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Greetings!
 Welcome. This week we're full steam ahead with all our foundation courses (which are going very well, thanks for asking). We're also putting on a Live!Ammo! for the London Screenwriter's Festival this weekend, as well as running our ' How to Make a Short Film' course (last chance to sign up!). We're also gearing up for our next Boozin 'n' Schmoozin - come along, meet writers, producers, directors and filmmakers of all sorts. It can be the start of a beautiful friendship. So it's busy, busy, busy for us and, we hope, for you too. Have a great week! James Burbidge Editor |
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| How to write a screenplay in 3 weeks |
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Dov S-S Simens is the most famous film instructor in the world. He's known for his straight-from-the-hip presentation style and for his sassy and inspiring classes. He is returning to London on November 27/28 for his revolutionary " 2 day film School." Get a taster: Dov S-S Simens' How To Write A Screenplay in 3 Weeks |
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The Moët British Independent Film Awards will be presented by James Nesbitt at the spectacular Old Billingsgate on Sunday 5th December. Nominations will be announced on Monday 1st November.
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The Art of the Beat Sheet
A beat sheet is an essential writing tool but is often confused with a treatment. This evening course explains how the beat sheet will clarify your script and liberate your writing. Special Offer: Sign up for Maverick Screenwriting on 27/28th November, and get this seminar FREE. |
Direct Your 1st Feature
An intensive introduction to the creative and business elements of directing a feature film, by detailing the director's role with the various heads of department: pre-production, production and post-production. What? Direct Your 1st FeatureWhen? Sat/Sun 20/21st November, 9:30-6:00pm Where? St George's Church, WC1A 2HRHow Much? £250 + VAT Members get a 15% discount Call us on 0207 287 3833 or Book Online |
| Raindance makes Filmmakers
James Walley and Isobel Ricketts met on the Director's Foundation Certificate in June 2009 and have since co-founded Dollar Factory Films. Having made various shorts they are now close to completing their first feature 'Man Whole'.
Filming largely in Chester and throughout the North West, 'Man Whole' will begin a worldwide tour of film festivals in 2011 to seek distribution. Dollar Factory Films has two further feature film script also written by James Walley, ready to shoot in 2011.
We love to see our students going on to successes like this - it's why we do what we do.
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Competition with $10,000 prize
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| The Fraser Institute's 2010 Student Video Contest is an opportunity for students to flex their film production muscles and win $10,000 in cash prizes! These prizes are being given away to the best videos addressing the topic: The Nanny State: Is government regulation threatening your personal freedom?
Full contest details can be found on the website.
Video entry URL and contact info must be submitted by 30th November, 2010 to student@fraserinstitute.org.
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Raindance NYC
Does Your Trailer Work?
15th November.
An opportunity for filmmakers to learn the techniques and methods used to build effective trailers & gain direct feedback for your own trailer.
Raindance Brussels
Certificat du Scénariste. Starts 16th November.
Get the basics of screenwriting explained.
Course in French.
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Blog of the Week
Smart, savvy, funny and not focused on the latest Hollywood fare. Read Cinema Styles.
Things We Like
In case you didn't see it, The Guardian have put together a list of the top 25 films in each genre.
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Ever considered offing an exasperating spouse? Frederic Casella's short Exit Strategy presents a dark consumerist solution in a surreal world not so different from our own. As his wife practices yoga in the mirror, a man in a white bathrobe makes funeral arrangements on the house phone. The premise, though bleak, is intriguing and surprisingly funny.
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Intensive Acting Studios
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| Raindance Members Nick von Schlippe and Zuzana Jochman present these internationally acclaimed 'Acting for TV and Film' classes from Cannes Award Nominated Film Makers.
£499 including VAT and Showreel:
· Showreel
· Script Interpretation
· Improvisation
· Audition Confidence
· Marketing
3-7th November Sweet Casting Studios, 42 Theobalds Road, Holborn
For more information visit Intensive Acting Studios on Facebook or call 07901 207 430
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| Learning from the playwrights
"I loved Feydeau's one rule of playwriting: Character A: My life is perfect as long as I don't see Character B. Knock Knock. Enter Character B."
John Guare
"Most playwrights go wrong on the fifth word. When you start a play and you type 'Act one, scene one,' your writing is every bit as good as Arthur Miller or Eugene O'Neill or anyone. It's that fifth word where amateurs start to go wrong."
Meredith Willson
"The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast."
Oscar Wilde
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| Are you making these 4 deadly mistakes? |
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No-one said it was easy
It's the film industry. You know its hard, we know its hard, probably only Mr Cameron thinks it's easy. But... there's no reason not to try and make it easier on yourself and there's no reason to make these basic mistakes. In many cases, we've made them so you don't have to. Are you making these 4 deadly film mistakes?
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The London Raindance Festival Team
Suzanne Ballantyne
Christian Bell
James Burbidge
Frederica Byron
Julian Chapelle
Laura Clark
Elliot Grove
Rebecca Hall
Rory O'Donnell
Lauren Mahomes
Margherita Pellegrino
Chris Presswell
Xavier Rashid
Chris Thomas
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