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Let’s Make It Happen In 2013
Continue 2013 off with a bang! Here’s the deal: We’ve got a list of the best, most shared, most beloved Raindance articles and events of the year and linked to them below. But here’s the catch: there...
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Movie Business: Produce, Finance, Distribute & PROFIT With Dov Simens
What better way to learn the basics of film marketing and monetising your film’s profit than spending a day with the master of marketing Dov Simens. Dov Simen’s first came to Britain in 1992 and his...
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7 Ways Film Schools Ruin Movies
Whether or not you have ever gone to film school, when you’re first starting out in filmmaking it can seem like another world, and a bit of guidance can really help you get started. Getting help from a...
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10 Questions Filmmakers Should Know About Rights Management And Distribution
I have been working at film sales and distribution through the Raindance Film Festival and British Independent Film Awards since 1992. I didn’t go to film school (or university. I’ve learned about the...
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Are You Kidding?
Reaching the end of a meeting regarding the distribution rights to an independent film, the Acquisitions Executive asked the debut filmmaker fresh out of film school “And what kind of deal are you...
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10 Reasons Vincent Van Gogh Would Have Made A Great Independent Filmmaker
I was at the International Art Fair at the Royal College of Art in London, on Friday. The only thing I could afford were a few books on discount, near the café downstairs. One of the books I picked up...
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7 Simple Mistakes Filmmakers Make
I am just off a plane to Cannes 2013 where I look forward the joy of making new contacts and renewing old friendships. “It’s A People Business” is such a truth. On the crowded flight, I was reminded...
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9 Elements Of Great Films
You don’t need to go to film school to recognise the key elements of great movies. These same elements are present time and time again in the great movies, like King Kong, The Outlaw Josey Wales, She...
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Do You Need To Go To Film School To Make It?
Raindance’s film training programme has been running since 1992. Even though we provide training, we have always been reluctant to call ourselves a film school in London simply because film schools are...
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How Filmmakers Can Look Bigger Than They Really Are
I am glad I didn’t go to film school. If I had I might have thought twice about choosing a career in the creative industries. It is an exciting prospect, but one that can backfire if you don’t apply a...
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How Independent Film Kept Me From Living In My Mother’s Basement
I didn’t go to university, I didn’t graduate from a liberal arts programme like so many of my colleagues and I certainly didn’t go to film school. I went to art school instead and graduated with a...
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Courses coming up – July 2013
It’s (supposedly) Summer, and there’s no better time to grab your cameras and get filming. Gorgeous light, long days and warm weather should inspire you to sharpen up those filmmaking skills and go...
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The Full Production Package
You want to get your film made? We’ve prepared an offer that will help you do just that! BOOK EITHER: Producer’s Foundation Course - 5 Tuesday evenings from the 9th July The course to get you started...
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Happy Ind(i)ependence Day!
Today the U.S. of A. celebrate their 237th year of independence from the British Empire with characteristic gusto and pride, putting on fireworks, feasts, dances and drinking marathons that’ll give the...
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Why I Raindance
I just passed another milestone – I rewrote the Raindance Producer’s Lab book, only 38 months after my original deadline! It was a real monster – at over 250,000 words. Just managing the manuscript was...
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10 Reasons Independent Filmmakers Are Cool
With the current heatwave melting filmmaker’s equipment, we thought it a good idea to remind ourselves how filmmakers can be cool! While independent filmmaking can be challenging, there is no doubt...
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3 Ways Filmmakers Benefit From Changing Media Patterns
You’ve dug out the trendy wardrobe, got yourself a second hand pair of Raybans dirt cheap and are sporting a trendy haircut and are ready to start faking your life as an independent film auteur. So...
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3 Key Film Jobs No One Can Fill
I didn’t go to film school (or university for that matter) and I am completely self taught. There are hundreds of times I wished I had learned some basic tricks of the film trade, and knuckled down and...
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10 Key Steps Filmmakers Use To Create Effectve Social Media Strategies
Film schools don’t teach filmmakers anything about social media. Filmmakers rarely have the time to consider it. Yet a successful social media strategy will take a lot of the guesswork out of the...
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17 Reasons Why Chicks Make Better Film Directors
Us guys tend to dominate the film industry. If stats for the Raindance Film Festival and our film school in London are anything to go by, a good 60% are male. When I started Raindance back in early...
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