All About Indie Filmmaking: Film Festival Secrets

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Film Festival Secrets

Chris Holland, the director of festival operations at B-Side, lets you in on the secrets that will help you navigate the festival circuit with your film -- for free. The book is available as a download here: Film Festival Secrets. Give it a read. It's really helpful.

B-Side is interesting too. Good to see sites that help indie filmmakers and platforms for playing the films survive and thrive. From the Web site:

B-Side is the leading technology partner for film festivals helping audiences discover films. With more than 200 film festival partners, B-Side can enable any festival to have a web presence that rivals the top festivals around the world.

We support festivals by providing cutting edge internet technology for free. The B-Side Festival Guide is an interactive festival schedule that engages audience members and filmmakers with social features such as ratings, reviews, recommendations, and blogs.

2 comments:

Thomai said...: Hi Jane,

Saw you over at Melissa's Women & Hollywood blog.

I'm a director with experience as PM/PS, AD (film, webisodes, MV)
and producer (commercial, promo, etc.)

I'm getting ready to direct a short film.
The films I make are (and going to be) character driven.

Stop by my blog and lets meet (at least online)

grace with ease,
Thomai; March 25, 2009 at 12:58 PM
Jane Kelly Kosek said...: Hi Thomai,

Thanks for dropping by! I saw your blog. Looks great. Keep it up! Good luck with your short. Keep in touch and let me know how your films are coming.

Jane; March 26, 2009 at 3:12 PM

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Filmmaking Terms

Abby Singer - The second to last set up of the last shot of the day.
Adaptation - A screenplay based on a written work, such as book or short story.
Attachment - Verbal or written agreement attaching talent to a film project.
Day Out of Days - Calendar detailing the days each actor will work on the film.
DDACS - Detailed Dialogue Action Continuity Script
Deal Memo - Short form deal between film production and cast or crew.
Development - The period in which the screenplay is finalized for pre-production and other key elements, like financing, cast, and crew, may be attached.
Digital Intermediate - The process of digitizing a 35mm or 16mm film print, resulting in a digital version of the film that can be corrected and from which a final output to film or tape is made.
HD - High Definition; a higher resolution than standard definition.
High or Low Hat - A camera mount that allows for filming low angles.
Magazine - Lightproof film container that attaches to the camera and holds both exposed and unexposed film.
Martini Shot - Final set up of the last shot of the day.
One Liner Schedule - Shooting schedule condensed with each day's schedule on one line.
Pay or Play Offer - An offer from the producer to talent stating that the talent will either be paid or played (required to perform) by a certain date.
Pick Ups - New shots to be filmed that were not part of the original shot list.
Post Production - The period following principal photography in which the film or TV episode is completed.
Pre-Production - Often referred to as Pre-Pro; the preparation period prior to principal photography.
Principal Photography - The primary period of shooting the film or TV episode.
Production Draft - The version of the script that is used during film production.
Reshoot - A period of filming during which shots of the movie or TV show are re-filmed.
Screenplay - A script for a movie or TV show.
Script Breakdown - Detailed list of items and people needed for each scene in the script, from which a schedule and budget are made.
Shooting Schedule - Detailed schedule of principal photography, including lists of items needed from each department.
Shot List - List of shots to be filmed during principal photography.

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Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Film Festival Secrets

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