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Greetings!
I bid you welcome to this weeks newsletter.
I've been interning at Raindance for 3 months now and as such have found the contents of my wallet somewhat diminished. I would imagine, being penniless filmmakers, that you can sympathise.
So this week we've put together a relief package to aid the impoverished filmmaker.
As Raindance's resident editor I'm always trying to get hold of the latest and greatest software. But I also like to eat and have a roof over my head. Luckily just about every £500 software package has a freebie equivalent, some just as good if not better. So I put together the Zero Budget Software Guide. All free, all legal.
And coming up September 18/19th we have Lo-to-No Budget Filmmaking. Films like Clerks, Pi, The Blair Witch Project and El Mariachi were made using the principles and tricks you will learn on this course.
No money? No budget? No excuse!
Grab a camera and get filming!
Christian
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Zero budget software guide
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| Like he says, "all free, all legal"
It's tough making a living out there; especially as a freelance or independent filmmakers. So when it comes to buying software it feels a bit galling to shell out £500 for a disc and a code. Well, now you don't have to. Thanks to a lot of lovely, hard-working, generous people, there are free alternatives to every piece of filmmaking software you can think of. And thanks to Christian, you can find them here. |
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Lo-to-No Budget Filmmaking
Learn everything you need to know about low budget
filmmaking in this intensive weekend course. You will be taught how to make and sell your movie by
Raindance founder Elliot Grove, using a tried and tested method for launching
filmmaking careers.
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The Power of Lighting
A lighting course for those with little to no technical
knowledge. Discover how to
effectively create atmosphere for your story and enhance the production values
of your film. Ideal for those making low budget digital movies. What? The Power of LightingWhen? Tuesday 21 September, 6:30 - 9:30pm Where? Central London, TBC How Much? £40.00 inc VAT Members get a 15% discount Call us on 0207 287 3833 or Book Online |
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Become a Raindance Benefactor
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| The only way to get a Festival Pass
Festival Passes are now only available to Raindance Benefactors - get unlimited access to 200+ screenings, seminars and workshops and guaranteed tickets to opening and closing night.
News: This month, the gold and package no-one will buy benefactors have access to the preview screenings of Restrepo, The Kid & Bonded By Blood as part of their package, thanks to the support of our friends at Dogwoof and Revolver.
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Opening Night Gala
On Wednesday, 29th September the 18th Raindance Film Festival kicks off with a bang. Following our top secret Opening Film the party will move to Heaven where cult band The Airborne Toxic Event will open this year's
festivities with a live performance before going on their UK tour. They will also be presenting their documentary All I Ever Wanted Book tickets for the Film & After-party. Book tickets for the After-party only.
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Working the Net
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NEEDED: Art department people - We are looking to fill art supervisor positions (its a small crew project so the position will include set dressing, prop wrangling and on set art) for one of the first web series to receive government mandated funding. Shooting will take place in Toronto early September and continue sporadically into the spring. Please message contact@gopherx.net for details.
(Editor: Of note, perhaps, this comes from one of our Raindance board members in Toronto!)
Got an ad you want to place? Send it in free if you're a Raindance Member
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Networking Drinks
An informal networking evening featuring film related chit chat, an
opportunity to catch up with old buddies and a damn fine way of
connecting with like minded filmmakers. Augst 23rd - 7pm. Book your
(free) place here. Venue: Niagara, 112 Avenue A - New York, 10009 |
Blog of the Week
Clothes on Film is the fantastic blogsite dedicated to costume design in the movies. Featuring interviews, analysis and commentary it's a great resource an insight into the subtle work of the costume designer
Things We Like
Still on the topic of low budget filmmaking, here's a little
bit of inspiration. This article has the top 10 low budget films (under
$500,000) and also some useful tips on low budget, guerrilla filmmaking.
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Alternative Film Finance
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This MailOnLine article describes the risks and potential rewards of investing in film. In doing so it also highlights the rationale behind the creation of the Ultimate Media Fund (UMF).
The Ultimate Media Fund is designed to take advantage of the whole media value chain as opposed to an investment into one film. Film slates, development, distribution and sales arms have been gathered under UMF, and may represent the best value investment in media and movies in years.
Details: Visit www.umfund.com or email office@umfund.com
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In 1913 'The Moving Picture World' tackles censorship:
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"It is alleged that the stories told by some motion pictures tend to lead to the commission of crimes. Grant, for the sake of argument, that this is true and then apply it to the public press. Take an issue of the New York World of the past week and read how robbers attacked a woman in her home. Note the details of the crime given in the article; how the robbers approached the victim; the materials used to gag, bind and blindfold her, and the manner in which they were applied. It is extremely doubtful that the authorities can point to a motion picture now on the market that is more faithful to the details of a criminal operation than was given in the article referred to."
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Ever wanted to be the master manipulator of a small world that you created? Well it's a lot easier with animation than it is in the real world... If you have access to a PC, then download the free animation software created by Muvizu We're running a competition with them this month, all you need to do is create a 90 second (or less) short animation using their software and you could win one of three high end workstations! Full details are available here If you're more of a popcorn eater than a filmmaker, then you might want to check out the fantastic entries for the Welcome to the Extraordinary competition that we ran a few weeks ago. Entries can be seen here and here and the 10 finalists can be seen here A big thank you to all the filmmakers who entered, we are humbled by your hard work and talent! |
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7 Reasons Why Monomyth Works
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Joseph Campbell's seminal work The Hero With a Thousand Faces described the pattern every heroic story follows. But it took Christopher Vogler to bring that pattern to the cinema, and his class to bring it to writers around the world. From The Lion King to The Matrix, this pattern underlies almost every hit film. Find out just how fundamental the monomyth is to to storytelling in film and check out Vogler's class, The Writer's Journey |
The London Raindance Festival Team
Suzanne Ballantyne
Christian Bell
James Burbidge
Frederica Byron
Julian Chapelle
Sami El-Hadi
Elliot Grove
Jamie Kataky
Rory O'Donnell
Joe Pearshouse
Margherita Pellegrino
Chris Presswell
Xavier Rashid
Amelie Thille
Chris Thomas
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