7 Essential Skills of Filmmakers

Greetings!

Hello and welcome to another newsletter packed with goodie bags of great content.

We're just starting off a new term of courses at the moment, following up on a successful Open House on Tuesday with a 99 Minute Film School tonight. Be sure to check out our e-course catalogue which is up-to-date with all our new courses.

In festival news life is getting glamourous as the team plans trips to Paris, Trieste, Berlin, Rotterdam and of course, Cannes. Submissions are open, so get your film in on the cheap earlybird fees.

I hope everyone is staying resolute to their plans for the year (c'mon, it's not even the end of January yet!)

James
Editor

In This Issue

Courses Coming Up

Raindance Abroad

Raindance Recommends

7 Essential Traits of Filmmakers

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Writing common sense

Make sure your world makes sense

Internal logic and consistency are crucial for building believable film worlds, doubly so if your writing in a genre like sci-fi.

James Gilbert takes writers through some of the most common mistakes (really, that 2nd in command doesn't know how the base should be run?) and offers some helpful tips on writing common sense into your script.

A couple of courses

Directing Essentials

The one key skill directors need is to communicate with their team. In this evening class Chris Thomas takes you through the ways of working with your key collaborators: the producers, cast and DoP.

What? Directing Essentials
When? 1 evening, 18th January
Where? Apollo Cinema Piccadilly Circus
How Much? £13 (inc VAT)
Members get in free

Call us on 0207 287 3833 or Book Online

Filmmaker's Foundation Certificate

In 5 evenings we demystify the filmmaking industry, taking you through writing, directing, producing and selling your film. The perfect place to get your start in the film business

What? Filmmaker's Foundation Certificates
When? 5 Tuesday eves, starting 25th January
Where? Apollo Cinema Piccadilly Circus
How Much? £165 + VAT
Members get a 15% discount

Call us on 0207 287 3833 or Book Online

Raindance News

The Virtual French Film Festival

For the first time, an entirely virtual French film festival will enable everyone, wherever they are in the world, to have access to a selection of films and vote for their favourites.

From 14-29 January 2011 film buffs worldwide will be able to access all the films proposed in the 1st edition of the online French Film Festival. Ten feature films and ten shorts by young directors are in competition. Internet users are invited to vote for their favourite films and post their comments on the website.

Six prizes will be awarded at the end of the festival (three for the feature films, three for the shorts): the Internet Users Prize, the Foreign Bloggers Prize and the International Press Prize.

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