the dreaded e-mail
I received some interesting status updates and had some brief conversations about being on alert about receiving some sort of notice from Sundance by e-mail this past week - one way or another we were going to find about if our films got into the film festival. I considered the implication – [...]
NEW BREED .: wbp
stories from the front lines
Filmmaker Archive for: Kevin K. Shah
White Knuckles: Almost Sundance
CHANGES IN THE COLLABORATIVE NATURE OF CINEMA
I wrote this in response to a recent blog post from Filmmaker Magazine editor Scott Macaulay, after our NEW BREED panel on ‘Creative Collaboration’ at DIY DAYS Philadelphia. He wrote: “what would filmmaking that’s specifically designated as “collaborative” look like. How would its power relationships shift? How would its production practices change? And how [...]
RE: CENSORSHIP
CENSORSHIP IS GOOD
Censorship is a good thing when it is used in immediate ways and a bad thing when it is used across the board, or after a film is completed. I think as filmmakers we have a certain responsibility to not only ourselves, but to our viewers’ psyche while we are making our [...]
RE: MANAGING EXPECTATIONS WHEN YOUR FILM HAS NEVER BEEN TO A FESTIVAL.
I’ve never been to a really large festival like Sundance or SXSW, but I intend to go someday regardless of whether or not my film gets in. I see the merits of showing up, meeting people, listening to others, sharing your work, and more importantly - learning from the experience. I have been [...]
NANO-BUDGET FILMMAKING: THE NEW SUSTAINABLE CINEMA - PART 2
INTERDEPENDENT FILMMAKING: THE NANO-BUDGET ENDEAVOR
How does one define themselves in the new and constantly updating market? How does one grasp the needs of the audience and provide what they want (as their wants are shifting because of costlier needs)? How does one set themselves above 95% of the content that is available to [...]
NANO-BUDGET FILMMAKING: THE NEW SUSTAINABLE CINEMA - PART I
THE EMERGENCE OF THE NANO-BUDGET ART FILM.
Independent filmmakers worldwide are presently deciding in huge numbers to invest in their own stories, embark on their own intimate character pieces, and make their own self-funded, fully viable feature films. Some are presently re-writing stories to be made (or refashioned) into original, honest and provocative passion projects [...]