The Butler was good like Luna bars are good (i.e., super tasty but you won’t mistake this for dessert). I appreciated The Butler, but didn’t enjoy it. Of course, the subject matter is super difficult to tackle and the film did an admirable job here, successfully navigating the delicate line between being too preachy and
Caroline
The Battle Below Is Screening At Shockerfest International Film Festival 2013
October 1, 2013 – Posted in: The Battle BelowMORE GREAT NEWS! The Battle Below will be screening at Shockerfest 2013. ShockerFest International Film Festival 2013 will be broadcast on the internet TV station CVML-TV and simulcast on www.shockerfest.net from October 15 – 31st. We're in the Horror - Shorts category and will be screened multiple times during that two-week period. Currently, we are
Interview With Actor and Shriekfest Festival Founder/ Director Denise Gossett
September 23, 2013 – Posted in: InterviewDenise moved to Los Angeles from Orlando, FL. Denise has been in the entertainment business for more than 20 years primarily as an actress. She can be seen in the latest Mel Gibson movie "Get the Gringo" AKA "How I Spent My Summer Vacation," "The Last Ride" with Dennis Hopper and on such tv shows
The Battle Below Is Screening At The NYC Downtown Short Film Festival
September 22, 2013 – Posted in: The Battle BelowGREAT NEWS! The Battle Below has been selected to screen at the NYC Downtown Short Film Festival on Wed, October 16, 8p, DMAC, 62 East 4th Street. The official announcement is copied below. If you’re in NYC, come to the screening and vote! Tell your family and friends. Share on Facebook and Twitter. Tickets are
Branding, Advertising and Product Placement in Independent Films
September 11, 2013 – Posted in: Creative ProcessWill Tiao, founder of Film Finance Master Class and writer and speaker on getting your film funded, recently wrote a piece on corporate sponsorship as a means to fund your film: Can I Get Advertising Sponsors to Pay For My Film? The Role of Branding, Advertising and Product Placement in Indie Films. One of Tiao's
Update…Memorable Minorities Is A Go
September 4, 2013 – Posted in: Memorable MinoritiesTHANK YOU! We hit our crowdfunding goal on Indiegogo so Memorable Minorities is a go. We hope to shoot in the next few weeks, and we'll keep you posted on our blog. First up, Game of Thrones. Then, a hysterical piece by Melody Cooper -- you will not think of museums the same way again,
How Joss Whedon Gets So Much Done
August 6, 2013 – Posted in: Creative ProcessAbsolutely eat dessert first. The thing that you want to do the most, do that – Joss Whedon Ari Karpel posted a great piece in Fast Company on Joss Whedon: How To Be Prolific: Guidelines For Getting It Done From Joss Whedon. The above quote on doing the fun stuff first is just one of
I really did think that life would be like college, but it isn’t. Life is like high school. – Meryl Streep
July 23, 2013 – Posted in: Creative ProcessHow is the entertainment business like high school? Cliques and stereotypes abound. The majority adopt the same formulaic trends (though I did see and enjoy “White House Down” so I’m part of the problem). Creative people are outsiders Smart people are overshadowed by the beautiful and physically fit As time goes on, you see that
If Steven Spielberg Is Worried About Filmmaking, Should We Worry?
June 20, 2013 – Posted in: Creative ProcessI read with great interest this Hollywood Reporter piece on how Steven Spielberg himself predicts the implosion of the film industry: If Spielberg feels like it’s tough to make a film, what does it mean for the rest of us? If literary, creative, or basically any non-tentpole films need to be made for TV, what
Which Horror Movie Would Make The Best Musical
June 7, 2013 – Posted in: Creative ProcessThis tap number is what I imagine if Friday the 13th were made into a musical, and Jason had his big song and dance number. Soundrack by Anarbor and costumes by Converse! Alison Tap Senior Solo from Scott Ceniza-Levine on Vimeo. Which horror movie would you like to see as a musical?