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Amazon Storyteller, A Free Storyboard Tool

Rick Santos — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 21:52:18 +0000

Amazon Studios just launched a new application that lets you convert your screenplay into a movie storyboard. Amazon Storyteller is free to use for anyone on Amazon Studios. Try it out – just upload your script or play with one that’s already in the Studio. You choose the backgrounds, characters, and props to visually tell ...

Donate to the AHA and Get Your Script Read by a Hollywood Pro

Rick Santos — Fri, 24 May 2013 02:05:52 +0000

Screenwriter Joe Nienalt is launching a campaign to fight heart disease & stroke by raising money for the American Heart Association Heart Walk, and has once again partnered with Daniel Vang, a manager at Benderspink – one of Hollywood’s top production and management companies. This partnership will incentivize aspiring screenwriters to donate to the campaign ...

Top Filmmaking Pinterest Boards and Pins

Rick Santos — Sat, 18 May 2013 17:57:19 +0000

At this point in time, everyone’s probably heard of Pinterest — the pinboard/scrapbook photo-sharing website that allows users to create theme-based “boards” by “pinning” image or video collections found on the web. There are a lot of Pinterest profiles and boards dedicated to film/cinema/movies, but I’ll only focus on the ones that are specific to ...

Interactive Maps of State-By-State Film Production Incentives

Rick Santos — Sun, 05 May 2013 19:27:43 +0000

There are a few great resources online with state-by-state breakdowns of film production incentives. Before you start filming, check out your state’s incentives and compare it to another. It may be worth your while to shoot in another state or multiple locations if it fits your budget’s needs and limitations. Check out these interactive maps: ...

What If Seed&Spark Is Successful?

Rick Santos — Wed, 01 May 2013 01:42:17 +0000

There’s been a lot already written about Seed&Spark. My first thoughts on S&S are that it’s a very interesting take on the whole crowdfunding landscape with an angle on a ‘fair trade’ filmmaking movement. The “wedding registry” wish-list is also a unique set up that gives an alternative to a cash donation. That makes a ...

Free Producer’s Master Class with Ted Hope and Christine Vachon

Rick Santos — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 03:29:54 +0000

Chris Jones – who runs workshops at the Guerrilla Film Makers Master Class just made available the 4-hour Producers Master Class seminar, titled, American Independents Day in London with veteran indie producers, Ted Hope [IMDB] and Christine Vachon [IMDB]. They’ve both produced 68 films each – so they obviously have a lot to teach us. ...

New MPAA Report Shows Hispanics Trending As Higher Percentage Moviegoer

Rick Santos — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 20:08:53 +0000

The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) released its annual Theatrical Market Statistics Report for 2012 this week. The report illustrates that global box office revenue for all films worldwide reached $34.7 billion in 2012 (+6% over 2011). The U.S & Canada rev was up 6% to $10.8 billion with a 6% increase in admissions ...

Tribeca Film Festival’s Vine Competition Announced

Rick Santos — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 18:23:13 +0000

The Tribeca Film Festival just announced a call for entries for Vine powered 6 second shorts (#6SecFilms). After its initial release in January, Vine has become a popular platform/app for creating very short videos (6 seconds is the limit) that are shared on Twitter (its parent company) and Facebook. The 6 second limit on the ...

Second Screen Mobile App Enhances ‘APP’ Film

Rick Santos — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 02:00:09 +0000

A new Dutch film apply named APP will use a second screen application as a companion to the film. The app utilizes the SyncNow Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) technology. ACR makes second screens content-aware, delivering a package of enhanced features and information that are relevant & synchronized with the content playing on the main screen. ...

Highland, the Screenplay Editor Officially Launches

Rick Santos — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 01:19:36 +0000

Highland – the screenplay editor conceptualized by screenwriter John August, is available in the Mac App Store today. Highland converts screenplays between PDF, FDX (Final Draft) and Fountain formats – back and forth in every direction. Here’s the product’s trailer… With Highland, you can also tackle FDX files without Final Draft. We’ve found our users ...