Best of Show Feature Winner Shares Itself Free of Charge (News)
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Long time readers of MicroFilmmaker doubtless remember Best of Show Winner “Behind the Scenes of ‘Total Hell’”, which received an 8.8 score from Kari Ann Morgan in her critique. To celebrate the release of the Collector’s Edition and give love to fans of Indie films everywhere, the filmmakers are streaming the Behind the Scenes of ‘Total Hell’ Mockumentary free of charge starting on Sunday, April 21st! To find out more….
Read the rest of this story...Chris Folino’s ‘Sparks’ to Premiere in Silicon Valley… (News)
Long time readers of MFM doubtless remember Chris Folino and his hysterical comedy, Gamers, which won a 9.0 in our Special Critique Category (for those who are technically over the $50,000 budget cap, but whose ingenuity pushes the creativity of Independent films). Well, Folino’s new film, Sparks, is about to premiere in Silicon Valley and he let me know about it so that I could pass on the info…
Read the rest of this story...The Magic of the MicroBudget: Sheri Candler talks with Edward Burns (Interview)
Writer/Director Edward Burns sat down with us at the Sundance Film Festival 2013 to discuss why he loves the freedom that comes with microbudget filmmaking, the compromises that are involved when working with less money, why digital distribution interests him more than conventional theatrical, using social media (primarily Twitter) to reach his audience and why he enjoys it.
Read the rest of this story...$70K Micro-Budget Film becomes First 3D Indie film to Premiere In Dallas (News/Industry)
Zero One, a science fiction thriller written and produced by Kareem Gray, will be the basis for a TV series now in development, The Zero One Mandate. The film, which revolves around a man who discovers a computer program that has the power to save or destroy humanity, has been screened at film festivals around the world. It won the Best Screenplay and Best Original Music awards at the Boston Sci-Fi Festival, and was named Best Film at this year’s Dallas Black Film Festival. Ticket Stubs Entertainment called it ‘hugely enjoyable for all ages.’ Now the original 2-D version has been converted into a 3-D movie experience by P3DHD, a Dallas company that is pioneering quick, high quality, cost effective conversions of conventional film and video into 3-D.
Read the rest of this story...Micro-Budget film, Friggin’ Aliens, Unveils Community Film Initiative in IndieGogo Campaign (News)
Friggin’ Aliens is the first feature film for Darringer Productions and they are trying something new and experimental with the ownership of their film. Darringer Productions has created something they are calling the Community Film Initiative. CFI is a program in which the cast and crew (including the producers and director) receive non-expiring percentage of ownership in the film itself. (While it’s not uncommon to allow content creators to receive a percentage of profits to equal sweat equity, this usually has a monetary cutoff level or an expiration date.) This allows them to make the movie on a micro-budget, but also does something that is important to David Whitaker, Eric Henninger, and Lori Henninger (who make up Darringer Productions), and that is that it builds community. Eric Henninger says, “This is about more than just making a movie. It’s about building a community of creative and talented individuals and giving them a platform…
Read the rest of this story...MFM Writer Mike Flanagan Completes Production on Intrepid/Focus Feature of Oculus (News)
After Mike Flanagan’s masterful release of Absentia–which won best feature film at LA’s 2011 Shriekfest and was distributed by Phase 4 films earlier this year–his Oculus franchise was picked up by Trevor Macy and Marc D. Evans of Intrepid Pictures for the major Feature treatment. (The original Oculus short is a cult classic that was made for $1500, garnered a 9.5 from MFM when it came out, and used a single room, a single actor, and a cowled mirror to strike fear in the heart of viewers everywhere.) Intrepid is a production company that seems to be taking a page from the origins of New Line and focusing on films that have very targeted audiences. While they’re most recently known for producing James McTeigue’s (V for Vendetta) film, Raven, starring John Cusack, they’ve also produced or presented such varied works as The Cold Light of Day, Crush, and Balls of Fury.
Read the rest of this story...The MFM Straight Shooter review to be unveiled… (News)
Our filmmaker fans have long had a single request for an improvement here at MFM: film reviews! While we are very well known for our film critiques, which are aimed at helping filmmakers learn from their mistakes and improve their craft as filmmakers, the technical details which make these critiques so helpful aren’t as great for folks who want to get publicity on the film viewer side of things. As such, we will now be launching our Straight Shooter Film Reviews. A “straight shooter” is someone who doesn’t shovel manure, but tells you the unvarnished truth. These reviews will be all the things our filmmakers have said they want for publicity: short, non-technical, and designed for film watchers!
Read the rest of this story...Starlite Film Festival Announces Film Submission Deadlines (News)
The second annual StarLite Film Festival announces deadlines for film submissions.
This one-of-a-kind micro-budget film festival promotes the screening and development of feature length narrative films from across the globe that are produced, shot and completed for a total budget under $200,000. Over the course of three days, the film festival will feature 8 hand-selected films screened at the Garden Theatre in historic downtown Winter Garden.
Read the rest of this story...After Effects CS6 (Review)
After Effects is a pretty essential tool for most filmmakers who are incorporating any type of graphic treatment to their work, and this latest update is a major one specifically designed to increase the speed at which you can create, without waiting on your computer. This alone makes this update more or less essential for anyone who relies on After Effects as part of their normal work-flow, but the addition of the camera tracking feature and extruded text are also HUGE.
Read the rest of this story...Kickstarted (Redux): How to Effectively Use Crowd Funding Sites (Article)
As sites like Kickstarter and Indie Go-Go continue to grow in popularity, and more and more projects start knocking on the door for small donations, the importance of knowing how to properly use such sites becomes what will separate motivated, capable artists from the hordes of amateur wanna-be’s whose projects won’t ever make it off the ground, with or without your $10.
Read the rest of this story...Film School Secrets (Review)
Well it’s no secret that film school can cost you an arm and a leg. Film School Secrets (www.filmschoolsecrets.com) is a web-based training program that aims to save you the costly tuition, and get you started making movies and getting practical experience right away.
Read the rest of this story...Powerful New Adobe CS6 Release at Heart of Transformative Creative Cloud Initiative
Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced Adobe® Creative Cloud™, a radical new way of providing tools and services* that will change the game for creatives worldwide. A subscription-based offering, Adobe Creative Cloud is a hub for making, sharing and delivering creative work and it is centered around a powerful release of Adobe Creative Suite® 6 software, packed with innovation across its industry-defining design, Web, video and digital imaging tools.
Read the rest of this story...iZotope Announces Iris
Cambridge, MA—April 17, 2012 – iZotope, Inc., a leading innovator in digital audio signal processing, has released iZotope Iris™, a new concept in sound design and sample manipulation in the form of a “visual instrument.” Powered by iZotope’s award-winning visual … Read the rest of this story…
MFM-High Ranked Short Filmmaker to use Kickstarter for Feature, “Teddy Boy”
Kekule Productions is currently raising a portion of its financing via the Kickstarter crowdfunding platform for the psychological thriller, “Teddy Boy.” Boulder-based producer, Meryem Ersoz (Black Wing Digital,“Mind’s Eye”) has partnered with Mr. Jourdan to co-produce the project which will be filmed in and around Denver, CO and Lake Granby near Rocky Mountain National Park. Sean J.S. Jourdan wrote the screenplay which will mark his feature debut.
Read the rest of this story...Panasonic Opens Doors For Voting on “Shoot It. Share It.” Video Contest
Beginning today and running through Wednesday, April 4, online voting to choose the top prize winners of Panasonic s ‘Shoot It. Share It’ video contest is open to the public at www.ShootItShareIt.com. All contest submissions were shot with a Panasonic AG-AF100 Large Imager HD Cinema Camcorder.
Read the rest of this story...Interview with MFM’s Editor, Jeremy Hanke, about Creative Community “World of Depleted”
Today, I had the opportunity to be interviewed by Professor Chris Hansen, the director of Baylor University’s Film & Digital Media division (and director of Best of Show Winner, Care & Feeding of an American Messiah), and his graduate media class about World of Depleted, the creative community that MicroFilmmaker Magazine has helped launch. It was great to share what changes in technology and society it’s inspired by and what it is part of the groundwork for in the future.
Read the rest of this story...MFM v2 goes live…
Long time readers of MFM have known that we’ve been looking to move into a new CMS system. We are happy to show that we’re now in the process of unveilling the new look. While not all of the elements that are going to be unveilled will be functional just yet, we are excited to announce that the new MFM will support full comments from fans and readers, as well as a forum for members, fully community support that will allow you to interact with other filmmakers (much like a facebook for low-budget filmmakers), the ability to subscribe to feeds, articles and reviews every few days (rather than just the first of the month), and very intuitive search options that will make finding your favorite articles much easier!
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