JOE THE ENTERTAINMENT INSURANCE BROKER ADVICE
HOW TO GET AN ENTERTAINMENT INSURANCE BROKER
So you have a script, are working on financing, but still need to fill in a couple of lines on your budget? Or, you are a business manager, who is working to finalize the last details on the tour budget for a band? [...]
JOE THE FILMMAKER GUIDE
MORE IS BETTER?
FILM INVESTING 101
When considering to ask for funding for a feature film or any project, asking for, “More Is Better!” Why is this statement so shocking yet true? When investors seek to finance your film, they want to see real numbers. They are not looking at your top line movie, [...]
Joe The Previs Artist Writes:
As any real plumbers know, nobody starts building expensive houses without clear blueprints. However, movies get into productions with unfinished scripts, without storyboards, and also without accurate pre-visualisations done.
Now when the times are tough, We suggest two things any good film architect and plumber should do:
1. Revise and review your script [...]
JOE THE FILMMAKERS GUIDE TO
HOW TO CREATE A WEBISODE
By: DT Productions Staff
A webisode is essentially a streaming television show that is broadcast over the internet. Like any, “Days of Our Lives,” or “As The World Turns,” people are interested in the on going saga in the lives of everyday people. With the use of YouTube [...]
JOE THE FILMMAKER’S GUILD TO WRITING
A FEATURE FILM SCRIPT IN 10 DAYS
Written By: DT Productions Staff
The expression on your face tells it all, and your wondering? I’ve spent almost a year on my script! How in the world do you propose that I can complete a full script in 10 days? Well, the [...]
SO WHAT ARE THE ODDS OF
WINNING A FILM DISTRIBUTION DEAL?
Written By: DT Production Staff
The truth is winning a Cannes or Sundance Film Festival are slim to none! We believe the only way we can make it into the big time film industry is if our film wins or places at film festivals. Film festivals are [...]
FILM MAKERS PRE-PRODUCTION – PRODUCTION OUTLINE
Updated and Revised By: DT Productions of Upstate NY
Style Credit: Cinema Workshops
1. SCHEDULE PITCH.
A pre-meeting must be scheduled with the film studio, producer or director in interest of your pitch prior to the meeting at which you plan to deliver your pitch.
2. PITCH.
Members pitching a project must bring to the [...]
LAS VEGAS – Hollywood thrives when the economy dives.
It was true during the Depression, when Americans scraped together nickels and dimes for an escape to the movies. And as the prospect of another recession looms, studio executives say this time is no different.
As evidence mounts that people are tightening up on other expenses, [...]
Any one seeking an agent should first write or telephone the agency and find out whether or not your a good match. Each agency specializes in representing certain types of material. Some agencies have specialized divisions. You should briefly — very briefly! — detail your background and describe your material. The agency will let you [...]
Source: Movie Making Marketing
Success in Hollywood lurks beyond luck and beyond networking in a magical black box. Demo reels show instead of tell and thats the secret to success on-screen and off. The digital world has made it possible to make a demo reel happen in a new way your way. Breaking [...]
