Recently, we chatted with Mia Bruno, Acquisitions Manager at Gravitas Ventures, independent distributor. When asked what’s working now and what kinds of films impact their buying decisions here’s what she said: 1) Cast matters 2) Social media is important If you are filmmaker working on an indie film, then try and get someone into the …
At some point, you have to decide what your vocation is. You have to be willing to draw a line in the sand and tell the world, “I am a director” or “I am a producer”. Until you are ready to make that statement without putting a caveat in front of it, then you haven’t …
The amazing transformative power of film is why we all choose this insane business. We all yearn to make something beautiful. To move an audience. To have people see what we work – and slave on – for years to get onto a piece of digital celluloid. Yet, for all that lust that exists in …
Sean Bobbitt at this years CAMERAIMAGE 2013 gave a master class on going handheld. In it he asks “what do you think handheld does for the shot?” Again and again, we hear the pros talking about story motivating the tools we choose rather than the other way around. It’s just nice to hear Sean talk …
1) Use a List: Big ideas first… smaller ideas second. The list has value because it forces the brain to come up with #2 and #3… 2) Write often: It was Stephen King who said that writers do two things every day. They write a lot and they read a lot. And from the guru …
We welcome Mia Bruno, Acquisitions Manager of Gravitas Ventures to the Business of Film Podcast. The simple truth is we should have titled this episode Sex & Drugs with Mia Bruno… but you’ll have to listen to the interview to find out why. Gravitas Ventures is an indipendent film distributor and they are doing some …
A quick peruse of two studios, Paramount and Sony, shows marked differences in their Facebook strategy and what’s working and what’s not… and why. It’s worth taking a moment to dive into a couple of the posts to see what we can take away from their efforts. Note, however, that these folks should be killing …
In a recent post we talked about proof of concept. Post by Craft Truck. But what if you only had a camera? What could you do? Where would you go? What would you shoot? What story would you tell? At the end of the day, the story moves people… the camera, an extension of your …
We live in a world of a virtual shelf space. We’ve come to know this as the longtail. But what does this mean for the indie filmmaker. In a world where there is more content than could possibly be consumed, how do you compete? How do you stand out on the shelf? The simple truth …
Lowbudget filmmaking comes with favours. You don’t make a low budget film without asking for one or two… or three or four. But sometimes, the generosity of others will directly affect your ability to actual manage what you have. Free things can come at a cost. The bigger the “circus” the bigger the infrastructure that’s …