Forget "Avatar" and "Step Up 3D": When filmmakers finally master 3-D, it will mark the start of a new art form Is digital 3-D the future of cinema or an annoying, overhyped fad? The movie industry is understandably torn. On one hand, money talks, and some of the biggest hits of the last six months [...]
Nevada Film Office Screenwriters Competition Objective: The NFO competition seeks to provide unsold writers an opportunity for recognition and networking with the Hollywood market, and to encourage the creation of scripts specific to Nevada. The small size of the competition improves a writer’s chances of finishing well, and judges usually provide helpful notes and useful [...]
David Oxberry/Anchor Bay Entertainment Eddie Marsan in the coming film “The Disappearance of Alice Creed.” Mr. Marsan has been busy in both blockbusters and indies, notably in films by Mike Leigh. THE boyish-looking actor in the Chiswick coffee shop here can’t possibly be the ferocious Eddie Marsan. That Eddie Marsan is usually fuming, and usually [...]
First it was the music business, now the film industry is beginning to face a sustained assault on its traditional business models, and distribution is the main battleground. As audiences now demand more timely and flexible access to content, Big Media has given up on suing it's customers in favour of a two-pronged attack: going [...]
One of the few filmmaking tips they’ll teach you in film college is the importance of having a good story. I can’t stress this enough. You MUST have a story worth telling. A typical film university will just tell you to use your imagination and be creative, but that doesn’t always work. Let me ask [...]
You come up with a brilliant idea. You write a great script. By some miracle you find the money to make the movie. It's finished and it came out pretty good. Now what do you do? This is the toughest part of the process; selling your film. In the 90's you would make an independent [...]
Have a sync (www.haveasync.com) is the new tool for music licensing, designed and managed by Bixio Publishing Group. It allows directors, advertising agencies, music consultants to find the perfect music for films, documentaries, commercials, TV series and other audiovisual productions. The research is intuitive, fast and efficient, thanks to the innovative Sync Cloud system. All [...]
ORLANDO, Fla., May 20 /PRNewswire/ — Continuing its efforts to bring its exclusive coverage of drums, drummers, and drumming, along with its acclaimed editorial and educational content, to an ever-expanding number of readers around the world, Modern Drummer magazine has announced the completion of two exciting new initiatives aimed at increasing the distribution of both [...]
Music industry veteran Martin Atkins will be joining the Warped Tour 2010 to host round table discussions for aspiring musicians. Atkins, in addition to his tenure as drummer for Nine Inch Nails, PiL and Pigface has spent the last three decades building an extensive knowledge of the basic rules that apply to touring musicians. Armed [...]
BandCentral has officially launched and claims to offer acts “a suite of essential tools that will enable them to take control of their music careers”. Signing up to the service allows bands, managers and labels to organise all the business elements around an act's career such as mailing databases, merchandise and touring. Through the online [...]
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