7 things to check when entering a festival

Greetings!

I'm Brittany and I just started interning here at Raindance. What does an intern do you ask? Well my first week I addressed, stuffed, and stamped over 600 envelopes to send out to members of Raindance. Did I mention I had to carry them all to the post office as well?

It's not all fun and games here though. I mostly work with Raindance's Facebook page, which you should all check out, and helping with whatever else is needed around the office, be it writing for the Newsletter or helping with the Twitter account.

Brittany Kepke

Intern
Raindance Film Festival

In This Issue

TONIGHT: Hollywood Screenwriting
Discover the 13 mistakes that will earn your script a 'Pass' from any Hollywood script reader. Taught by James Bartlett a story analyst for the Sundance Institute, UCLA and the Academy of Motion Pictures' Nicholl Screenwriting Awards. Make sure your script jumps the first hurdle. Tonight 6:30 - 9pm - Apollo West End - Only £40. More details or book online.

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7 things to check when submitting your film to a festival

You've completed your latest masterpiece and have decided to submit it to Raindance (or any other, inferior, festival). Make sure you don't have your film chucked straight into the reject pile by committing a simple error. We get so many films that are mislabelled, unlabelled, have stickers on or do something else to piss off our programmers

Use this simple checklist to ensure your film will get the consideration it deserves.

A couple of courses

Documentary Foundation Certificate

Making a successful documentary takes a lot more skill than you might think. More than just pointing a camera at an interesting subject, you need to be able to draw out narrative and emotional storylines from real situations. On this course you will discover how to:

Develop a distinctive documentary idea
Test its effectiveness as an engaging film
Decide the appropriate way to film it
Find the right people to appear in it
Choose the best things to film
Shoot and edit your film in the most effective way
Pick the right music or sound
Shape your finished film into a story that works dramatically and emotionally

What? Documentary Foundation Certificate
When? Wednesday 14, 21, 28 April 5, 12 May
Where? Craven Street Rehearsal Rooms
How Much? £165.00 + VAT
Members get a 15% discount

Call us on 0207 287 3833 or Book Online

Basic Cinematography

This is the course for future Lighting Cameramen and Directors of Photography as well as for anyone else who wants to learn how to create right visuals to support the screenplay emotionally. It will introduce you to key information about technical and aesthetic requirements for successful visual expression. From theoretical explanation to hands on practical ways to create right look for the given script.

Discover:

Basic aesthetic principles
Working with film stock, lenses, light meters and ratios
Working with video, the difference between HD and SD, timecodes and exposure

What? Basic Cinematography
When? Evenings 20,21,22 April and wk/end 24,25
Where? Craven Street Rehearsal Rooms
How Much? £375 + VAT
Members get a 15% discount

Call us on 0207 287 3833 or Book Online

Raindance News

We just got this email talking about our Producer's Foundation Certificate.
Isn't it lovely?

"I graduated from a 3 year degree, specialising in writing and directing for digital film back in 2005. Those 3 years were great no doubt. It allowed me to learn the basics of my craft, practice it within the type of safe, collaborative environment university affords, and led me to the colleagues I now work closely with.

What it did not do however, was present me with any real-world knowledge about the movie business.

And that is where this course has excelled. Within these 5 weeks, I have garnered more knowledge about how to elevate the operation of my production company within the UK industry from shooting the simple indie features we have done to proper, commercially-viable movies with sound investment and packaging.

Truth be told, if all Raindance courses are like this, I would say more young filmmakers should either opt for film schools which offer you good career trajectory like the NFTS or LFS OR for a set of courses at Raindance.

University film degrees just don't cut it!"

Working the Net
This week in 'Working the Net' we have a paid job for a location production manager, a request for an social media savvy marketer for promote a film and a call for screenwriters. Interested? Take a look at our listings Got an ad you want to place? Send it in free if you're a Raindance Member