Technical Hitches Ruin Micro Budget Movies

One of the things I’ve learned over and over again as a micro-budget film maker is that it is often predictable technical hitches that destroy budgets and in these days of constantly evolving codecs, formats, NLE’s and cameras, hitting a brick wall either in production or post production is a common experience to run into a seemingly unsolvable workflow problem.

But even on something as simple as running an online magazine, it’s amazing how a minor technical hitch can throw a ten day spanner in the works. Read more

The Do’s & Don’t Of Film Distribution…

by Phil Hobden

DO… timecode your screeners.

It may sound simple, but an uncoded timecode is an illegal torrent download or pirate DVD waiting to happen.

DO… attend the markets.

Best place to get your project noticed or to spot potential sales partners for your film is at the film markets such as AFM or Cannes. See who is selling what and build up a relationship with them. Read more

Movie Industry Scams; How To Avoid Them

Scams in the movie biz and how to avoid them

Indie filmmakers, spec screen writers and newbie actors are particularly vulnerable to scams… and, because there are so many people pinning their hopes and dreams on making it into the industry, there are now many cynical “businesses” who are set up solely to take advantage of those hopes and dreams. It’s sad, but true and because it’s both incredibly easy and cheap to set up an online business, I hear more and more tales of attempted scams every single day.

So, because there seems to have been a rash of particularly bad ones recently, here’s the basic information you need to avoid these scum-bags. Read more

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