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Greetings!
Hello, good morning, good afternoon and good riddance.
Welcome to the weekly buzz of the Raindance newsletter. This week we have, for your delectation...
The 2009 British Independent Film Award (BIFA) nominations and jury which have been announced,
a groovy little article, 9 Tricks Filmmakers use for Interesting Shots,
and a competition for a lovely Raindance shoulder bag.
We also think you should check out this review of the Raindance Film Festival from the The Quietus, a new rock music and pop culture website.
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10 Things a Filmmaker Needs Every Day
A filmmaker leads a busy and hectic lifestyle; keeping track of production plans, promoting projects and making contacts.
Certain items, we have noticed, are constantly used by the filmmaker to make their life run more smoothly and effectively. For your reading pleasure, we have put those things into a list snappily titled...
10 things a filmmaker needs everyday
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Hollywood Screenwriting - Jumping the 1st Hurdle
There is an apocryphal story from the publishing world that an author sent in the first 10 pages of Jane Eyre anonymously. One month later and he received a polite rejection note explaining how the publishers didn't think that the work was very good.
Your script might be the next best thing since Chinatown but if the first professional reader doesn't get it then you too will receive a polite rejection note.
This evening workshop with experienced story analyst/editor
James Bartlett will talk about the business of script reading, the
differences between the US and UK film industries, and the ways to
break into the US market.
Most importantly it will discuss the "Unlucky/Lucky 13" common but
deadly mistakes that screenwriters make - and are instant killers for a
reader.
What? Hollywood Screenwriting - Jumping the 1st Hurdle
When? Wednesday 4 November 6:30 - 8:30pm
Where? Apollo Cinema, 19 Lower Regent St, London
nearest tube Piccadily Circus
How Much? £30.00
Raindance Premium Members get a 15% Discount
Full Details and Book Online Here
Out-of-Towner? Read our guide to surviving London
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Review - The Road
 Habitual film reviewer and long term Cormac McCarthy fan, Stephanie Scaife finally got to see The Road.
Set in the near future after some neo-apocalyptic horror has covered the world in ash, The Road follows the journey of a man and his son as they head south down the coast of America. Cormac McCarthy's work has garnered massive amounts of praise and, as No Country For Old Men shows, has proven itself to be capable of making excellent film.
Watch the trailer and read Stephanie's (admittedly partial) review of this Pulitzer Prize winning novel, The Road.
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Basic Cinematography
A classically trained DoP teaches this course which will ground you in the fundamentals of cinematography. You will learn about light meters, timecodes and comparing film with SD and HD video, as well as much, much more.
The course will comprise three theoretical evenings and a two day hands-on workshop, lighting and shooting a scene.
What? Basic Cinematography
When? 3/4/5 November (3 x eves 6.30-9)
Saturday/Sunday 7/8 November, 10-6.30
Where? 10 Craven St Rehearsal Studios,
London WC2N 5PE, nearest tube Charing Cross
How Much? £375 + VAT
Raindance Premium Members get a 15% Discount
Full Details and Book Online
Out-of-Towner? Read our guide to surviving London
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Raindance.tv
Ghosts, jack-o-lanterns, witches and more...
Halloween is fast-approaching, as the haunting hour grows nearer, get into the mood early with a few films featured on raindance.tv.
Check out Deborah Haywood's 'Lady Margaret' for a creepy tale of a naive girl getting into a car for what she thinks to be a friendly drive through the woods. If you're wanting a murder tale, check out the rather humurous tale of a frustrated salesman laced with vengeful killings in David Proctor's 'Job No. 2145'. For even more, explore the raindance.tv website to find whatever strikes your fancy.
Happy Halloween!
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Working the Net
Talent and Production
The website of opportunity has finally arrived!
www.talentandproduction.com is a completely free website specifically tailored for Film Makers, Crew, and Performers.
Offering a wealth of exciting functions and all completely FREE.
Site features include:
- Personal editing studio for videos and pictures
- State of the art job matching
- Screening room for your videos
- Create your own social network with leading industry Professionals
- Complete diary management
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Top Tweets
9 Routes to Breaking in as a Director
We made this trailer in London's Leicester Sq for the 2003 Film Festival on a budget of £5 and 3 take out pizzas
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Something About Raindance
Xavier, Raindance's course director, is leaving the office to go exploring in the southern hemisphere. Xav joined Raindance aged fourteen as the first official photographer of the BIFAs although he did have to leave early to do his homework.
We wish him luck in New Zealand.
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Premium Members
Variety Offer
As a Raindance Premium Member you can take advantage of our offer for 6 FREE ISSUES of Variety. Then, 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.
To get your 6 free copies of Variety simply go to the Raindance website, log in and go to the offers page.
Not a Premium Member? Join here
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Stuff We Like
48 Hours of Horror Films!
In the spirit of Halloween weekend, the Prince Charles Cinema is hosting the Weekend of Horror this Saturday and Sunday, screening 15 films in two days--all guaranteed to be gloriously gory. Films start as early as 9:30 and dont let up till midnight.
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TV Writer's Lab
This course focuses on the techniques and structures used to write a TV series, two-parter, or even one off drama. Students will workshop and develop ideas and will leave the course with a treatment for their idea as well as much better understanding of writing for television.
Topics covered include:
- differences between writing for film and TV drama
- what makes a first episode great
- the art of balancing 'story of the session' and 'serial arc'
- what should go into a good treatment
What? TV Writer's Lab
When? 4/5/11/12/18/19/25 November
Where? 10 Craven St Rehearsal Studios,
London WC2N 5PE, nearest tube Charing Cross
How Much? 195.00 + VAT
Raindance Premium Members get a 15% Discount
Full Details and Book Online
Out-of-Towner? Read our guide to surviving London
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Quoted...
...on what it means to be a director
"I got my first assignment as a director in 1927. I was slim,
arrogant, intelligent, foolish, shy, cocksure, dreamy and irritating. Today,
I'm no longer slim."
--Michael Powell
"Pick up a camera.
Shoot something. No matter how small, no matter how cheesy, no matter whether your friends and your sister star in it. Put your name on
it as director. Now you're a director. Everything after that you're just
negotiating your budget and your fee."
--James Cameron (but it's better if your sister can act)
"Casting is 65 percent of directing."
--John Frankenheimer (under-estimating [says our part-time casting director,
Ed.])
"I'm a storyteller - that's
the chief function of a director. And they're moving pictures, let's make 'em
move!"
--Howard Hawks
"I'm like a navigator and I
try to encourage our collaboration and find the best way that will produce
fruit. I like fruit. I like cherries, I like bananas."
--Jim Jarmusch
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9 Tricks Filmmakers Use for Interesting Shots
Ever wonder just what it is that the director and cinematographer do to make the film visually interesting? Ever wonder what camera techniques can be used to emotionally influence the scene? Lindsay Curran has put together a list of the 9 Tricks Filmmakers Use for Interesting Shots.
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Competition
 The competition this week is for one of our fine, fashionable and functional Raindance shoulder bags, as modeled by Noel Fielding.
To enter, simply forward this newsletter to 5 other people by Monday 2nd of November at 4pm.
A winner will be selected at random.
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Coffee Break
How bad has your day been?
Someone, somewhere, has had a worse (and more humerous) one. Read about it on FMyLife.
No prizes for guessing what the F stands for.
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Working the Net
Micro filmcrew needed
Kalem at uicentric is looking, ideally, for a camera operator with his own HD camera and sound recording equipment to work for 2 or 3 days on a factual programme. The work will take place within the next fortnight.
For further details, please contact kalem@uicentric.net
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Renounced
People who kick puppies to death! No further explanation is needed.
What happened in a Cambridgeshire park on Monday.
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Dirty Harry and The Dark Knight
Hero vs Opponent
Former Raindance intern, Charlie Burroughs, takes inspiration from Elliot's book on screenwriting to write this essay about the structural reliance of the Hero on his Opponent.
Dirty Harry and The Dark Knight
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You have a nice day now
Sincerely,
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The Raindance Film Festival Team
Suzanne Ballantyne
James Burbidge
Frederica Byron
Julian Chapelle
Lindsey Curran
Aylin Erinc
Elliot Grove
Meredith Hicks
Jagruti Majithia
Rory O'Donnell
Theresa Norton
Joe Pearshouse
Chris Presswell
Xavier Rashid
Amelie Thille
Chris Thomas
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