Archive for the ‘Tips’ Category
What We Can Learn From P*Star
When I say “rapper”, what do you think of? Probably not a preteen girl spittin’ rhymes about how she isn’t ready for a boyfriend yet. This documentary might change that.
P*Star Rising is a documentary by Gabriel Noble that follows the growth (literally) of a 9-year-old female rapper from Harlem named Priscilla Diaz, stage [...]
5 Rules for Artists Using Social Media
In my last post, you learned that no one cares how good you are if they don’t know who you are. Social media literacy is an essential skill for all artists to master. And by social media literacy, I don’t mean being able to create a facebook event, or tweet about your breakfast, or add friends [...]
Joss Whedon at the Shasha Seminar, Part II
Last time, I gave a recap of Joss Whedon and Mark Harris’s thoughts on where the media industry is going, but much of our time at the Shasha Seminar was spent talking about the nuts and bolts of actually getting work produced.
Whedon talked about his own career, and how he got his stories up on [...]
Movies, TV and Finding Your “Strange”
I’m about to go get a good night of sleep before the last day of the Shasha Seminar for Human Concerns, a weekend seminar at Wesleyan University that has a completely different theme every year, and draws a wide variety of speakers to the campus. This year the theme is “Defining American Culture: How [...]
Introduction to Getting Your Own Website
Several people have asked me recently about setting up their own website, so I though I would consolidate my explanations here. When you set up a website, there are several different parts to getting it up and running. We can think of these in terms of their analogs for setting up a physical place of [...]
Interview with Jasmine Bulin
Last weekend was the 48 Hour Film Project in DC. This weekend we’re bringing you interviews from several team leaders who participated last weekend. Our first interview is with first time 48 Hour participant Jasmine Bulin.
Still Indie: So, how did you get involved in the 48 Hour Film Project?
Jasmine Bulin: I heard about the project [...]
Happy Earth Day 2009
In honor of Earth Day, we’d like to point you to a couple of our previous articles about green film. If you know of other resources for decreasing your environmental impact as a filmmaker, let us know in the comments.
Green Film
Slow Food, Slow Film?
Media-making requires a lot of resources. What can you can do to [...]
Funding an Independent Film
How do you get the money to make a film about dying languages?
How would you convince funders to back your film when it doesn’t have a clear audience?
The Linguists
Last October, the Independent published an article about funding independent films and examined Ironbound Films‘ documentary, The Linguists, as one case study.
The film’s creator, Seth Kramer, upon [...]
48 Hour Film Project, 2009: Washington, DC
Early bird registration for the 48 Hour Film Project has closed in DC, but regular registration is still open.
This year, 48 Hour Film DC, takes place on the weekend on May 1st. Yet again, I have a conflict that weekend, but I know of several people with teams in the mix this year and I [...]
How to Make a Good First Impression
According to Prospects, the UK’s Official Graduate Careers Website, research shows that first impressions are made up of the following (via Interviews: How to impress):
55% visual impact, i.e. dress, facial expressions and body language;
38% tone of voice;
7% from what you actually say.
What does this say for how you present yourself? Whether meeting with an agent, [...]
