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Comment by Fans Of Film on March 1, 2010 at 11:33am

How To Market Like Nine Inch Nails

Comment by Fans Of Film on February 24, 2010 at 8:35am

Dr. StrangeDoc or: How I Learned to Stop Complaining and Love Self-Distribution

Comment by Fans Of Film on November 7, 2009 at 6:33am

moby.com, 'film music', is for independent and non-profit filmmakers, film students, and anyone in need of free music for their independent, non-profit film, video, or short.

Comment by Fans Of Film on October 5, 2009 at 6:48am

Must watch Video "Wine Cellar Heated Debate on State of Industry"

Comment by Mike Cervello on October 4, 2009 at 11:39pm

I have to disagree with QT. Hollywood puts out crappy films most of the time and they draw out the public to theaters. It's all in the marketing of the film. That's why Hollywwod likes to use names people know as a safety net.

Example: Do you really expect the upcoming remake of THE A-TEAM for the big screen to be anything more than a crappy little movie?

Some years ago, Hollywood did like four remakes of The Gunfight At The OK Corral under different names, hoping to get over on the public by insulting their intelligence.

Hollywood is only interested in old material that has made mobey in the past. "A proven track record" is WAY more important to a studio executive than a technically perfect script with an original idea. There's no such thing as original in Hollywood.

Only the independent filmmaker will take a chance with an original idea.

Comment by Fans Of Film on October 4, 2009 at 11:27am

Quentin Tarantino Filmmaker Advice

Comment by Fans Of Film on September 27, 2009 at 2:23pm

MoMA Indie Summit Hashes Out Crisis

Now, there’s less funding for the production and release of movies in general, not just in the indie sector, Lynne said. The tough economy isn’t helping your favorite theater or the DVD sector.

People will head for safer product instead of making thoughtful challenging movies that capture the imagination. While the studios head for tentpoles, he sees hope in the long tail future of niche movies available digitally on computer, on video, on demand, ordered up by audiences directly. More

Comment by John Swanson on September 24, 2009 at 11:14pm

Finally people are beginning to say the same things that I learned a long time ago in regard to filmmaking and caring about the characters which you create. This is exactly what I did for my indy film "Demon Harvest".

Comment by Fans Of Film on September 24, 2009 at 8:26pm

Hybrid distribution is the state-of-the-art model more and more filmmakers are using to succeed. It enables them to have unprecedented access to audiences, to maintain overall control of their distribution, and to receive a significantly larger share of revenues More at indiewire

Comment by Mike Cervello on September 10, 2009 at 10:36am

Two areas for improvement for independent filmmakers are:

1. Sound Scoring their productions as opposed to using looped music from music creation software, which ends up making the production seem longer than it is because a repetitive music loop will make the rest of the movie drag. Too many filmmakers overlook the importance of good music that a music composer can offer. Electronic composers who create music with computer as opposed to orchestras are more in line with what is in the budget of independent filmmakers. Some are just interested in their first film credit and they are very talented.

2. Lack of Character Development. Characters just can't be there in a script or film, you have to develop them to make viewers feel for them. Too many independent filmmakers like to jump to the action or effects without developing the characters. News flash: independent filmmakers don't have the budget to compete with Hollywood for action and effects movies. Even Hollywood is making shallow movies these days where viewers feel nothing for the characters in the movie. How does one make a good old fashion character driven movie?

Take notes from Charly (1968)

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