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11-22-2007, 03:31 PM
Would anyone be willing to donate any useful materials (time, resources, contacts, etc…) to an aspiring student filmmaker? I am shooting a new feature in early 2008 with the hopes of premiering it at Sundance in 2009. If anyone could help me out in any way that would be great, thanks.
Nathan
11-22-2007, 03:38 PM
No...Originally Posted by Tenshredd7
11-22-2007, 04:06 PM
Tenshredd7, everyone's pretty generous out here. But it's more of a two-way community thing than a one-way donation thing... I hope!
So, talk to people in your area, try to help them out (whether in your specific areas of expertise, or whether it's just being a PA for a day - I've done both ;) and people will get to like you and try to help you.
Most of us would love to be shooting a feature in early 2008 too with hopes of premiering it at Sundance in 2009 but it's not really practical. I must say, you might want to delay things a bit if you haven't done enough pre-production (early 2008 is soon!).
Anyway: here's my plan:
1. be nice to people and help them out
2. Once you have been nice to people, and they start offering to help you out, you'll want to have evidence of creative filmmaking talent (good short film, etc), plus a killer script / great idea... eg something worthwhile for people to get excited about.
Then... very important:
3. Continue to be nice to people, once they've done you favors.
You can go the other route (just burn your way through credit cards, other peoples' money, favors, etc in the hope that your film will be a huge success and you'll be the next hot director), but that's not what Reduser is about, I hope. Some directors definitely used that method to get to the top though :(
Bruce Allen
www.boacinema.com
11-22-2007, 04:17 PM
Yeah, what he said.
11-22-2007, 07:00 PM
exactly, offer help, don't ask for it.
Everyone understands what you really want, but THAT's how you get things
11-22-2007, 07:17 PM
Don't rob a bank dude!
11-22-2007, 08:04 PM
I will give you a tip for starters....Don't put all your eggs into one basket and focus just on Sundance. It wreaks of "student filmmaker". Better to start with making the best film you can and letting the schedule and such fall where they may. I've seen more than one filmmaker (myself included) base everything around Sundance and miss other important opportunities that could have made their film successful. Keep in mind that getting into Sundance can also be very political, like a lot of big festivals...so it's about more than just making a great movie.
11-26-2007, 07:14 PM
What would be other festivals that would be appropriate for me to take my film too? Also on annother note, what are film schools looking for in a potential student?
11-26-2007, 07:23 PM
Aren't you already a film student? Or just student?
11-26-2007, 07:31 PM
I'm just a student. I didn't get accepted into my top choices the first time around. So I am re applying with the hopes of getting in. Do you have any advice?
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