It has been a few weeks since I wrapped up production on my first feature film, Appropriate Behavior. Having the opportunity to shoot your first feature must be what getting married is like for a certain type of woman. After so many years of fantasizing and months of …
Producer Peter Phok and I speaking on a panel at IFP’s Filmmaker Conference.
In the year and a half since Brian Newman wrote his very apt and memorable post, “Killing the Film Fest Panel,” panels haven’t improved much. In that time, I’ve spoken on or moderated over a dozen …
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Alrick Brown discusses breaking through the wall that surrounds the film industry and shedding our senses of entitlement.
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Alrick Brown discusses unique challenges that face minority filmmakers.
From the IFP’s recent Industry Connect Event with DCTV and the NYTVF
LES Film Fest 2012 | IFP BLOG #2 (watch us watch submissions) from BFD Productions, LLC.
Vibe, Energy, Aesthetic
by Deepak Chopra…actually Us
We’ve never read a Deepak Chopra book, although we get the good bits from our Facebook News Feeds (it’s very en trend now). “I’m not religious, but …
The LES Film Festival was started in 2011 by creators Damon Cardasis and Shannon Walker as well as by fellow festival directors and creative team Tony Castle and Roxy Hunt. They are entering their second year which will be March 6th-18th, 2012.
So, who the F* Are …
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A discussion with game design and cross-media entertainment pioneer Kevin Slavin, co-founder of Area/Code.
From the 2011 Cross-Media Forum
Kevin Slavin, Chairman and co-Founder of Area/Code
In 2005, Kevin Slavin co-founded Area/Code Entertainment (acquired by Zynga in 2011) which pioneered new forms of game design and cross-media entertainment with clients including …
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Creating cross-media projects demands a whole new set of collaborators and finance partners from across the media industries. This session examines potential new alliances and partnerships with online networks, multiplatform broadcasters, brands, agencies and other new financiers.
From the 2011 Cross-Media Forum
Moderator
Scott Macaulay, Editor-in-Chief, Filmmaker Magazine
Scott Macaulay …