Black Friday always makes me think about black production t-shirts (which I love!), and new filmmakers need all kinds of stuff to make their movies, especially teens without paying jobs. So, in the spirit of empowering black-clad filmmakers to experiment with and make better movies, here’s a gift idea list for the new filmmakers around […]
Ciné-surfer: Stephen Fellows’ Blog & All Kinds of Stats
There’s something about stats… and Stephen Fellows manages to collect and examine a huge variety of data related tot the film industry on a weekly basis. Take this one for example: How Many Shots Are in the Average Movie Sure, we expect action to have the most, and it’s probably no surprise that documentary has […]
A World of Book Store Links… aka Finding “Write! Shoot! Edit!”
APR/17 – I was inspired to create this list of bookstore links in honour of my new book being available for pre-order or Wish Lists (“Write! Shoot! Edit!“). You can start on my book page pretty much anywhere around the world and browse. Enjoy! JUL/17 – As of July 1st, the book is now on […]
Ciné Surfer: Basics of Script Copyright
Stephen Follows has an interesting site. Not a lot of links on the Resources page, but what’s there is worth the surf by. In particular, I enjoyed: Basics of Script Copyright https://stephenfollows.com/resource/basics-of-script-copyright/ Although copyright is handled differently in each country, the basics are here. Know the basics already? Well, there may be a nugget or […]
Ciné Surfer: Happy Public Domain Birthday To You
The song that was – suprising to many – NOT in the public domain is now in the public domain?!? Wow. Here’s a great article from The Daily Signal that talks about the change of status: http://dailysignal.com/2015/10/01/why-the-happy-birthday-songs-copyright-has-finally-been-ruled-invalid/ Remember, though, that the rights we’re talking about here are the publishing rights (the right to use the […]
Ciné-Surfer: Holidays Around The World
It’s summer and a lot of country independence (and country constitutions) are being celebrated. Here are just a few for July: Canada (July 1) USA (July 4) Argentina (July 7) South Korea (July 17) Columbia (July 20) Since we tend to be used to the public holidays of our own country, planning the shoot of […]
