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Festival Report: Filmmakers’ Showcase; Exit Interview Wins Award
Exit Interview is now the proud winner of a film festival!
Last night Patrick Keenan, Donald Wells and I attended the Light Factory Filmmakers’ Showcase at Butter right here in Charlotte. It blew away my expectations.
The film lineup was strong, one of the strongest I’ve ever seen for a collection of short films. Nothing felt like filler to me. I only wish that I could’ve attended...
Exit Interview Now Online
Although it has just begun its festival run, we’ve decided to put up a streaming copy of Exit Interview online for viewing. Short independent films (especially in the fantasy/horror genre) have such a handicap to begin with, you really need to pursue anything and everything in order to have your work seen. With everything known to man being a part of The Interwebs (a series of tubes), one must...
The HDSLR Revolution
It seems that everyone and their mother is talking about the HDSLR revolution these days. Do a search on the web and you’ll find industry leaders such as Philip Bloom and Vincent Laforet talking up the system as a possible leap in indie filmmaking. I began thinking, what does this mean for me?
I’ll be honest, I want one. Completely and totally. The problem is I’m torn by just a few...
Curiosity Creeps Slowly
Two scripts down. Don and I worked pretty hard on conceptualizing Sam’s short screenplay – getting into the characterization, tearing apart the themes and whittling down the dialogue to a more humanistic, less stage-y approach. Sam loved it. Hopefully she’ll now find money for the project so we can get started on it!
I’m still working on the shot list for “Devil’s...
A First Post, About Sex
This is my first post here, so let’s see how well it works. I finished editing a script for Sam today (she’s the principal staff member showing off her car accident scars). There was a sex scene in it, which was interesting from a screenwriting perspective. How detailed should these be in script form? My instinct is to keep sex details to a minimum. How important is it, really, for...
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