The Cannes Film Festival and Market started yesterday. The Marché du Film is the largest film market in the world, and a must-attend for many in the film industry. I, unfortunately, cannot attend this year (teaching, y’know). Next year we should be able to attend and promote the feature we’re making with Raindance. I attended two …
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The HND on IG
As we’re gearing up for year three of the Raindance Higher National Diploma, we’ve just created an Instagram page for the programme. There’s talk of running a Snapchat as well. I’m now running three Instagrams: Action On The Side and my personal IG. As part of the HND, we’ll be running rolling short social media marketing …
Raindance HND Feature Film
The inaugural Raindance HND £5k Student Feature Film is being announced today The Raindance Higher National Diploma (HND) on which I teach has created a competition for our students: across the two years of the diploma, we will find the best writer, best director, best producer, best DP, best editor, etc., and those students will …
The Last Postcard Screening
On Saturday we have the premiere of our 21st short film made with Action On The Side, The Last Postcard. Saturday 7 April 3.30pm at Raindance (Craven Street, WC2N) Free event, but register at Eventbrite THE LAST POSTCARD written & directed by Cristina Mindroiu (11 mins) The life of a woman with dementia is turned upside …
Creating an animatic
A step-by-step guide for creating an animatic
Scheduling your short: working days
In the film industry, the average shoot day is 12 hours on set. Feature film shoots may be scheduled 6 days a week, but if the film runs behind, crew will shoot 7-day weeks, for weeks at a time (imagine going 21 days without a day off). Add travel time and you can see how …
Budgeting your film: low- medium- high-
An outline of the three budgets for your film
Scheduling your short film shoot: set-ups
A set-up is a shot. The set-up changes every time the camera changes position. The rule of thumb for every set-up is: 30 minutes for an average shot 45 minutes for complicated shots (e.g. dolly, steadicam) If there are added complications, such as traffic, lots of extras, or weather, I would allow 60 minutes 20 …
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How to create an IMDb page
I created a resource for my students recently, that shows the steps for creating an IMDb page. I share this here with you… and here is the page Review Check with your cast and crew whether they have an IMDb page first. A spreadsheet will help you. So will having your film open in …
The Last Postcard
It’s been a long time since I updated my blog. I’m on set for our March 2018 Action On The Side short film, The Last Postcard. As Producer, I’ve organised everyone to be here: the cast, the crew, the location, the budget. As on-set DIT, I receive the footage and sound files and save it …
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