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Greetings!
Welcome back to our regular newsletter. Hope the British snow isn't getting you down.
Over the next few weeks we may be going to play around with the format and content of the newsletter a little bit. Please let us know what you love/like/hate and if there is anything else you'd like to see featured.
In this week we try to chart movies, start our famous certificate courses, review the latest Korean offering and look at 10 firsts in film.
Enjoy!
P.S.
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10 Firsts in Film
 Hollywood seems increasingly reliant on the remake and the sequel but it might not be such a recent phenomenon as you think.
Find out what the first remake, first sequel and eight other firsts in film were in this list of 10 Firsts in Film.
Got more? Send in your suggestions.
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99 Minute Film School
 Raindance founder Elliot Grove will teach you everything you need to
know about the film industry in just 99 minutes. See to believe it!
This evening workshop will run through the basic essentials you will
need to create a film and to create a plan to launch your career.
-Finding a do-able script
-Finding cast and crew
-Shooting tips
-Getting your film seen
-The career ladder
-Distribution and exhibition
-Money and how to get paid
What? 99 Minute Film School
When? Wednesday 13 January, 6:30pm - 9:00pm
Where? Apollo Cinema 19 Lower Regent Street
London SW1Y 4LR Nearest tube: Piccadilly Circus
How Much? £13.00 inc VAT
Free to Raindance Premium Members
Full Details and Book Online Here
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Raindance Needs You
Do you live in the London area? Near somewhere people might have an interest in indie film? It would be great if you could drop some of our flyers off for us.
Send us an email with your address to office@raindance.co.uk and we'll stick a bunch in the post to you. Thanks!
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Review: Treeless Mountain
 Raindance reviewer Jules Garnett looks at one of the latest offerings from South Korea, Treeless Mountain. When their mother goes searching for their absent father two young girls are left in the car of their aunt, a terrible guardian.
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Raindance Foundation Certificates
 Raindance has developed a series of evening classes - each 5
weeknights long - designed to give you a working knowledge of
filmmaking in the specific areas of writing, directing, producing,
general filmmaking and documentary.
These are amongst our most popular courses and alumni of them include Christopher Nolan, Guy Ritchie and Edgar Wright.
Filmmaker's Foundation Certificate
Writer's Foundation Certificate
Director's Foundation Certificate
Producer's Foundation Certificate
Documentary Foundation Certificate
When? The first course starts on 19th Jan
Where? Mostly at 10 Craven St Rehearsal Studios,
London WC2N 5PE, nearest tube Charing Cross
How Much? £165 + VAT
Raindance Premium Members get a 15% Discount
Full Details and Book Online Here
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Raindance.tv
To celebrate the new decade, we have put 10 short films on our homepage that have made us laugh, grossed us out, or simply admired visually. Check them out and let us know what you think!
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Working the Net
A former Raindance student has just won 10 awards at the Los Angeles Reel Film Festival. Christine Cheung took the Producer's Foundation Certificate in 2009 and went on to make LOVELORN. Now she needs your help.
"LOVELORN has been invited to participate in a film jukebox night at the
Ritzy Picturehouse, where the audience decides which film gets screened
on the night. We're up against two other films so come along, join
us and please vote on the night. You can also join our Facebook group."
RITZY JUKEBOX - 12 January 2010 at 8.45pm.
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Special screening of 'EXAM' on Sunday January 10th at 2.15pm, Odeon Panton Street, Leicester Square, followed by a discussion with the filmmakers. This low budget Brit psycho-thriller, screened at Raindance, then got into theatres and ended up with four star reviews from both 'Total Film' and 'Empire'.
Tickets are £14.00 and only available through us. Use the link to our blog. If you have problems, drop us an email at mail@livingspirit.com. Bring your pay pal receipt on the day - your name will be on the door.
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Did you work with me on THE VAMPIRES OF BLOODY ISLAND? I'm in regular contact with most of our 100 strong cast and crew, but it's innevitable that during the lengthy post production period a small number of you have changed email addresses / moved house /accidentally flushed your mobiles down the loo, and we've lost contact.
We release on DVD in the UK, Europe and Australia on Jan 25th and then the USA and Canada a week later on Feb 1st. To celebrate, we're holding a special cast and crew screening next week. So if you were, or know of someone who was involved in the film THE VAMPIRES OF BLOODY ISLAND and aren't receiving regular updates from me, now is an exciting time to get back in touch!
Allin Kempthorne
Director
THE VAMPIRES OF BLOODY ISLAND
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Westminster Cinematic Arts (WCA) are looking for camera
men and sound recordists for two short documentaries. Must have some previous
experience. Show reels are not accepted. Filming will take place mainly in London W9, from
late January till the end of February 2010. Payment will be travel expenses, food and refreshments + DVD copy. If the projects don't go over budget small remunerations will be given.
Please contact Krassimir
Damianov (Mr) on 07768 891710, k.damianov@wcastudios.org.uk
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Hello,
as you know the Film Council has already felt the effects of government redirecting money from arts to the olympics, I've set up a petition on 10 Downing St to protest against this and seek to protect the arts funding in the future. If you are interested please take a look.
Thanks.
Nick
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Premium Members' Offer
Making movies costs money, and, if your reading this newsletter, you probably haven't got a spare £10mil to throw at your next film. Luckily some kind governments and organisations want to help you, and so do we.
We've put together a list of almost all the European funding bodies out there. Access is available only to logged in members.
Not a Premium Member? Join here
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Stuff We Like
Frankenstein for the modern world. In this short clip an animator's creation turns against him and wrecks havoc with his desktop. very funny, very clever.
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Raindance Canada
Lucky Torontonians!
 Raindance Canada proudly presents the
Writer's Foundation Certificate
Senior story editor and script doctor Ken Chubb has worked on a host top top flight TV and film projects in Canada and the US including the Gemini nominated, Hunt for Justice: the Louise Arbour Story, Agent of Influence starring Christopher Plummer, and Crazy Canucks., the Claude Jutra award winner, Keith Behrman's, Flower & Garnet, Turning Paige (nominated for four Genies), The Nature of Nicholas and Vincenzo Natali's feature, Nothing.
5 Wednesday nights starting Wednesday March 3rd.
What: Writer's Foundation Certificate
When: 5 Weds nights starting March 3rd, 6:30 - 9:00pm
Where: Toronto Writer's Centre, Bloor nr Bathurst
How Much: $199.95 + GST
Book Online
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Quoted
After my cynical Christmas quotes last year I should make an effort to be less cynical about the New Year... Well, maybe not.
"Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age is when you're forced to."
Bill Vaughan
"The proper behavior all through the holiday season is to be drunk. This drunkenness culminates on New Year's Eve, when you get so drunk you kiss the person you're married to."
P.J. O'Rourke
"New Year's Day: Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual."
Mark Twain
"The only way to spend New Year's Eve is either quietly with friends or in a brothel. Otherwise when the evening ends and people pair off, someone is bound to be left in tears."
W.H. Auden
Next week I'll actually get back to having quotes at least tangentially about movies...maybe...
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Coffee Break
Check out this IndieMogul - a network dedicated to film fanatics and aspiring auteurs alike. They make short internet shows focused on DIY filmmaking, cheap special effects, movie reviews and
conversations with high profile filmmakers and special guests.
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Charting the Movies
Ever struggle to keep track of who is where and doing what to whom in big action epics? Well, the guys from xkcd have come up with a couple of great movie charts that help you keep up.
And if you liked those, check out their take on Movie Science vs Real Science.
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Renounced
The rising number of children addicted to Class A drugs.
Apparently the figure has gone up by 50% over the 3 years.
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In Memory of Ljiljana Kojic-Bogdanovic
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Enjoy the rest of your day
Sincerely,
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