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Making Of – How to make movies, with actor, actress, director interviews, trailers, clips, photos, and more

Making Of – How to make movies, with actor, actress, director interviews, trailers, clips, photos, and more

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The Resource for Film, HD, digital production and post news, too Hollywood Entertainment Breaking News - Nikki Finke on Deadline.com/hollywood How We Launched Our Film Online: The Thomas Beale Cipher | Watch the Best Online Short Films On January 24th, 2011, Jason Sondhi and I released our festival-winning short film, The Thomas Beale Cipher, out onto the great wild web. Like many filmmakers, I wrestled with the decisions of when and how to put my film online. But after 8 months on the festival circuit, I decided it was time. First, Background The Thomas Beale Cipher isn’t my first film, but at 11 minutes, it is by far my most ambitious. All the while I felt a twinge of guilt. The Launch Plan Simple. Go Vimeo. The Release We launched the film on Monday morning and continued to promote it all week. Monday 24th, 12AM: Posted the film on VimeoMonday 24th, 12noon: Motionographer, Vimeo Staff PicksWednesday 26th: BoingBoing, Gizmodo, MetaFilterThursday 27th: The Daily WhatFriday 28th: Fast Co. Traffic over the first 2 weeks (yellow = Loads, green = Plays) The Results Jason and I have been following the world of online films for the last 4 years. So, How Does That Compare to Our Festival Run? What we learned It’s a lot of work.

So You Wanna Work in Movies The Money Chase - Filmmaking In this section, you'll read about some of the obvious and subtle approaches to raising capital. There are no guarantees that all of these suggestions will be successful, but they will encourage you to begin thinking outside the money box. The most obvious potential investors to approach for your film production are in your immediate circle, including family members, friends, and acquaintances who are interested in your ambitions and may be willing to invest with you. Working the Circuit As a potential filmmaker, you would be wise to mingle in circles that are focused on filmmaking — or circles that attract people with money who are interested in investing — so you can effectively spread the word about your project to prospective investors. One example of playing percentages is the ridiculous spam e-mail that clutters your inbox. The Frustration Factor It can be easy to become frustrated when you're searching for investors. Making Yourself Available Rubbing Elbows Health Clubbing

666 DIY Horror Filmmaking Tutorials It’s that time of year again, so we thought it was time to update last years killer feature “Horror Filmmaking: From Script to Scream.” That’s right a sequel! This time we are narrowing the focus a bit and concentrating on the DIY (Do It Yourself) elements. Hopefully this will help you slash the budget without murdering your production values. DIY: Blood, Bullets & Stunts DIY: Stage Effects/Green Screen DIY: Digital Effects After Effects Sony Vegas DIY: Make-Up/Costumes DIY: Static Props DIY: Motion Props DIY: Horror Sets DIY: Packaging Prop Shops & FX Supplies 15 Amazing Animated Short films We all love short animated films, but creating short film is very hard task. Putting whole story in 5 to 10 minutes is not easy. Can you imagine? Few films produced after working hard more than 6 years! I bet you will love these short animated movies, do let us know your favorite one, also feel free to share your favorite short film if it’s not present in the list. Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty Oscar-nominated film of ‘Granny O’Grimm’, directed by Nicky Phelan, produced by Brown Bag Films, and written/voiced by Kathleen O’Rourke. Oktapodi (2007) In Oktapodi, these two cuties help each other escape the clutches of a tyrannical restaurant cook. This Side Up – A Short Animation by Liron Topaz A naive music-lover’s patience is tested on his quest to download music online, as his perspective on technology completely changes. Oxygen Oxygen tries to make friends on the playground. “Heavenly Appeals” a short film by David Lisbe After many millennia of being tortured in Hell, Raymond K. Alma

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