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5 Things You Should Know About DSLR Film Making 25 Aug 2013 | 10:40 pm
The first digital SLR cameras that could shoot high definition video emerged in 2008. In just two short years these cameras have revolutionised independent film making with their ability to deliver st...
The Elliot Grove Interview at Pinewood Studios Toronto 25 Aug 2013 | 04:11 pm
Independent film festivals have never been more important to filmmakers. Here, from Pinewood Studios in Toronto, Raindance founder Elliot Grove talks to Moira Romano, President and Editor-in-Chief of ...
17 Reasons Why Chicks Make Better Film Directors 17 Aug 2013 | 06:36 pm
Us guys tend to dominate the film industry. If stats for the Raindance Film Festival and our film school in London are anything to go by, a good 60% are male. When I started Raindance back in early 90...
Top 5 Deathbed Regrets Of Writers 14 Aug 2013 | 08:16 pm
I am in the creative arts industry for two very important reasons. The first is that I love great movies and the second is the fear of dropping dead and my last thought being “I should’ve written that...
Filmmaker Story 14 Aug 2013 | 04:16 pm
There is a hairdresser near the office and I have made friends with the owner – Maurice. This morning I stopped and chatted with him as he was opening up and he told me this little story: He told me ...
So You Want To Direct A Film? 11 Aug 2013 | 11:31 pm
Calling all film directors! Next Weekend, August 17 & 18, 2013 Toronto Final chance to purchase tickets: Film director Peter D. Marshall returns to Toronto for another weekend in our Raindance Expe...
3 Key Film Jobs No One Can Fill 11 Aug 2013 | 08:05 pm
I didn’t go to film school (or university for that matter) and I am completely self taught. There are hundreds of times I wished I had learned some basic tricks of the film trade, and knuckled down an...
7 Tips For Producers From Walter White 10 Aug 2013 | 07:25 pm
Love him or hate him, Walter White is one of the most complex characters on television right now. Not only has his arc on Breaking Bad been absolutely captivating, but also seeing both his successes a...
5 Ways High School Prepared You to Be a Filmmaker 10 Aug 2013 | 12:41 am
You may think of high school as a blur of work, friends and being rejected but really everything that is said and done prepares you for later life. When you step into making your first film or job in ...
Smoking on film – is it an issue? 5 Aug 2013 | 07:33 am
In the early days of cinema smoking was considered healthy and was even advertised by doctors, a famous Camel cigarettes advert from 1949 actually claimed that more doctors smoked Camel cigarettes tha...
