Strategist and consultant Louisa Heinrich gave a very informative thirty minute speech at the MIP Markets about The Most Shared Videos in 2013. Sure, we are only half-way through the said year, but when it comes to viral videos (or 'social videos', the new official term), 6 months means a ...
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Making-of Voila - Picture by Ferhat Sen For this second and final part about Low to No Budget Filmmaking, Miles Maker, No-Budget Film School, Sean Baker and more participants gave great insights about: how to produce a low to no budget film how to hire a crew how to handle casting and ...
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'We are shooting a no-budget feature film.' We hear this sentence all the time, we say it ourselves, but what does it really mean? What is a no-budget film? Can you really say you made a movie for $0? What about food? post-production? parking? What about permits, insurance and SAG? What abou ...
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Steven Soderbergh CREDIT: Joe Corrigan - Getty Images "Retired" filmmaker Steven Soderbergh was the keynote speaker for the San Francisco International Film Festival's State of Cinema Address that took place this Saturday night. One of the particularity of this Address was that Sode ...
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After Neil Gaiman and Alicia Keys, it's Robert Rodriguez's turn to launch his project, named Project Green Screen and ask his fans to help him make it happen. Rodriguez, who made his debut 20 years ago now, with one of the first truly DIY film, El Mariachi, participates in the Blackberry ...
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Here is a very interesting infographic, courtesy of Oxymoron Entertainment, about the different lesser-known jobs that are part of the filmmaking process, and their salary's average: Thanks to @DigitalDuckInc Subscribe to mentorless weekly newsletter with exclusive bonus links
Continue Reading![Can Challenging Sci-Fi Shows Make It On Network TV? [A Tweet-Archive Episode]](http://www.mentorless.com/wp-content/themes/obscure/timthumb.php?src=http://www.mentorless.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Summer-Glau-The-Sarah-Connor-Chronicles-Cameron.jpg&w=150&h=150&zc=1&a=tc "Can Challenging Sci-Fi Shows Make It On Network TV? [A Tweet-Archive Episode]")
Welcome to a new episode of Tweet-Archive! Today screenwriter Josh Friedman makes us the honor with a "tweet-log" about The Sarah Connors Chronicles, his feelings toward Fox for canceling it, the reasons why Sci-Fi shows and Network TV have difficulties to be a good match and why TSCC turn ...
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Animation has become a privileged medium to adapt "arduous" texts, such as poems, and to talk about delicate subjects, especially when it comes to childhood and its related traumas. Take a moment to watch 'To This Day', a six minute animation and the result of a collaboration between severa ...
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When Vine, the new application acquired by Twitter that allows you to shoot up to 6 seconds video and share them, came out few weeks ago, I was excited about its possibilities and wondered if it was going to be the Instagram for Filmmakers: a quick and spontaneous way to capture videos and sh ...
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Duncan Jones, who was featured here last week with Moon's behind the scenes and hit the headlines few days ago with the "Warcraft reveal", belongs to the group of directors using Social Media to engage with their fans and find new and organic ways to promote their work. Last night, ch4 scre ...
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