Alan Heim in Part 2 of our exclusive interview with master editor of Network and The Notebook.
Lawrence Silverstein started his career in the sale business. He worked his way up through the ranks until eventually starting and running his own sales company, Strategic Film Partners, for seven years. During that time they produced and sold numerous international and domestic titles. He has since left and is now an active producer/director. Things …
Recently, in an interview with Jerry Bruckheimer, he said Wait? What…? Did he just say Beverly Hills Cop was $8 million? People forget that movies once cost ONLY… (yes, only) $8 million dollars. As compared to the mega block buster budgets of today. But he acknowledges, right of the bat, that its the budget that …
Alan Heim has edited over 40 films including the masterpiece Network and The Notebook. Check out part 1 of our interview with this modern day master of the craft.
4000 frames per second in 720 or 2000 fps in 1920 x 1080. That’s fast!
I was gonna put the picture of BIG ASS SPIDER from the movie here… but just couldn’t do it! Understanding the international market On financing genre films: Things we talked about in this podcast: Other podcasts you may enjoy: Mia Bruno, Acquisitions Manager, Gravitas Ventures Maren Olson, Traction Media – the sales business Producing with …
Recently we chatted with Andrew van den Houten, indie producer, and we went into depth on the art of pitching. One of the take aways that is clearly applicable to pretty much everyone is the length of the pitch. A pitch is not a monologue and it shouldn’t go on for 45 minutes. It’s not …
The studios understand this on a very very large scale – for every nine flops there is one hit. That’s always been the way. The blockbusters carry the rest. This is nothing new. The model has been around for years. Not all movies work. Maybe the ratio is a better than that… and no one …
It’s easy to get lost in a story. To meander through the creative process and tinker and tinker until you’ve come up with something that you think is great. But are you setting aside the time to do you creative networking. This is a business of relationships. Period. It’s important to understand that for most, …
Recently, on a podcast with Kevin Feige, Kevin talks Marvel’s marketing strategy and how they plan their shooting and CGI pipeline according to major marketing events. Their biggest of which is Comic-Con. Kevin tells us that they start their CGI shots and shooting schedule planning around what they need to be available to create “trailer …