spaces patched together in the end), and just enough CG to look cool without killing the animators.

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Producer's Diary: "T" who must not be named

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Friday, 28 September 2012. T" who must not be named. I am hereby officially uncool in the circles of those who prefer not to mention "you know what". Why can't we use the word Transmedia? It's just "storytelling" a prominent speaker at an event on "distributed storytelling" explained recently. We should call it "Crossmedia" now (Wikipedia tells us this is also known as cross-media, cross-media entertainment, cross-media communication, transmedia. Sounds angry to me. 1 October 2012 at 21:58. UPDATE: After...

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Producer's Diary: May 2010

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Monday, 3 May 2010. Lanes, Stone Walls and Graveyards. The progress on the heist/horror has been unsatisfying. Months ago we were all certain we could do better than the scripts we received – and we will. To do better, no point in investing too much energy into a bad script – but it sure ain’t easy to learn this here screenwriting craft. Respect to all the writers out there! The Hound of the Baskervilles. The Woman in Black. Apparently going out into the country is creepy for someone who grew up in.

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Producer's Diary: June 2011

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Sunday, 19 June 2011. What makes a good project? An evening of dramatic innovation" was the name of a showcase recently at the London Chamber of Commerce, where the government's Knowledge Connect. Programme together with the Central School of Speech and Drama. Showcased the various projects they had supported over the last few years. In that context they asked the pertinent question: what makes a good project? Measure before and after to see the effect. Who, what, where, when, how. Both Sides of the Lens.

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Producer's Diary: Filmmakers Forum - Managing Production

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Sunday, 12 July 2015. Filmmakers Forum - Managing Production. Yesterday I attended the Sargent-Disc BAFTA Filmmakers Forum. And gathered some golden nuggets of wisdom to remember and share. These are from the session on Managing Production on Independent Films. And here is another post on The Re-Draft. First AD, Art Ache, The Turtle and the Sea, Gridiron UK. Who has worked on 27 films with budgets under £500k recommended over estimating your budget by 140%. First AD, My Angel, A Christmas Star. Terry als...