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Entrepreneur Business Idea – Open Your Own Professional Talent Agency

Here is a business that you can run from your home and does not require a lot of start-up capital. Running a talent agency can be very lucrative, depending on your location. If you organize it correctly, you may be able to operate it anywhere in the world. Read on to find out how you can start your own talent agency.Running a talent agency is basically just a brokerage house for people of different artistic skills. You will most-likely specialize … [Read more...]

Marketing Essentials for the New Breed Filmmaker

Indie films and mainstream films have different sets of audiences. Because of this simple fact, both require different marketing strategies. But aside from that, and this is more important: they have different budgets. I guess that’s the primary reason why they differ marketing-wise. Mainstream films with big producers and big budgets have the luxury to “creatively waste” their money in marketing their film. Indie filmmakers have very meager … [Read more...]

The Top Film Schools – Maybe They’re Not the Best Film School for You

Search for top film schools and you'll find many listed in the United States as well as in other countries. Experts put together their lists of the top ten film schools periodically but the expert's opinion of the best film schools may not help you. The reasons for qualifying as a best film school may have more to do with the age of the institution or how many famous people have attended. These are probably not important factors for you to … [Read more...]

Who Is The Most Independent Filmmaker Friendly Distributor In 2008? The Answer Might Surprise You

Overall, film sales were down at Sundance 2008. And documentary titles accounted for about half of the distribution deals made this year. However, the real story for deal-making at Sundance may well be that Sony Pictures Classics, the bright-eyed indie wing of the 400 pound gorilla that is Sony Pictures, single handedly kept the festival a viable market for scrappy indie films in competition.Sony Pictures Classics does not have the success … [Read more...]

World Class Free Film School – Lesson 1 – Sign Zee Papers!

Welcome to World Class Free Film School!In the following series of articles of we will impart the hard-won knowledge that we have gained as successful independent digital filmmakers. And (drumroll puh-leaze!) we will do this for FREE!Now, why would we do such a thing for free? Well, because we're sweethearts. Because we love you and want you to succeed in this sometimes tricky and crazy thing called The Film Industry.Now, there are many fine … [Read more...]

How To – Filmmaking – Learn How to Film Yourself

by State Library and Archives of Florida In this short article, we will give you a few pointers on how to film yourself a movie. Filmmaking is considered be one of the great careers that most passionate artist try to handle. Before you know it, you will have great masterpieces flying off the film tapes.You must plan how you are going to film your movie. This can be a little intimidating for filmmakers just starting out in this gig. To help … [Read more...]

Wedding Video Contract Planning

by NASA on The Commons Couples should never hesitate when deciding to start a gift registry. Do you really need two toasters and a popcorn machine that you'll never use? A gift registry is the perfect way of telling your guests exactly what it is that you'd both love to receive as a wedding gift. Sometimes couples that are starting from scratch need certain things. It's better to receive things that you'll need and use, rather than … [Read more...]