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Filmmaking | How To's | Local Industry | Los Angeles | Massachusetts
Hunting Goodwill
Matthew Giordano describes how his documentary-in-progress For Boston shows Boston’s brighter side, inspiring him to lead by example and give back to the community.
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How to Be a... | How To's | Local Industry | New England
How to Be a PA
A production assistant’s survival guide to finding and keeping film work in New England.
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Film Analysis | How To's | Los Angeles | New England | New York | Screenwriting
What Happens When Your Script Receives “Coverage?”
Last month, Mere LaTour explained the benefits of story analysis. This month, she details what happens when a script receives 'coverage.'
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Ask and You Shall Receive: Money to Make Your Next Film
A wealth of tips on how to raise funds for your film from a recent workshop with industry consultant Morrie Warshawski.
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Buying and Selling the Rights to Adapt a Film
In the second of a two-part series on adaptation, Kate Fitzgerald provides information about negotiating rights from the point of view of a filmmaker and a writer. (Last month, she offered advice on how to shape a screenplay based on a book.)
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How To's | New Hampshire | Technology
Three Takes on Virtual Filmmaking
New technologies allow filmmakers to manage projects, from preproduction through post, without seeing the whites of their collaborators’ eyes.
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Working with Volunteer Actors
Volunteer actors give of themselves in more ways than one. Raul daSilva offers some helpful advice for first-time and student filmmakers as they begin the process of learning production etiquette.
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Adapting a Novel or Non-Fiction Work to Film
In the first of a two-part series on adaptation, Kate Fitzgerald offers advice on how to shape a screenplay based on a book. Next month she'll describe how to secure the rights.
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Acting | How to Be a... | How To's
Raise Your Hand if You Want to Direct
The desire to be in charge of a film or television set must be matched with a purposeful attention to detail, especially for projects set back a few decades, explains industry veteran Raúl daSilva.
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Filmmaking | How to Be a... | How To's | New Hampshire
How to be a… Line Producer
If you're someone who can make a budget, stay calm under pressure, is diplomatic, and doesn’t need sleep, then being a line producer might just be your dream job, says Chris Stinson. This month the NH native has four short films screening at the New Hampshire Film Festival.
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