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Talking with Boston Filmmaker Richard Moos
Richard Moos is discussing the relationship between film and economics. "Ninety-five percent of filmmaking is trying to chase down financing. Five percent is creating something," says the president of the Boston-based Cathartic FilmWorks, who is also a director, producer, cinematographer, and editor. "You have to do a film that makes sense on a business level Read more…
Finding and Keeping Work in Film & Video
Finding a job in the film industry is like trying to find a sunken vessel lost at sea: it is not only difficult; it’s an art. This is because the movie-making business is a hidden market. Employers and employees rely on reputation, word of mouth, and networking as primary tools of communication. By the time Read more…
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Harvard Film Archive: Celebrating 20 Years
Harvard Film Archive (HFA) in Cambridge is certainly not slowing down with age. March 16 marks the 20th anniversary of the HFA’s first official public screening. And since opening its doors to the public in 1979, the HFA has been one of New England’s premier venues for rarely screened films, both domestic and foreign, and Read more…
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Got a scoop? Email all news to news@newenglandfilm.com. Local Film News A low-budget dramatic feature titled "The Same Side of Rejection Street" is currently shooting in Boston and scheduled to wrap in mid december 98. it’s a pretty cool project, very very small budget. It’s about two total strangers — one homeless, one middle class Read more…
How to Finance Your Film: Part 2
Lender financing is one of the best ways for a filmmaker to secure funding for a picture without going through the studio system. Though lender financing is time-consuming and complicated, it is a great resource for independent producers. Which lender you decide to use when doing the financing is an important factor that will determine Read more…
The Ups, Downs and Up Again of the Book Deal
An old friend of mine, the novelist Howard Norman, came to town the other day and we had a delightful dinner at the Loews Hotel in Santa Monica, only blocks away from CLOUT Central, where Ruben and I live, work, and cogitate, not necessarily in that order. He was in L.A. on a book tour Read more…
The Real Deal on Film Distribution Deal
The increase in independent films has created a buyer’s market. Industry observers estimate that there are now 800-1,000 independent pictures made each year in the United States – a dramatic increase from a decade ago. Filmmakers often don’t realize how difficult it is to obtain distribution for their films. Many believe that if they can Read more…
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Industry News
It’s September, and we all know what that means. Productions start up again. Organizations start meeting again. And everybody’s back from vacation. So, as you might guess, we’ve got one action-packed month. Films/Videos in Production The Southeastern Connecticut Film Office has been assisting in the production of the new film "All Shook Up." The independent Read more…
From Short to Feature: ‘Italian Lessons’
This past June, at a monthly networking meeting, the Paradise City Media Collaborative (PCMC) of Northampton, MA, welcomed the area’s premiere screening of "Italian Lessons." The 36-minute, 16mm film was presented by New York director and writer Vincent Sassone and production manager and PCMC member Charles Burke. The film follows the exploits of a young Read more…
The Legal Side of Film
I arrived at the June meeting of the Association for Independent Video and Filmmaker’s Boston Salon a bit late and so had to grab the slightly ripped Naugahyde chair behind a desk in the back. Either the legs were cut off or there had been a manufacturing defect, because my knees boxed my ears, and Read more…
