tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83785220525640934332024-03-15T18:09:59.742-07:00Canon Digital Feature Film MakingThis blog has been designed to aid the ultra low and micro budget film maker in the areas of equipment selection and DIY solutions for their projects.rodney cannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790665250147708791noreply@blogger.comBlogger130125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8378522052564093433.post-86444813089799928742018-06-10T20:09:00.000-07:002018-06-10T20:10:00.008-07:00STAR WARS UNIVERSE TURNING THE PAGE WITH FAN FILMS<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">With the recent arrival and rejection by a huge part of the fan base the new Star Wars film Solo represents a pivot point in the biggest franchise in motion picture history. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The movie Solo is a lesson for the mega motion picture studios that could have been taught to them if they had bother to ask those of us in the low to micro budget world. The lesson is that the audience dictates to you rather than you dictating to the audience. when it is your own money at risk rather that Mickey Mouse’s pocket change it is a universe where reality rules the day. If it is going to be your house, your future and that of your families on the line you go out of the way to find out what it is that will please the intended audience. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is sometimes difficult to discover when making a micro budget digital film. In the world of Star Wars it is easy to uncover because the fan base is gigantic and cannot shut up about their likes and dislikes. Leading into Solo the core audience told the studio and its heads that they did not want a Solo film. Their were a dozen properties in their extended universe that they would have lined up for weeks ahead of time to back and this was not on the list. A Vader film or a Revan film or a Thrawn film or a Bane Film or a reboot of episode eight would have served them better. The head of the studio laughed in their faces and called them fat lonely losers who will eat what is put in front of them like Oliver Twist and like it. They of course instead did what fans of a rebel alliance would do when confronted with imperial rule, they rebelled by not showing up. Today I am not here to bury Solo. That is up to others. Today I would like to suggest that the Star Wars universe will be fine because of the fans and the amazing film makers that they are becoming. A hand full of the fan films are already better than the last two offerings from Disney. These films do not have the budgets and the access to the best actors on earth, but what they lack in scale they make up for in passion. These film makers love the material and understand it in ways that the bosses at Disney will never come close to. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today we are going to look at a few such films in this mini Star Wars Fan film festival. I hope that you enjoy them. The first and perhaps most popular is the amazing Darth Maul, Apprentice. <iframe allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Djo_91jN3Pk?rel=0" width="560"></iframe> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The next movie is one of my personal favorites. I wished that the film maker had maybe made a few changes so that it could have been a stand alone film in a scifi universe of their own making. It is part of what could be a compelling feature if ships and uniforms were changed. There is a lot of solid low budget film making going on here. The film is titled, Days Past - A Star Wars Fan Film. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The last film I want to share is the longest, almost an hour, and should be more well known. It has flaws, but so does Solo. It is not a great film, but there is alot to like about this movie. The film is titled Regrets of the Past. </span><br />
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rodney cannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790665250147708791noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8378522052564093433.post-47169137769937725912017-10-14T19:38:00.001-07:002017-10-14T19:38:51.050-07:00Blade Runner Thoughts on Filmmaking<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was a kid when I saw Bladerunner for the first time and it was on television. I thought at the time that it was the most visually interesting film that I had even seen. It was not in the scifi class of The Empire Strikes Back, but I liked it. I just did not love it or understand why it was considered groundbreaking or an all time classic. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Many years later I saw it on the big screen and at this point having become a Ridley Scott fan I saw what all of the fuss was about. I had gone into it the first time around think that I was going to see straight scifi and had no clue what CyberPunk was all about. My scifi reading had been limited to Ray Bradbury, Harry Harrison and Robert Heilein with a little Arthur C. Clarke throw into the mix. I needed years of Anime and other influences. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now decades later we get a sequel and of course it was doomed to disappoint. This did not have to be the case, but we all knew that it would when we discovered the ridley Scott was not going to be the director. I personally wish that he had tackled this project and handed the last Aliens film off to another filmmaker. Lets look at the original trailer. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now what made the first film so damn good. This is a pretty good film making tutorial.</span><br />
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rodney cannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790665250147708791noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8378522052564093433.post-26347377149884347592017-08-27T14:42:00.000-07:002017-08-27T14:42:25.500-07:00FILM MAKING RANTS AND A COOL FREEBIE<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">I would first like to thank Rob for
making the video that I am presenting to you today. He touched on so
many of the problems with movies today. I wish that I could say that
he is only correct about studio films, but low budget films and micro
budget digital films suffer from the same problems.
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<span style="font-size: large;">Readers of the blog know that I have
problems with CGI and the god awful screenwriting that dominate the
playing field, but there is so much more and the video below touches
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<span style="font-size: large;">We need our heroes back. I do not mean
another Marvel film. I mean big time film makers. Why is it that most
of the truly great thrillers come from places like Korea. Memories of
Murder came out almost fifteen years ago. Where are the domestic
answers to that kind of film making. We have the basic equipment. We
can raise the money. I know that we can craft the screenplays, but
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<span style="font-size: large;">Look it, I thought when I started this
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<span style="font-size: large;">Instead too many film makers are either
walking away just when they are getting good or dreaming about
cashing in at Netflix or Amazon. Allow me to offer up the three F's
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<span style="font-size: large;">Okay I am back with my Freebie offer.
Today I am giving away ten free copies of my Audiobook on Writing A
Low Budget Screenplay. The first ten people who email me at
<a href="mailto:cannonbooks777@gmail.com">cannonbooks777@gmail.com</a>
with a request for a copy will be sent an Audible.com code. Even if
you do not have an account there you can use it anyway. This is for
those of you who are having problems with crafting a low to micro
budget screenplay or just want to improve your screenwriting.
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rodney cannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790665250147708791noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8378522052564093433.post-6980266991337640382017-08-12T19:02:00.000-07:002017-08-12T19:02:16.151-07:00IPHONE FILMMAKING POST<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: large;"> IPHONE FILMMAKING<br /><br />Sometimes I forget that just because I run a blog dedicated to iPhone film making that Not everyone visits that blogs. That this is my top film making blog so it is here that I should sometimes share updates on the state of smartphone film making in all its glory.<br />A few years ago I was asked the question, Do you think that someday people will be making top of the line digital feature films using their iPhones? My answer was that as the technology improves there is no reason why not. I think that we passed that thresshold two years ago and now it is up to you, the micro budget film maker, to embraces these amazing film making studios that you have in your pocket. <br /><br />The iPhone can capture footage equal to that of some of the mid range DSLR cameras. It can record native sound better than all of them and with an added app and a Mic it can record amazing sound. Also you can edit your footage in phone and or sent the files almost instantly to your laptop.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here is a look at some great iPhone film making gear.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The next question that needs to be asked is, What kind of film fits this tool the best. I am about to say a bad compound word. Do not panic and run screaming off into the dark of night. FoundFootage. Yes Found Footage. If you are ever going to shoot a Found Footage film then using an iPhone makes perfect sense. The problem with many Found Footage films is logic. Where did the camera come from and why won’t the person involved put it down. Who would drop their iPhone during a crisis? Think about it and if you need some real advice on how to make a Found Footage film you could always check out my well researched book on Found Footage film making,<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/id944048694" target="_blank"> link here for the book</a> at the iTunes store and the picture is a link for the paperback. I know that this was a shameless plug, but a Blogger gotta eat and raise money for the new iPhone coming soon.<br /><br />Thanks for visiting and remember to share this post.</span><br />
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rodney cannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790665250147708791noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8378522052564093433.post-86368691933226668762017-07-23T10:35:00.000-07:002017-07-23T10:35:43.726-07:00MyAnnabelleCreation contest Post<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: medium;">I normally shy away from contest because of the entrance fees and the lack of any real exposure. For instance screenplay contest are notorious money grabs. I understand the need to pay the readers, but certain contest that I will not name charges more than a hundred dollars to enter. </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">This is a short film contest that charges nothing. I wish that I had been informed about it earlier, but here it is. I will allow the director of Lights Out and the new Annabelle film (I saw a screening and it is pretty good, much better than Lights Out) tell you about it.</span></div>
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Now we get to turn this into a great little post of short film making. The film maker of this great little horror movie has posted some amazing advice on how to make a winning short film. Let's have a look.<br />
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rodney cannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790665250147708791noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8378522052564093433.post-33090335772107670912017-05-27T20:34:00.000-07:002017-05-27T20:34:14.837-07:00SCREENPLAY, THE DREAM VS. BUDGET REALITIES<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">You
wrote a great screenplay. You were dying to go out and shoot it. You
sat down and did a budget breakdown and discovered that Guy Ritchie
would think twice before blowing that much money. In other words you
are a low budget film maker, but you wrote a big budget screenplay. </span></div>
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thing that you are going to have to do is set it aside until you can
afford to make this film and go about writing and producing a film or
two that will help you to raise the money for that script.</span> </span></div>
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going to have to learn how to write a low or micro budget screenplay.
The problem with this is that most film makers only have a few clues
as to how to do this. Limited locations and limited cast members is
part of it, but not the whole story. Because if you are not careful
you will limit yourself right out of writing a quality screenplay.
Instead you will end up with a film that looks and sounds like it was
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rules of crafting a great script does not change. In fact you have to
focus more or these fundamental rules when writing your low budget
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is
a chapter from my new audio book on screen writing. If you have an
audible account or a kindle account you can easily check it out
there. Also available on iTunes.</span> </span>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You see
that writing a low budget screenplay is not enough. You need to write
a quality one. When I started this blog many years ago I wanted to
help other film makers while learning as much as I could along the
way. I love movies and want to see better and better stories being
told. If you go back in time to the 1930's and 40's then jump to the
70's it seems like people did know how to make great films, but since
then the secret of steel was left on the battlefield. It is time to
get back to making great movies again. Great movies begin with a
great script. Over the next few post we are going to talk about
writing. </span>
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rodney cannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790665250147708791noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8378522052564093433.post-6868242491281650462017-04-30T16:26:00.001-07:002017-04-30T16:59:09.309-07:00A CROWDFUNDING POST<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: large;">I know that it has been awhile since we did this, but I have been busy with the release of my screenwriting book on audio. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Let’s get down to business a huge part of digital feature film making is fundraising. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">There usually comes a time during production or in post that the money runs low and you need to reach out for some more. thankfully Kickstarter and indiegogo are there to help. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yes, I know that there are other sites, but for today we are going to focus on campaigns that are live on these sites.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">First up is a film titled INNER GHOST.</span><br />
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Okay we are going back to back horror movies on Kickstarter. This one is titled
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<span style="font-size: large;">Over at Indiegogo we have a few campaigns that I believe are worth taking a look at. Remember
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This film is being prodced by a seventeen year old. The coolest thing about micro budget film making is that it knows no age. You can be sixteen or sixty when you get started. The title of</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The next campaign is for the scifi film <a href="https://igg.me/at/againmovie/x" target="_blank">AGAIN</a>. This one has just started so you have almost two months to think about it and talk about it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Anything that reminds me of Andromeda or Babylon 5 is a good thing and this next crowdfunding campaign does just that. <a href="https://igg.me/at/pafilm/x" target="_blank">Project Abaddon: Rise of the Destroyer</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Back to Kickstarter for the last film on this list today. VOYEUR</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love to highlight crowdfunding campaigns, but to do so I need a little help.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">If you have a indiegogo or kickstarter campaign for your project up and running please do not hesitate to contact this blog about it, just leave a comment and a link and I will do my best to help.</span><br />
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rodney cannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790665250147708791noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8378522052564093433.post-20074410730731082242017-03-21T12:16:00.000-07:002017-03-21T12:16:04.493-07:00POND 5, BUY AND SELL DIGITAL FOOTAGE<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: large;">At the moment, the website that has the world’s largest collection of stock footage is no other than Pond5, a marketplace for royalty-free media. This site has become the go-to option for numerous producers of digital media to buy and sell.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">On <a href="http://refer.pond5.com/h6RRT" target="_blank">Pond5</a>, you will find millions of stock footage, audio, and images that will help stimulate your creativity in different aspects and thus achieve more original content in order to create a greater impact among all of your potential clients. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Pond5 emerged in 2006 in New York, as a digital content agency that commercialized royalty-free videos. The success of the company resulted in the extension of its catalog; therefore, it started offering customers photographs, audio, and sound effects, too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In the year 2013, the company acquired Pixmac and this merger allowed it to considerably increase its repertoire, becoming the biggest in the field. Since it is translated into more than 12-languages, it is visited on a daily basis by individuals from different parts of the globe.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Currently, Pond5 provides digital resources to many of the world's leading brands, including The Wall Street Journal, BBC, ABC, Weather Channel, and even National Geographic. In the network you will be able to find hundreds of agencies that offer audiovisual material.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ever since it was introduced to the public, Pond5 has been able to obtain numerous positive reviews, which indicates that most of its users have been satisfied with the material that they have obtained from it. Many consumers have highlighted the originality and good quality videos that are present on Pond5, emphasizing that they will continue to utilize its services.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As a digital film maker, you cannot only buy footage on Pond5, but you can also sell it. Once you upload all of the creative work you want to sell, you will be able to set your own price, and once it goes live for the world to see, you will be able to earn 50% of each sale. You will be able to sell your work, without selling out!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you have a blog or website, you can earn money by helping spread the word about Pond5. You simply have to register on the page and choose a banner to place on your site . . . that’s all! Each of the people who register through your referral link will earn you money. You will receive 5% of the total amount of purchases that each of your referrals has made in a year. If you do not have a blog or website, you can also earn money by recommending Pond5 to your friends and family via email.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Just by entering the site you will realize that Pond5 provides quality and original content. All the footage is divided into categories, making it easier to search for what you are looking for. If you want your work to be professional, the sound effects must be impeccable and in Pond5 you will find them, from epic, footsteps, fire, explosions, and water sounds . . . whatever sound you want . . . you will more than likely find it on Pond5, which is just another reason what it keeps standing out from the rest.</span><br />
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rodney cannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790665250147708791noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8378522052564093433.post-39048008583685331612016-10-25T20:59:00.000-07:002016-10-25T20:59:15.266-07:00Found Footage 3d Screening<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: large;">For the found footage genre to survive some people are going to have to take risk. This film, Found Footage 3d, was a risk and so far if word of mouth can be believed then that risk has paid off. Check out the trailer and try to check out one of the upcoming screenings.</span><br />
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rodney cannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790665250147708791noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8378522052564093433.post-28432471849921840052016-10-18T10:52:00.003-07:002016-10-18T10:52:36.351-07:00FILMMAKING, LEARNING IS ABOUT MISTAKES<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">“I counsel you, put down in record even your doubts and surmises. Hereafter it may be of interest to you to see how true you guess. We learn from failure, not from success.” ― Bram Stoker, Dracula</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Before we begin, if there is anyone who wishes to do a guest blog post about a film project that they are working on you can contact me by leaving a comment at the bottom.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now we are going to look at the learning power of failure. Film making unlike almost any other endeavor, is an exercise in trial and error. You get take after take to get a scene right. Before it was very expensive when film was used, but now with digital cameras and audio recording we can try and try again until perfection is found. The video that I would like to show you was shot around 2011 and the film maker made a ton of mistakes that he is happy to share with us.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> You as a film maker can help other film makers by recording behind the scenes footage and going over what worked and the mistakes that you learned from. One of the best interviews that I ever did was with a found footage film maker who made the mistake of shooting with multiple cameras and while not using the same frame rate. The editing process turned into a nightmare that took months rather than weeks. Always keep in mind that low-budget filmmaking is about learning a process. It is more difficult than big budget filmmaking because we can not solve every problem that pops up by throwing money at them. This a business where learning is everything. As the technology changes, you should learn and adapt along the way.</span><br />
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rodney cannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790665250147708791noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8378522052564093433.post-30846292417319925492016-09-15T10:11:00.000-07:002016-09-15T10:11:31.243-07:00 FOUND FOOTAGE, THE STATE OF THE GENRE ADDRESS<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">What qualifies me to give the state of Found Footage film making address? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Have I ever made one? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">God no.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sure, but not in the horror genre and not pure found footage. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now back to the address. I am qualified because I spend almost an entire year writing a book on the subject. I interview dozens of low budget filmmakers for the book and sat through almost two hundred found footage films. I am a found footage war vet. I am the American Sniper of found footage films. When one is about to come out I get sent trailers and screening passes. I watch the trailers and never go to the screenings. Well until I got a pass for the new Blair Witch. I try my best to encourage film makers and rarely criticize them, but in this case... WHAT THE HELL? Scream, fall down dead and get dragged away. Lucky we have multiple cameras present or else we would not be able to scream, fall down dead and get dragged away some more and more and more and again. We are talking Eat, Sleep, Suplex, repeat. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The state of found footage on the big screen comes down to this that during the last three years the only film maker who cracked the code (I am from Philly and have seen the guy) is that legendary waster of movie goers time and studio's money M. Night. Yeah, The Visit points us in a direction that we needed to go if we are going to save this genre for future generation to suffer through. It works because it broke the unwritten rule about death. The leads do not have to die. The kids in that film survive because they behave like human beings, not puppets, when trouble strikes they actual use reason to survive it. I suppose that the lesson from the Visit takes us back to the first Blair witch Project. The movie is character-driven. The kids drive the film in the same way that heather drove the events in The Blair Witch. These two movies also have natural humor. Think about both films and I would bet that you can recall every major character in the films. Can you do that with any other found footage film? Maybe Paranormal activity, but come on there are only two real people in the first movie. Perhaps character driven is the way to go save this genre. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Found footage films are still films. To make a good found footage film you have to go out and make a good film that happens to be found footage. Go found footage only if it enhances the story like in the movie End of Watch. Remember there is also the footage film where no one was harming during the making of the film. With the ability to shoot world class footage with a smartphone the possibilities are endless. To conclude this post I believe that going back into the past to try to copy the success of the Blair Witch Project was a tactical mistake that will hurt the genre in the short term while looking into the past for inspiration in the form of another new film could be part of the answer. Operation Avalanche.</span><br />
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rodney cannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790665250147708791noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8378522052564093433.post-76741201809419070442016-08-11T19:52:00.000-07:002016-08-11T19:52:17.950-07:00STAR WARS ROGUE 1 TRAILER<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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rodney cannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790665250147708791noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8378522052564093433.post-87286162991850738822016-06-20T19:10:00.001-07:002016-06-20T19:10:37.541-07:00Film School with Werner Herzog and Other Filmmakers<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have mixed emotions about a director who has on many occasions put the lives of his cast and crew at risk. I have mixed emotions about a director who is fond of hiring Klaus Kinski to carry more than one film. His daughter Nastassja would be another story, but Klaus was a talented actor who was under the best of circumstances a lunatic. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Back to the subject of this digital film making post, Werner Herzog is offering you a chance to learn from the master. You can learn film making from him in a course that he offers. If he is one of your favorite film makers I would jump at the chance to learn from him if I were you. Hitchock use to teach film when he lived in LA. and I would have killed for a chance to sit in his classroom. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Let’s first have a look at who this film maker is. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> When I want a master class of film making I watch a great film. I visit the film makers who understood that film and art could walk hand in hand. Not every artist realizes that they are making art while it is happening, but there are a few who know it and still manage to do it well. Here is a glimpse at the work of one such film maker. The class can be found in his few films. Yasujirô Ozu was an amazing film maker who understood stillness and shot (for you camera buffs) almost totally with a 50mm lens. He chose this because this comes closes to the human eye.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thank you for visiting. Now go out and find a great filmmaker and study them whether they offer you an actual course or a few films as a masterclass. Good luck and remember to share this post on your Google plus and to follow me there. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> A few weeks about I found myself at a screening for the film Conjuring 2. I did not want to be there because I did not love the first one and the sequel rule (sequels usual suck) was ringing in my head, but I went because it was free tickets. Well it turned out that I loved the sequel. It was a much better film that the first and I chalk this up to the fact that the filmmaker had improved since the first film.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I give the filmmaker most of the credit because I thought that the first script was better than that of the sequel, but not nearly as well shot. Filmmakers like athletes should get better with practice. They should learn and grow. This thought made me consider doing this post. Let’s begin with Saw. He directed the short film version as a pitch for the feature. Something that many micro budget filmmakers have done. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Next came Insidious, a very effective horror film. I did not like the last act, but still a good film. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I think that horror is like composing music. Hitchcock described suspense that way. He would imagine himself as a conductor and the audience his orchestra. There is a rhythm that a good horror movie must have. When it is there you do not notice it and when it is missing you find a thousand things wrong with it. For me the Conjuring has a great many good scenes, but lacks rhythm. While the sequel has nearly perfect rhythm.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Thank you for visiting my blog. Please share this post and if the Conjuring 2 interested you as much as it did me take a few moments to check out my new ebook on the story behind the script, the Enfield Poltergeist. You can find it at itunes and Kobo and B&N, click image below. Good luck with your filmmaking.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">There are those in Hollywood (the Industry) who believe that they have figured out the concept of micro budget filmmaking.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> There are those who went to film schools and worked on big budget films who believe that they can drop down and play in this digital filmmakers world. A few filmmakers have mentioned to me that they are worried about an invasion from the big boys as if the Avengers are going to show up armed with Dslr cameras and Zoom recorders. I wish that they would. They would not last long out here on the frontier. You know, down here in the fields where we fight for our meals.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Before I continue I want you to take a look at a fantastic video that was posted on what a 200 million dollar budget looks likes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Can you imagine those pay checks? I am a screen writer and I do not think that the writer is worth that much money up front, especially if you wrote any of the last mega budget super hero films. I could produce and distribute five feature films with name actors for what the script supervisor gets paid. Then again all of us would love to hit it big with a micro budget film so that Hollywood would come knocking and throw a few million at us.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Look at it this way, the industry list micro budget as 250,000 dollars. That is their floor.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now let’s look at what is meant by low budget film making and then micro budget. I would like you to picture it this way. If a film shoot was a date, low budget is burgers at Five Guys, without the bacon or cheese and micro budget is grilled cheese sandwiches at your place, the bread is the dollar loaf for the dollar store and the cheese is that orange stuff that is 99 cents a pack in the supermarket. You know the cheese they do not even have to keep in the refrigerators. All real micro budget film makers know where to find this bread and cheese because we feed it to our cast and crew.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Bonus footage:::: Here is sort of a Ted talk for the producers out there. I love this advice and let us all remember that producers are people too and they are the ones with all the grey hairs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">When you purchased your dslr it either came with a kit lens or just the body only. As you developed as a filmmaker you most likely added a few lenses.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This post if for those of you who maybe neglected to do this and are now scrambling to add a few more.
There is a thinking that if you are ever given the choice between a really expensive camera and a low cost lens r a cheap camera and a high end set of lenses the real film maker will spend money on the lenses. My response to this is that spending money is wrong. You are a micro budget film maker. You buy nothing brand new and you only spend money after begging and waiting for the seller to die fails.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The first thing that we are going to look at is a tutorial on what lenses and why we need them. It ends with prices for certain lenses. They are in the five hundred dollar plus range. Please ignore this. We are low budget digital film makers. We cannot afford that kind of money. Five hundred maybe the budget for your whole feature after camera cost.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Now let’s look at some low cost lenses. We are talking under one hundred dollars.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Do you feel better about lenses now? No. What do you mean no? I did not mention camcorders.Well I do not know as much about camercorders and lenses. This is ancient and buried knowledge known only to the Sith, but I will give you my own advice. My camcorders are Canons. The vixia series and the Hv series. This is what I can tell you. All of the Hv cameras and most of the Vixia cameras have threads for lenses. If you gave me one hundred dollars to spend on one lense and I do not have a depth of field adapter then i would get a Raynox 6600 lense. It is a wide angle lens that gives you a kind of depth of field if you light well. also it travels well.
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thank you for visiting. Plese take a moment to share this post on your google plus and to follow me. I want to leave you guys with the trailer for the new Star Wars film, Rogue One. I do not hate the fact that Disney is going to make a Star Wars film every year nonstop or until one flops. I feel like they are making up for the five or six films that Lucas did not make for the hardcore fans (he made Willow instead). Also I know what some of you are thinking before I post this Rogue One trailer, this site is about low budget film making and what is up with the Star Wars love. There is a movie or a series of movies that made each of us consider for the first time the idea of making movies. For me it was Star Wars. I am that little boy again everytime that I hear that intro music</span>.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Two crowdfunding campaigns I want to share. They are fiends whom I have interviewed in the past and they are raising funds for their new projects. If any of you want to do an interview about your project and crowdfunding campaign you can let me know by leaving a comment and I will get back to you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">There is a great new fan film that I want to talk about today. Darth Maul, Apprentice.
I have to say I liked this little film more than Star wars Episode one which it would serve as a prequel to. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Let's face it, a great many film makers got into the business shooting fan films. You could make the argument that Raiders of the Lost Ark is a huge fan film based upon chapter series from the thirties and forties. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The film making is just as difficult as if you were shooting a film that you were planning to market and the love and care involved is far greater because all that you get in the end is to see the finished product. I have been a Star Wars fan for most of my life and there is probable a Star Wars fan film in me if I can ever find the money and someone who can pull off playing Ahsoka as a grey Jedi. </span><br />
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Back to the subject of this post. A fan film can become a digital film making classroom if you approach it the right way. The built in limitations of both character and situation will make you a better screen writer. The requirements of set and situation will force you to be inventive. You will have to learn to construct sets and do special effects that you may have not learned how to do otherwise</span>.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Below is a bts video of the fan film. I know it is in German. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Been super busy with projects big and small. I love this blog, but finding time for the next few weeks is going to be hard.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Right now I would like to share at little bts from the Hateful Eight. I have mixed feeling about the movie, It brought back memories to see a movie shot in actual 70mm. it is stunning on the big screen. Many of you have seen the Hateful 8 by now, some of you love it, some hate it and some like me have mixed emotions about it. It looks like a Spaghetti western, it is bloody like one, but is too talky to be one. Also it was of course not shot in Italy by an Italian film maker.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Watching this film makes you want to grab that western script from the back of the dresser drawer (I have three such scripts) get some 70mm (really 65) camera equipment and shoot a modern masterpiece. Then you find out that you are gonna need 20 to 30 grand for the equipment and another 30 to 50 to process and edit the footage. Without a massive kickstarter or indiegogo campaign that ain't happening.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Let's look at some bts footage from the Hateful 8.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The last thing I want to mention about the movie is the cast. I think this is the best job of casting that Tarantino has ever done. It is almost a perfectly balanced cast. I had forgotten how good Jennifer Jason Leigh was and this film is probably her best performance.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thank you for checking in and please take a moment to bookmark this site and to check out these two kickstarter campaigns I have been following. If you have an upcoming campaign. Let me know and I will be happy to post a link in a future post. If the campaign looks really interesting maybe we will do an interview to go along with it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Looks like one of the most popular and well made fan films of all time is going to be getting a sequel with the help of the fans of course. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Joker Rising is a prime example of what can be done on a micro budget. With just a few thousand dollars and a quality cast and of course a great screenplay you can produce something that can stand side by side with film that cost hundreds of times more.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you liked the first film and wish to support the sequels then you can either donate direct to the upcoming kickstarter campaign or you can spread the word through social media. The most powerful marketing tool that the indie film maker has is social media. A few hundred dedicated fans can help you to reach hundreds of thousands of future fans and customers. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Far too many micro budget film makers just dive in and never give a thought to things such as lighting or blocking a scene. Today we are going to look at scene blocking and why it is as much an art as it is a learned skill. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The learned skill is easy. You can learn blocking from a book or a few videos on the subject.
If you wish to make a low budget film that looks professional you are going to have to master this basic skill or hire someone who has. To put it simply, blocking is the art of pre-determining the visual relationship that the camera will have with the actors in the scene being filmed. Look at it as moving around pieces on a game board. You can look at the art of film making as the art of placing a board game. If you do not know the rules then you are bound to lose sooner or later. You cannot play a game and trust to dumb luck. If this is true then why would you trust to luck where your film is concerned.
The following video will lead you through the basics. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This next video is a scene from the master film maker Orson Welles. He is considered perhaps the greatest artist to every make a motion picture and his masterpiece is of course Citizen Kane.</span><br />
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I hope that this gives you an idea of how it is done. The cool part is that thanks to digital video you can practice for hours until you get comfortable with the process of blocking before you every have to record one second of your actual movie.
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rodney cannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790665250147708791noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8378522052564093433.post-42235635442835918082015-10-31T17:17:00.000-07:002015-10-31T17:17:10.885-07:00Digital Filmmaking The Camera as Storyteller<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Some times we forget that the camera is more than just a tool that we use as film makers. The camera can under certain circumstance become an actor in the scene. Through carefully planned out movements the camera can tell a story all its own. By simply angling the camera above or below the actor on screen we can tell the audience how to fell about the actor on screen. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">From below the actor looms over the view. Making the actor seem more powerful and or important. From above we can make the actor look smaller or weaker as compared to others in the same scene. Consider this as you watch films particularly those made by the masters of cinema. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">From the guys at video maker let’s look at camera movements from some great films. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Here is scene from one of my favorite thrillers. Study the camera movements and how they help to build suspense. Never has the steadicam been used better and this was before the arrival of the dslr.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thank you for hanging in with my blog while I was away. Long story short is that I had a house fire and after a few months I am almost back to normal. Just lost a lot of equipment, files and time, but these things happen. I hope to touch on trends in the indie film world while I was away. The rise of a few filmmakers who are not celebrated because of the genre of their films rather than the quality. When a film maker starts at the bottom and over a few years builds an audience to the point where their forth theatrical release holds number one at the box office for two weeks and there are not a chorus of film makers cheering it makes me wonder if some of us are to into being like cooler kids in high school. I understand why Hollywood hates War Room, but why do other indie film makers. I always thought that the goal of becoming an indie film maker was to make movies my way. Movies that I wanted to see and were not being make. To make movies for an audience that wanted the same thing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">You know I think that it is time to do a post on Audience. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Whether your audience goes to church or to sundance or to mma matches or to the opera or to soup kitchens or anywhere else on earth the only thing that matters is film maker and his or her audience. Finding the audience is hard. Getting them to notice you is harder and getting them to follow you is hardest of all. If one out of every hundred micro budget film makers manage to do this then it can be considered a minor miracle. Hollywood has the entire world of film goers to connect with while we have to go out and find our audience and grow them day by day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Two days left in this very interesting crowdfunding campaign. Crime Lord for the great indie film maker David P. Baker.</span><br />
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rodney cannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790665250147708791noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8378522052564093433.post-26059366843786800972015-07-12T11:08:00.000-07:002015-07-12T11:08:48.442-07:00ThrowBack Follow Up and New Crowdfunding<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Of all the interviews about micro budget digital film making that I had done the one that
is closest to my heart is the one I did with Travis Bain about his film Throwback that was shoot
entirely using a Canon HV 20. The HV series of cameras were and probably still are my favorite
camcorders and to shoot and release an entire creature feature using one of them is an amazing
achievement. I still hope to do something similar with my HV 20 someday. I know that we now live in a Dslr world, but those camcorders do offer advantages for digital film makers on a budget. Some of
which are the their ability to record sound, their battery life and storage ability. Most camcorders can give you at least one hour of recording to tape right out of the box. If you would like to read my complete interview about the making of Throwback you can find it by <a href="http://cannondigitalfeaturefilmmaking.blogspot.com/2013/03/digital-feature-filmmaking-with-hv20.html" target="_blank">clicking here</a> or you can read it in my book on digital feature film making.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Here is the final trailer for ThrowBack.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now I would like to highlight their campaign for their next film. It is low budget sci-fi.
The title is Starspawn and you can still get involved by donating or by spreading the word.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I would now like to highlight a crowdfunding campaign for a film that I am looking forward to seeing. Many micro budget film makers imagine that if they had been born in a different era that they would have worked in the grindhouse genre. Masters of the Grind looks like to be one of the film making documentary that we will be watching and talking about for many years to come.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The last project that I want to look at is a horror film being filmed in Nebraska. The movie is titled Endor and you still have time to donate.</span><br />
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rodney cannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790665250147708791noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8378522052564093433.post-69245769358800122452015-06-17T16:27:00.001-07:002015-06-17T16:27:31.230-07:00The Crowdfunding and Sourcing Post <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;"> When sitting down to write one of these post I actual taken into account how
long the videos that will be included in the post will be. I try at all times to make it a
digestible amount of total time. Lately I have thought that if a suggest is very important then
maybe I should pack as much information into the post as possible so today I am going to do that. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Digital feature filmmaking could not have become what it has without the audience or the
crowd. The crowd has made thousands of good and bad movies possible. We have visions of making
epic films in both size and scope and the only way to make these films (without winning the powerball
lottery) is to convince the crowd to get involved. Part of the reason that I started this blog was
to get to know other film makers and to build a network. Thanks to google plus I have achieved
some of this.
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<span style="font-size: large;">The first two videos that I would like to share with you are about both crowdfunding
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Before we continue I have to say that money is important, but it should never be the goal
and it should never stop you from shooting a film. Perhaps you cannot make that micro budget
version of the Avengers, but you can shoot a film. The best way to learn film making is to make
a film. Make one and then another and another. Hold on to the things that you did well and
learn not to make the same mistakes a second time. If you got a dslr or a iphone or a camcorder
then you have what you need to record footage. Go out and do this and after you do this find
a free editing program and use it to learn how to cut scenes together. If you put together a few
good scene you can save them and later they may help you with your crowdfunding campaign. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The next video runs about two hours. You will meet many people at different stages
of the game. From film makers to those who support them in their efforts to crowdfund. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thank you for visiting my blog and now if you have a free moment add me to your google
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doing these interviews. I know how difficult it is to get film makers to sit down and table about
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rodney cannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790665250147708791noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8378522052564093433.post-30192426472432513502015-05-24T18:35:00.000-07:002015-05-24T18:35:50.006-07:00Indie Film Maker, Try Gumroad<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: large;">If it seems as if I have not been available for the last few months you have gotten it right. I am have been in the middle of pre-production while editing a back log of ebooks. I know that there should be no excuses for not showing up at work. I have a few post on marketing lined up and I hope to post them in June. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Okay today I would like to offer some help to the ultra independent film makers amongst us. Those who want to have complete control over the sale and or rental of their films there is a site that might be perfect for you. I was told about and I am still in the process of learning more about it. So far Gumroad looks goods. It offers the ability to post your finished film for sale or rent and their share of your profits are rock bottom low. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Check out these videos and let me know what you think.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I look at this as a tool that you can use to monetize your film. If you have a large social media presence then you can sell direct to customer without the dozens of expensive middle men out there. To thrive in this new digital film making world we are going to have to become better at marketing our work. The field is more crowded now than ever and to get notice is going to be as important as producing a quality finished product.
Okay now I would like to touch on some business that have been piling up. I love the tv series Gotham. It has been a shock how good and intense it has been. The existence of series like Gotham and Agents of Shield does not mean that the world of Fan films needs to suffer. There are many ways to approach characters and situations. This takes me to an update on the
Joker Rising sequels. It looks like they will come in the form of a web series. Perhaps when it is up and running I will be able to get another interview with the film maker.</span><br />
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