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The State of British Short Films
Earlier this week, journalist and television producer David Cox took to the Guardian film blog to write an article launching a pretty scathing and misinformed evaluation of the current state of British short films: [View the story "The state of British short films." on Storify] The state of British short films. Earlier this week, journalist [...]
TheyAreAnimators #5: Eamonn O’Neill
When I was a little older my best friend Billy and I would talk about becoming animators but I don’t think we really understood what it meant – we just knew they drew cartoons. I veered away from that idea in school – I kept drawing but thought maybe I would be an engineer or [...]
Healing the Antagonistic Relationship Between Mainstream & Independent Cinema
This is a guest post from independent filmmaker Neil Mcenery West. Independent film has more substance, more integrity, and more creativity than mainstream cinema right? One has to only compare a big blockbuster tentpole movie like Steven Spielberg’s Jaws, with a beautiful, low key and creative exploration of the human psyche such as Maya Deren’s [...]
The Writing Never Ends
The Benefits of Being a Writer/Director on Your First Feature Film It was day 14 of our 16 day shoot of Love Magical, a wild and crazy romantic comedy. Our script was 105 pages, we were averaging seven pages a day with very little room for error. On day 14, we arrived at our location, [...]
7 Tips For Getting a Great Score for Your Film
If you’re thinking about getting an original score for your film, at some point you’ll want to start working with a composer. You might be pretty comfortable talking music, you might not. DO NOT PANIC. You directed your cast and crew, right? Whatever you did to get them to perform in the way you wanted [...]
Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces of Independent Film – 2011
Even if you have little interest in the ubiquitous ‘list’ style of blog post, there’s one annual collection that anyone with a propensity towards indie film looks forward to annually and that’s Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces of Independent Film. Aside from our usual level of curiosity as to which directors we should run to [...]
Life Just Is: From Paper Cut to Fine Cut
Postproduction for my debut feature, Life Just Is, started back in November last year (the film was shot over 14 days in October). My editor, Murat Kebir, was very keen to spend time organising all the footage before we began cutting together, so I took it as an opportunity to familiarise myself with the rushes. [...]
SotW: How We Launched Our Film Online
Not content with hitting us with one of the best animated shorts you’re likely to see all year, the guys at Short of the Week have now provided a detailed explanation of how they launched The Thomas Beale Cipher online. It’s a great insight for filmmakers who want to get their film noticed and shows [...]
Speed Up the Search for Sound Effects
Adam A. Johnson from SFXsource.com got in touch to ask how much we enjoy searching through 1000′s of sound effects to find that one gem. “Not much” we admitted, “It’s probably down to the libraries you’re searching,” he said. So we suggested that as an owner of a sound effects library, perhaps he’d like to [...]
Art in America: Brent Green
DN’s favourite animator Brent Green got a quality 10 page feature in last month’s issue of Art in America written by Saul Ostrow. I suggest you kick back with a glass of wine and get further acquainted with Brent and his work.
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