James Cameron Masterclass: Learn Filmmaking from the Legendary Director

James Cameron Masterclass: Learn Filmmaking from the Legendary Director From The Terminator and Titanic to Avatar, James Cameron has directed some of Hollywood’s biggest blockbusters. Now, for the first time in his 40-year career, he opens up about his process. Through behind-the-scenes breakdowns, James shares his approach to developing ideas, storylines, and characters; harnessing technology;…

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Filmtrepreneur Breakdown: Before the Dark – $15k Budget

Filmtrepreneur Breakdown: Before the Dark The journey of our feature film “Before The Dark” begins with a phone call from my good friend Benny Oliveri, Benny and I met at Film School and had stayed in touch ever since. A few years after Film School we both found ourselves living in sunny Los Angeles, my…

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Jeff Goodby and Rich Silverstein Masterclass: Learn Advertising and Creativity

 Jeff Goodby and Rich Silverstein Masterclass: Learn Advertising and Creativity Jeff Goodby and Rich Silverstein, the founders of the legendary advertising agency Goodby Silverstein & Partners, deconstruct their best advertising campaigns in their new MasterClass on advertising and creativity. Learn creative storytelling and how to make work that connects with millions from the iconic duo.…

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Filmtrepreneur Breakdown: Killer Christmas – $50k Budget

Filmtrepreneur Breakdown: Killer Christmas Making a film is difficult, but it doesn’t have to be expensive. We are two amateur filmmaking brothers from New Jersey who made an 80-plus minute feature film from scratch in well under a year. It’s called Killer Christmas and is the story of a group of friends who sneak into…

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How to Sell Your Indie Film at Every Stage

How to Sell Your Indie Film at Every Stage You’re going to have to sell your project at every stage. What? Sell?!?! Yes, sell. At least if you want your project to be the most successful it can be. After all, this is a business. Here’s the good news, selling isn’t as difficult as you…

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How to Get Eyeballs on Your Indie Film

How to Get Eyeballs on Your Indie Film So you’ve made your indie film and you want to move on to the next step – getting your film seen. Two words, film marketing. There are two ways in which you can do this, though you can do both of them if you wish to do…

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Are Film Festival Even Relevant Anymore?

Are Film Festival Even Relevant Anymore? Film Festival Hacks is the podcast that explores the festival circuit “from both sides of the badge.” Alex Ferrari is an award-winning filmmaker with nearly 600 international film festivals under his belt. He’s joined by Chris Holland, author of Film Festival Secrets: A Handbook for Independent Filmmakers who has worked closely…

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Film Festivals: Guide to Screening Formats & Technical Specs

Film Festivals: Screening Formats & Technical Specs Film Festival Hacks is the podcast that explores the festival circuit “from both sides of the badge.” Alex Ferrari is an award-winning filmmaker with nearly 600 international film festivals under his belt. He’s joined by Chris Holland, author of Film Festival Secrets: A Handbook for Independent Filmmakers who…

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Networking Like a Pro at Film Festivals

Networking Like a Pro at Film Festivals Film Festival Hacks is the podcast that explores the festival circuit “from both sides of the badge.” Alex Ferrari is an award-winning filmmaker with nearly 600 international film festivals under his belt. He’s joined by Chris Holland, author of Film Festival Secrets: A Handbook for Independent Filmmakers who…

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Best Film Festival Submission Practices

Best Film Festival Submission Practices Our third episode is the second part of our discussion of Withoutabox and FilmFreeway, the two most commonly used film festival submissions platforms. We talk about some of the best practices for using both platforms, including the importance of strong still images from your film, the dark art of writing…

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Decoding Film Freeway

Film Festival Hacks Podcast: Decoding WithoutaBox & Film Freeway In this second episode, we explore the essential tools of submitting to film festivals. Withoutabox and FilmFreeway are the two most prominent festival submissions platforms online. Although there are a number of prominent festivals that do not accept submissions on these submissions engines, together the sites…

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Secrets on How to Submit to Film Festivals

Secrets on How to Submit to Film Festivals This is it! The inaugural episode of Film Festival Hacks, the podcast that explores the festival circuit “from both sides of the badge.” Alex Ferrari is an award-winning filmmaker with nearly 600 international film festivals under his belt. He’s joined by Chris Holland, author of Film Festival…

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