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LUST, LOVE, AND BLOOD - A DARK DESIRE
Vampires will always hold a certain allure. The legends have been around for centuries and still completely captive society! Each generation thirsts for the coffins, fangs, and pearly white complexions.
The "blood-soaked" horror genre has been retelling the same stories with the same symbols to fulfill this contemporary yearning. With Twilight coming out earlier this year and True Blood hitting the UK in September, the lust for vampires has been reawakened. The old goth beauties have been transformed into the new sexiest men "alive."
Read on...
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John Truby is back
Since 1985, John Truby has dissected and analyzed the mechanisms of story. He has worked for some of the most prestigious and commercially successful film companies in Hollywood. His 2 day weekend class gives you all he has learned over 25 years. Discover a unique and unprecedented approach to the major principles of story. John addresses questions of structure, emotional and moral development of characters and the importance of genres. What? 22 Step Story StructureWhen? Saturday Sunday 12/13 Sept 9:30 - 6pm Where? Central London How Much? £250.00 + VAT Raindance Premium Members get 15% discount Call 0207 287 3833 to register or Book Online Here |
Sleep With A Filmmaker
With the festival about to announce the 17th Annual lineup of arguably the best independent shorts, features and documentaries from around the world, many filmmakers from abroad are scraping together their pennies to come to London.
Do you live in Central London? Do you have a spare bedroom or sofa?
Want to sleep with a filmmaker?
Send an email to festival@raindance.co.uk. Include what you have on offer, and when, plus any restrictions like diet/smoking etc.
We can fix you up!
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Boozin' N' Schmoozin" this Monday
As always, our popular and informal networking event featuring film
related chit chat, an opportunity to catch up with old buddies from
past RD courses and a damn fine way of connecting with like minded
filmmakers.
And much beer drinking... (cash bar!)
What? Boozin' N' Schmoozin'
When? Monday 10 August from 6:30pm
Where? Royal George, Goslett Yard, 133 Charing Cross Rd, London, W2CH 0EA
How Much? Free
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 Top 5 films with Problematic Teens
Through film we are able to observe the complex ways in which teens
behave and carry themselves. With their behavior at a focal point,
problematic teenagers make for a great story line in many films.
In comparison to the "cookie-cutter" teen (characters who bring neither
drama nor action to the film) troublesome teens tend to captivate
audiences most. The movies Mean Girls and the Breakfast Club are two
films that example this. These films have gained much publicity
specifically for the way in which teenagers are portrayed in them.
Here is a list of 5 films with crazy, attention seeking teens. Among
this list you'll find some of the most disturbing, insightful and
amusing teenage-based film plots.
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Open House
Come along and meet the award-winning filmmakers who teach courses at Raindance.
Also present will be the team responsible for the Raindance Film festival - Britain's largest and most successful independent film festival.
What? Open House
When? 25 August, 6:30-9pm
Where? 10 Craven St, London WC2N 5PE
How Much? Free
We do have a guest list. Write OPEN HOUSE in the subject line.
Email party@raindance.co.uk. Easy.
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Premium Members - Current Offers
1. New Scripts to EnjoyNowhere Boy
- written by Matt Greenhalgh and the debut feature directed by Sam Taylor Wood to be released in Britain in December
Shutter Bug
- new movie directed by Martin Scorcese, coming out in the fall 2009
Synecdoche, New York
- Charlie Kaufman masterpiece
Login to members area, and select Scripts from the left hand menu, and enjoy.
2. Special Premium Members Offer From Variety
In 1907 Variety published what is considered to be the first film
review in history. Over 100 years later it's still the first place to
look for industry news and analysis.
Now Premium Members of Raindance can get a trial of 6 FREE ISSUES of
Variety, and if you want to keep up a subscription after that you'll
get a whopping 25% off the next 44 issues, making a whole year of
cut-price industry info.
Included in your subscription is free access to the Digital Weekly
Variety as well, for all of you who think paper is a thing of the past.
Login to your account and click this link
3. Special Premium Members Offer From Little White Lies
Little White Lies, the bi-monthly magazine of independent film, is
offering premium members of Raindance a nice little 10% off anything at
their online shop....no lies.
Login to your account and click this link
4. The Cannes Little Black Book
Every year Raindance attends the Cannes Film Festival meeting
hundreds of distributors, financiers and filmmakers from around the
world.
When we get back to London we type up all the business cards in our annual Little Black Book.
Raindance premium member get this valuable database free.
Login and click here for the Cannes Little Black Book 2009
5. The Tarantino Suite
 Quentin
Tarantino's screenplays are required reading for any serious
screenwriter or filmmaker. Whether you subscribe to his style
filmmakingor not, his scripts are wonderful reads.
In addition, they are visually very graphic, and show an extremely unique style.
Included here are:
Production notes from Death Proof
From Dusk Till Dawn
Inglourious Basterds
Jackie Brown
Natural Born Killers
Pulp Fiction
Reservoir Dogs
True Romance
Raindand Premium Members can download these scripts
Get your own Raindance Premier Membership
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Working The Net
Got something? Need something? Email us at live@raindance.co.uk
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Experienced Producer Required for Short Film
Shoot is scheduled for early September, probably in North/NW London. As
such, the candidate must be available very soon, to commence pre-production.
A payment will be available, in line with the budget of the film. Most of
the budget is now in place.
Ideally, the Producer will be available through pre-production and beyond,
to help with festival entries. The story concerns a female refugee
struggling to adapt to life in London (script on request).
I would also be interested to hear from DOPs, ADs, etc. If you know of any
suitable personnel, feel free to forward these details.
Call 07818 007291, or drop me a line on: tobynorways@onetel.com
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"Jerry Maguire meets Slumdog Millionaire." That's how a British writer, Chris Chamberlain, describes his new Africa and London-based screenplay "The Concept". The story exposes the corruption, exploitation and waste of human potential that's rife in Africa. He's looking for a well-connected agent, an experienced producer, and a director to help detonate what he calls his "love nuke".
Interested? Email him at theconceptwriter@aol.com
****** Virtual Strangers are a group of international musicians who create eclectic original music. Fans often describe what we do as 'soundtrack music', so we thought it might be interesting in collaborating with an independent filmmaker. Please contact Guy Pople @ www.virtualstrangers.net where you will find more info and samples. ******
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"Inconceivable - you keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."
-Inigo Montoya (The Princess Bride)
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HOW FAR IS TOO FAR?
Comedian Roseanne Barr has seriously pushed the bar with a new photo spread that depicts her as a domesticated version of Adolf Hitler for Jewish humor magazine Heeb.
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Stuff We Really Like...
3 Step Guide to Field Production in the Wilderness
Dead Harvey- A resource for independent horror filmmakers and fans
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Coffee Break
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Have a love for adrenaline?
Check out this exclusive interview with Tony Scott - renowned director of Top Gun - dish about his new remake Taking Pelham 123 and his passion for action
Hurry though, in case the boss catches you!
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The Raindance Team
Suzanne Ballantyne
Melissa Brown
Brendan Duane
Elliot Grove
Zuri Goikoetxea
Heather Heukrodt
Katie James
Andrew John
Rory O'Donnell
Will Pearce
Joe Pearshouse
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Scarlett Shillingford
Amelie Thille
Chris Thomas
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Perhaps best known for making three of the top six highest-grossing documentary films of all time, Academy Award-winning American filmmaker Michael Moore is back in the limelight with his newest film, Capitalism: A Love Story.
Moore's recent successful film ventures include Bowling for Columbine (2002), Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) and Sicko (2007). He won the Academy Award for Best Documentary feature for the gun-control documentary Bowling for Columbine and was nominated in the same category for the American health care documentary Sicko. Fahrenheit 9/11 - which examines the aftermath of the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington D.C. - grossed nearly $200 million worldwide, making it the highest-grossing documentary film of all time.
The filmmaker's latest documentary examines the world financial crisis and the role the United States economy has played. He also takes a look at the effects of the transition from the Bush Administration to the Obama Administration and the controversial stimulus bailout package.
Capitalism: A Love Story is scheduled to premiere at the Toronto Film Festival in September and Overture Films is planning to release the film on 2 October 2009.
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