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Greetings!
Festival Mayhem has hit our basement office. Affectionately called the U-boat. Opening Night is in 5 weeks. We announce our lineup on September 1st. 3 days later, a week tomorrow in fact. The highly regarded District 9 opens in the UK. Watch the trailer and read John Truby's District 9 Breakdown. It's clear, concise and extremely helpful for the inner screenwriter in you. While you wait with baited breath for announcements we have lots of
upcoming events and courses to warm your film-loving hearts.
It's a new term at Raindance, so we're starting with the 99 Minute Film School on the 3rd September
for a mere £10 (FREE if you're a premium member.)
Then we launch out Foundation Certificates before the festival takes over our lives. Listen to our man, Elliot Grove in a podcast Read a review of The Damned United
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How man y times should a film director read a script?
How often should you read your script? 9 times, as the books recommend?
Actually, most of us just read the script ONCE.
It's not how many times you read a screenplay, it's how. Read Patrick Tuckers Film Director's Check List Number 2
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Stop Blaming Yourself
Most writers have no idea that they're using blunt, simplistic story tools that make it impossible for them to write a great script. They follow the old 3-act structure rules found in all the screenwriting books and when the script fails they think it's their fault.
Stop blaming yourself.
Those techniques will never work. Why? Because they're not professional.
In just three weeks, Raindance is giving you the opportunity to learn the most powerful tool for professional storytelling anywhere in the world, John Truby's 22 Steps of Every Great Script.
What? 22 Step Great Storytelling Class with John Truby
When? Saturday/Sunday 12/13 September 9:30 - 6pm
Where? Central London
How Much? £250 + VAT
Raindance Premium Members save 15%
Call 0207 287 3833 to register or Book Online Here
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 We Won't be Credit Crunched!
The world economic crises pushed our sponsors to the wall, but it ain't gonna stop Raindance!
With 93% less cash sponsorship than previous years it means we are relying on you to help the festival pull off another stellar edition.
Are we complaining? We're not complaining: Just asking if you can help.
Become a festival benefactor - help us, help us get independent film out there, and save loadsa money!
Call 0207 287 3833 and ask for Elliot or Joe.
Or look at the benefactors packages from as little as £150.00
Special thanks to our benefactors so far
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 Hand Drawn Week
Yes - that's right!
This week we're honouring animations which were drawn by hand - from felt-tip as seen in The Talk by Stanley Sowa to the humble biro as used by Kevin Richards to create Joystick.
If you want a little colour check out Eva Cvijanovic's sketches in The Wall - for lots of colour watch Rob Wicksteed's Whale.
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 X Marks The Spot
What do Thomas Edison, NASA and Hannibal Goodwin, an Episcopalian minister from Newark, New Jersey have to do with Cinema? Find out:
Read: 20 Things You Don't Know About Movies
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99 Minute Film School
Standing on the edge of the film industry looking in?
Not sure of your first step?
Jump right in with the 99 Minute Film School.
Covering everything from idea to distribution, Elliot Grove gives you a lightning quick tour behind the scenes.
Your film career starts here.
What? 99 Minute Film School When? Thursday 3 September 6:30 - 8:30 followed by networking drinks Where? Apollo Cinema - 19 Lower Regent Street - London SW1Y 4LR
Nearest tube: Piccadilly Circus.
How Much?
£10.00 Free to Raindance Premium Members. Join HereCall 0207 287 3833 to register or Book Online Here
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Premium Members - Equipment Discounts
New this week:
- How to write a documentary script for presentation to television
- Business Plan Template for Musicians (easily adapted for filmmakers)
- Third Screen Mobile Report for Filmmakers from Neilsen
For these 3 power packed pdf's, send an email to membership@raindance.co.uk
We will email these documents back to you, our valued Premium Members.
Not a Raindance Premium Member? Join here...
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It's from Japan
Japanese Television Dramas, while not easily accesible to Western
audiences, are nothing short of excellent. Often adapted from popular
manga series, novels or hit movies, they have been winning generations
of fans all over asia for decades.
in addition to Hero, Hana Yori Dango (which is a classic Japanese
manga series first adapted into a TV drama series in Taiwan before
Japan, Korea and China followed suit), Waterboys and Bayside Shakedown
whose movie versions have all hit the big screen, here are
12 Famous Japanese TV Shows you absolutely should know about
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Directing Actor's Workshop
Want to get your hands on your very own actors? Bring a scene of your own, or one we provide, and direct 2/3 actors yourself under the guidance of Chris Thomas.
If you've done Directing Performance, or are an experienced director looking to expend your knowledge of working with actors, then this is the course for you.
What? Directing Actor's WorkshopWhen: Saturday/Sunday 5/6 September 10:00 - 18:30 Where? 10 Craven Street Rehearsal Rooms, London WC2N 5PE Online mapHow Much? £250 + VAT
Raindance Premium Members save 15% Join hereNearest Tube: Charing Cross Train Station / Embankment Tube Call 0207 287 3833 to register or Book Online Here
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Quoted
"You must knock on doors until your knuckles bleed. Doors will slam in your face. You must pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and knock again. It's the only way to achieve your goals in life."
--Michael Uslan - Producer (Batman,Batman Returns, Batman Forever, Batman and Robin, Batman Begins)
- who we wish had knocked a little quieter when trying to get Batman and Robin made.
"I work in a business where almost everyone is waiting for the next big thing. Sometimes it comes, and sometimes it doesn't. But it doesn't matter that your dream came true if you spent your whole life sleeping. So get out there and go for it, but don't be caught waiting. It's great to plan for your future. Just don't live there, because really nothing ever happens in the future. Whatever happens happens now, so live your life where the action is - now."
--Jerry Zucker - Producer (Naked Gun, My Best Friends Wedding)
- sounds like he should do Raindance courses!
"I discovered early in my movie work that a movie is never better than the stupidest man connected with it. There are times when this distinction may be given to the writer or director. Most often it belongs to the producer."
--Ben Hecht - Screenwriter (His Girl Friday, Notorious)
- has he read our producer joke? Hot Air Balloon?
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Stuff We Really Like...
Halo8.tv
It's the independent film studio funded by Matt Pizzolo, award wining director of "Thread", released in 2005 and produced by a team of young filmmakers in their early twenties. After he dropped NYU he funded Kings Mob Production. Nowadays he is busy working on the "iconoclastic and music driven cult movies and their related soundtracks". Truly indie, fresh and smart.
Karl Bartos
Again talking about Karl Bartos, I think it's amazing to watch one of the pioneers of electronic music become a one man band, being responsible for the audio and video of his performances - and looking ahead in the future.
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This one needs no words...
Tulseluper
Peter Greenaway and his particular crazy world, telling the story of the troubled writer Tulse Henry Purcell Looper in 92 suitcases found around the world. Later Greenaway transformed this project in his first live VJ performance performed around the world since 2005. Amazing.
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 Win Encounters DVD
August 31st sees the DVD and Blu-ray release of "Encounters at the End of the World," the new documentary from acclaimed filmmaker Werner Herzog (Grizzly Man, Rescue Dawn).
The film follows a group of fringe scientists who live together in a remote part of Antarctica, risking their lives and sanity in search of cutting-edge science; focusing on their discoveries and explorations of the vast landscape they now call home.
The film is available to purchase from Amazon through the following link:
We have 5 copies of the DVD/Blu-ray to give away. To be in with a chance of winning, just email the answer to the following question to james@revolvergroup.com, with "Raindance competition" in the subject line:
Werner Herzog's 2007 film Rescue Dawn starred which Hollywood superstar?
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Coffee Break
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Something to do in that sneaky 5 mins when you are on 'coffee break'
Beards.org
A site dedicated to awesome beards and the men who own them.
If you thought that there wasn't all that much you could say about beards, think again!
See if you can scan beards.org before the boss gets back.
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 Working the Net
Got something? Need something?
Email us at info@raindance.co.uk
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Shoot Canary Wharf Photography Treasure Hunt
Saturday 5th September
Shoot Canary Wharf is a unique photographic treasure hunt that will lead participants to exciting destinations that have featured in several iconic films. Held in conjunction with the Canary Wharf Film Festival, Shoot Canary Wharf will present an opportunity to see stunning locations used in films such as Batman Begins and Love Actually whilst providing a fun and creative day out in this dynamic area of London.
Please see here for more details,
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Call for Home Movies!
The Rio, Hackney's last remaining cinema, is celebrating its 100th anniversary with an ambitious new community project that will make archive film more accessible to local audiences. As part of the project, the Rio is especially interested in any home movies local residents may have hidden away. These films are a rich source of memories, and key to unlocking and accessing our pasts.
In November the Rio will be hosting a special 'Home Movie' screening day, where residents will have the opportunity to bring along their film reels and view them on screen. Furthermore, the Rio is able to digitise a selection of the material submitted - so it can be played and enjoyed again and again at home on DVD.
If you have any old film footage at home, or would just like to know more about the project, please contact Jemma at the Rio - jemma@riocinema.org.uk
tel 020 7241 9419.
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Renounced
Aerotoxic Syndrome Scandal
If it wasn't for Raindance member and former British Airways Captain Tristan Loraine and his book "Toxic Airlines" we would be none the wiser about levels of toxins knowingly circulated through airline cabin air.
His book, Toxic Airlines is soon to be turned into the movie 'Shadows from the Sky' is a must read before you next fly.
Both hardback and paperback versions are available through the secure International Distributor 'DFT Enterprises Ltd'.
'Toxic Airlines' is an exciting story based upon the facts of the ongoing aerotoxic scandal. A cover up which the airline industry has for 30 years failed to inform the travelling public of. Toxic Airlines is a thriller in which two people investigate an air crash caused when the pilots are overcome by toxic fumes in the cockpit. As the story progresses, they uncover the shocking truth about 'Aerotoxic Syndrome'. Read the extensive international media coverage on this issue.
Toxic Airlines - Book Reviews
'Tristan Loraine (author of Toxic Airlines) is doing to the airline industry what Erin Brokovich did to the US Chemical companies'.
Corporate Watch
Like asbestos, smoking and lead poisoning in the past, Toxic Airlines unravels the aerospace industry's extraordinary trail of cover up and denial.
Dalbert Hallenstein - Investigative Journalist
Toxic Airlines blows the lid on a 40 year secret. Passenger health and flight safety risked for corporate profit.
J. Parker - Passenger
This is a cover up the airline industry knew all about but failed to either divulge or resolve the problem. Toxic Airlines is as real as it gets, I have seen it with my own eyes.
Captain Colin Barnet-Higgins
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Hey! School days start again next week. Means you writers need to get your scripts finished quick.
Have you thought of writing a Teen Movie?
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The Raindance Team
Suzanne Ballantyne
Gabriela Dworecki
Anna-Mi Fredriksson
Elliot Grove
Zuri Goikoetxea
Grace Leong
Rory O'Donnell
Will Pearce
Joe Pearshouse
Xavier Rashid
Amelie Thille
Chris Thomas
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Amnesia: Carl Dreyer
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With a resurgence in films that directly tackle the larger questions that effect us all (Synechdoche, New York; A Scanner Darkly) Max Sather reminds us of the man who began it all Carl Theodore Dreyer.
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