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09/26/2014

How to Treat Film as a Business: Tips from IFP Film Week on Financing and Sales Agents

IFP Film Week was not only a celebration of independent film, it was an opportunity for filmmakers to ask the experts. Here are some tips for financing a film and for selling to a distributor.

In a talk titled "How to Get Sold," Kevin Iwashina, who worked at mega-talent agency CAA for years before starting Preferred Content in 2010, discussed the important role a sales agent can play in selling your film to a distributor. Some takeaways from his talk:

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09/26/2014

Here is the GoPro HERO4 with 4K Up to 30fps
GoPro is ready to unleash their next camera, the HERO4, and it's going to be their first to offer full-motion 4K up to 30fps.

These are our first images and specs of the HERO4, which is rumored to be announced October 8th (no price info yet). There will be two versions of the camera that we know of, the Black and Silver editions, and apparently previous accessories will work with the new cameras (thanks to PetaPixel for the images and info):

GoPro HERO4 Black

Specs with max frame rates:

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09/26/2014

Steven Soderbergh Removed the Color & Sound from 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' to Explore Spielberg's Staging
Soderbergh has done another one of his recuts/remixes, this time turning his attention to Steven Spielberg's Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Why do this? I'll let Soderbergh explain:

So I want you to watch this movie and think only about staging, how the shots are built and laid out, what the rules of movement are, what the cutting patterns are. See if you can reproduce the thought process that resulted in these choices by asking yourself: why was each shot—whether short or long—held for that exact length of time and placed in that order? Sounds like fun, right? It actually is. To me. Oh, and I’ve removed all sound and color from the film, apart from a score designed to aid you in your quest to just study the visual staging aspect. Wait, WHAT? HOW COULD YOU DO THIS? Well, I’m not saying I’m like, ALLOWED to do this, I’m just saying this is what I do when I try to learn about staging, and this filmmaker forgot more about staging by the time he made his first feature than I know to this day (for example, no matter how fast the cuts come, you always know exactly where you are—that’s high level visual math s**t).

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09/25/2014

MōVI M10 & RED EPIC Shoot a Violent Rube Goldberg Machine in This Totally Badass Video
Some things are just meant to go together. Peanut butter and jelly, coffee and doughnuts, and of course, the MōVI M10 image stabilizer and a Rube Goldberg machine. It truly is a match made in heaven. But don't just take my word for it. Have a look for yourself:

This video, which is a commercial for the Samsung ToughPad, was shot by DP and Pre-Vis artist Matt Workman. The production used a RED EPIC with Leica Summicron lenses, all mounted to a MōVI M10, in order to smoothly follow the path of a Rube Goldberg machine hellbent on destroying the Samsung tablet. In an awesome series of BTS photos, Markman showed just how much work goes into a shoot like this. Here are a few favorites.

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09/25/2014

FILMMAKER PASS: The Festival Circuit, Distribution, & the Director's Approach
This week on FILMMAKER PASS we discuss the foibles and benefits of the festival circuit, thoughts on distribution, and different perspectives on the director's process.

We're interested in what working filmmakers have to say about the important topics we face today as image-creators, storytellers, and communicators. We appreciate all of the comments and feedback, so please keep it coming! Let me know what you think about this format, submit your suggestions for topics, and let us know — as filmmakers — what's most on your mind right now.

Where do film festivals fit in to the landscape of distribution now? Tell us about your process as a director.

Don't forget to check out previous installments of FILMMAKER PASS on the art of casting and the struggles filmmakers face, the state of cinema and making a living.

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09/25/2014

Here Are Some Tips & Techniques for Cutting a Compelling Video Montage
Video montages set to music are ubiquitous. From people's vacation videos to personal/corporate reels and broadcast highlight packages, music montages dominate a sizable portion of online video content. One of the primary practices in this type of editing has always been to cut with the beat of the underlying music. Unfortunately, cutting a good montage, where the editing flows from shot to shot without distracting the viewer in any way, requires quite a bit more than simply aligning cuts to the beat.

Here's Larry Jordan, a dude who needs no introduction, to explain and demonstrate some tips for building a great music montage.:

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09/24/2014

Oscar-Winning Screenwriter Eric Roth Takes You on a Tour of His Writing Process
If you're going to learn about the process of screenwriting, it might as well be from an Academy Award winner. In this short Academy Originals interview, Eric Roth (Forest Gump, The Insider, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) shares everything about his process, from where he prefers to work to the computer program he uses that no longer exists.

Every writer has their own process -- some prefer waking up at the crack of dawn and working in an office, while others prefer working on their couch in their pajamas until the sun comes up. (I like to keep it classy.) You may not know what you prefer, but know, at least, that there's no right or wrong way to write a script. It doesn't matter if you take your time to research and meticulously plan out every scene, or if you become the Zazel of screenwriting and blast yourself into the P.T. Barnum Circus that is your script. The important thing here is finding out what works for you.

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09/24/2014

What's the Foundation of Filmmaking? Here's Director Werner Herzog's Answer
It's easy to get lost in the chaos of making movies -- to lose your perspective and vision, but legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog shares a very simple thought to inspire and activate you.

Herzog has a reputation for being a great advocate for new indie filmmakers, even going so far as to make good on a bet to eat his own shoe when his friend, and novice director, Errol Morris, finished his first feature. As the Munich-born director has said time and time again, a sentiment that really isn't all that unique among both the most celebrated and the most obscure filmmakers, that there are absolutely no excuses for not making films. However, he certainly has some strong opinions about which actions, activities, and attitudes cultivate strong filmmakers, like reading, which he explains in the following Indiana University interview, and at the center of it all, other than reading, of course, is life experience.

Read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read. If you don't read, you'll never be a filmmaker.

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09/23/2014

Expert Advice on Unpacking Your Comedic Screenwriting Toolbox
Writing comedic scripts isn't about "writing funny," but understanding the concepts and ideas of comedy. In this Film Courage interview, comedy expert Steve Kaplan shares with us what those things are, as well as a bunch of other helpful tools to use in your next comedic screenplay.

Much of what he talks about comes from the ideas and concepts from his book The Hidden Tools of Comedy, in which he talks less about how to "write funny," and more about what comedy is -- what structures and mechanics are at work when a joke is told and it receives a laugh.

The Film Courage interview series with Kaplan is truly inspiring and thoroughly educational if you're interested in writing comedy. You can check out the full interview below, but we've also shared a few highlights in case you're pressed for time.

Writing Likable Characters

We've talked before about the difference between writing "likable" characters and writing "sympathetic" ones, and Kaplan explores this even more. What makes a character sympathetic? His or her relatability. How do you make a character relatable?

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09/23/2014

Doc Filmmaker Catherine Gund Talks Vérité & New Ways of Telling Single-Person Stories
If you want to make a documentary about one person, what do you do? The industry standard -- if you can call it that -- would be to follow that person around, every waking moment. Catherine Gund, director of Born To Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity, a documentary about the daredevil ringmaster and Evel Knievel of dance, says that's just one way to do it.

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09/23/2014

Canon PowerShot SX520 HS review - 42x super-zoom!
Canon's PowerShot SX520 HS is a compact DSLR-styled 'bridge' camera with a 42x optical zoom range equivalent to 24-1008mm. It features a 16 Megapixel CMOS sensor, 1080p movies, but lacks the Wifi of its predecessor, the SX510 HS. The key selling point here is packing a big zoom into a relatively compact body, but there's other options to consider including Sony's H400, Nikon's P530 and of course Canon's own SX510 HS from last year. We've compared them all in our Canon SX520 HS review to help you find the best superzoom!
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