http://www.indiewire.com/category/filmmaker-toolkit Filmmaker Toolkit from IndieWire en en indieWIREFilmmakerToolkithttp://feedburner.google.com http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/indieWIREFilmmakerToolkit/~3/6AQqRbgTrF0/a2e-deals-made Thu, 23 May 2013 18:23:19 GMT http://www.indiewire.com/article/a2e-deals-made Alison Willmore 2013-05-23T18:23:19Z The inaugural edition of the San Francisco Film Society's A2E: Artist to Entrepreneur labs took place during the&nbsp;56th San Francisco International Film Festival and attempted to tackle head-on...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/indieWIREFilmmakerToolkit/~4/6AQqRbgTrF0" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.indiewire.com/article/a2e-deals-made http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/indieWIREFilmmakerToolkit/~3/NvWEx79omic/project-of-the-day-stopping-the-keystone-xl-above-all-else Thu, 23 May 2013 14:00:00 GMT http://www.indiewire.com/article/project-of-the-day-stopping-the-keystone-xl-above-all-else Indiewire 2013-05-23T14:00:00Z Here's your daily dose of an indie film in progress; at the end of the week, you'll have the chance to vote for your favorite. In the meantime: Is this a movie you’d want to see? Tell us in...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/indieWIREFilmmakerToolkit/~4/NvWEx79omic" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.indiewire.com/article/project-of-the-day-stopping-the-keystone-xl-above-all-else http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/indieWIREFilmmakerToolkit/~3/Ig150D-Ev48/project-of-the-day-councilwoman-castillo-cleans-hotel-rooms-in-the-day Wed, 22 May 2013 14:00:00 GMT http://www.indiewire.com/article/project-of-the-day-councilwoman-castillo-cleans-hotel-rooms-in-the-day Indiewire 2013-05-22T14:00:00Z Here's your daily dose of an indie film in progress; at the end of the week, you'll have the chance to vote for your favorite. In the meantime: Is this a movie you’d want to see? Tell us in...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/indieWIREFilmmakerToolkit/~4/Ig150D-Ev48" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.indiewire.com/article/project-of-the-day-councilwoman-castillo-cleans-hotel-rooms-in-the-day http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/indieWIREFilmmakerToolkit/~3/Xl4n-ceAY_M/project-of-the-day-a-battle-over-an-amputated-leg-between-an-addict-and-an-entrepreneur Tue, 21 May 2013 14:55:00 GMT http://www.indiewire.com/article/project-of-the-day-a-battle-over-an-amputated-leg-between-an-addict-and-an-entrepreneur Indiewire 2013-05-21T14:55:00Z Here's your daily dose of an indie film in progress; at the end of the week, you'll have the chance to vote for your favorite. In the meantime: Is this a movie you’d want to see? Tell us in...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/indieWIREFilmmakerToolkit/~4/Xl4n-ceAY_M" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.indiewire.com/article/project-of-the-day-a-battle-over-an-amputated-leg-between-an-addict-and-an-entrepreneur http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/indieWIREFilmmakerToolkit/~3/PBrhKgATC2g/why-did-itvs-take-away-funding-from-a-sundance-film-it-had-a-deal-with Mon, 20 May 2013 16:59:37 GMT http://www.indiewire.com/article/why-did-itvs-take-away-funding-from-a-sundance-film-it-had-a-deal-with Bryce J. Renninger 2013-05-20T16:59:37Z In the New Yorker this week, journalist Jane Mayer asks if San Francisco-based ITVS was cowed by pressure from a former PBS board member, the incredibly wealthy philanthropist David Koch. The story...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/indieWIREFilmmakerToolkit/~4/PBrhKgATC2g" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.indiewire.com/article/why-did-itvs-take-away-funding-from-a-sundance-film-it-had-a-deal-with http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/indieWIREFilmmakerToolkit/~3/XYofEMV1Ke4/6-reasons-these-cannes-cinderella-stories-have-happy-endings Mon, 20 May 2013 16:33:56 GMT http://www.indiewire.com/article/6-reasons-these-cannes-cinderella-stories-have-happy-endings Dana Harris 2013-05-20T16:33:56Z From the freeway-scale movie billboards on the side of the Carlton Hotel to the Palais security who really won't let you in the theater if they find your fashion sense lacking, Cannes is designed to...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/indieWIREFilmmakerToolkit/~4/XYofEMV1Ke4" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.indiewire.com/article/6-reasons-these-cannes-cinderella-stories-have-happy-endings http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/indieWIREFilmmakerToolkit/~3/NZRrBuK_JZ4/project-of-the-day-documentary-explores-relationship-linklater-benning Mon, 20 May 2013 15:58:11 GMT http://www.indiewire.com/article/project-of-the-day-documentary-explores-relationship-linklater-benning Indiewire 2013-05-20T15:58:11Z Here's your daily dose of an indie film in progress; at the end of the week, you'll have the chance to vote for your favorite. In the meantime: Is this a movie you’d want to see? Tell us in...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/indieWIREFilmmakerToolkit/~4/NZRrBuK_JZ4" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.indiewire.com/article/project-of-the-day-documentary-explores-relationship-linklater-benning http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/indieWIREFilmmakerToolkit/~3/_66nDRE_Ahk/vote-for-project-of-the-week-will-it-be-nowhere-new-rodents-or-hackers Fri, 17 May 2013 15:52:17 GMT http://www.indiewire.com/article/vote-for-project-of-the-week-will-it-be-nowhere-new-rodents-or-hackers Indiewire 2013-05-17T15:52:17Z Vote below for this week's Project of the Week. The winning filmmaker will receive a digital distribution consultation from SnagFilms and will become a candidate for Project of the Month. That ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/indieWIREFilmmakerToolkit/~4/_66nDRE_Ahk" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.indiewire.com/article/vote-for-project-of-the-week-will-it-be-nowhere-new-rodents-or-hackers http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/indieWIREFilmmakerToolkit/~3/SkI01o-03zk/celebs-learn-some-things-about-crowdfunding-clarissa-quits-it-all-and-kevin-smith-says-no-to-kickstarter Thu, 16 May 2013 17:52:23 GMT http://www.indiewire.com/article/celebs-learn-some-things-about-crowdfunding-clarissa-quits-it-all-and-kevin-smith-says-no-to-kickstarter Bryce J. Renninger 2013-05-16T17:52:23Z After several weeks on the site and making only 2% of her $2 million goal on Kickstarter to fund her film "Darci's Walk of Shame," "Sabrina the Teenage Witch" and "Clarissa Explains It All" star...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/indieWIREFilmmakerToolkit/~4/SkI01o-03zk" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.indiewire.com/article/celebs-learn-some-things-about-crowdfunding-clarissa-quits-it-all-and-kevin-smith-says-no-to-kickstarter http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/indieWIREFilmmakerToolkit/~3/hfUKYyjhoKc/project-of-the-day-humanitarian-guerrilla-technologists-are-hackers-in-uganda Thu, 16 May 2013 13:17:00 GMT http://www.indiewire.com/article/project-of-the-day-humanitarian-guerrilla-technologists-are-hackers-in-uganda Indiewire 2013-05-16T13:17:00Z Here's your daily dose of an indie film in progress; at the end of the week, you'll have the chance to vote for your favorite. In the meantime: Is this a movie you’d want to see? Tell us in the...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/indieWIREFilmmakerToolkit/~4/hfUKYyjhoKc" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.indiewire.com/article/project-of-the-day-humanitarian-guerrilla-technologists-are-hackers-in-uganda http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/indieWIREFilmmakerToolkit/~3/7fhSMQ4412E/diy-special-effects-the-matrix-bullet-effect-with-a-ceiling-fan-and-a-gopro Wed, 15 May 2013 15:52:44 GMT http://www.indiewire.com/article/diy-special-effects-the-matrix-bullet-effect-with-a-ceiling-fan-and-a-gopro Bryce J. Renninger 2013-05-15T15:52:44Z Mark Rober, who has been experimenting with cameras for some time now on his YouTube channel (even sending one into a gorilla cage to document the animal up close and making a "Scooby-Doo"-style...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/indieWIREFilmmakerToolkit/~4/7fhSMQ4412E" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.indiewire.com/article/diy-special-effects-the-matrix-bullet-effect-with-a-ceiling-fan-and-a-gopro http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/indieWIREFilmmakerToolkit/~3/i6x7coVGiuI/project-of-the-day-rodents-of-unusual-size-an-ode-to-nutria Wed, 15 May 2013 14:32:00 GMT http://www.indiewire.com/article/project-of-the-day-rodents-of-unusual-size-an-ode-to-nutria Indiewire 2013-05-15T14:32:00Z Here's your daily dose of an indie film in progress; at the end of the week, you'll have the chance to vote for your favorite. In the meantime: Is this a movie you’d want to see? Tell us in the...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/indieWIREFilmmakerToolkit/~4/i6x7coVGiuI" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.indiewire.com/article/project-of-the-day-rodents-of-unusual-size-an-ode-to-nutria http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/indieWIREFilmmakerToolkit/~3/06-PmIrIwiU/ampav-announces-cannes-2013-programming Tue, 14 May 2013 19:30:00 GMT http://blogs.indiewire.com/sydneylevine/ampav-announces-cannes-2013-programming Sydney Levine 2013-05-14T19:30:00Z Well-known filmmakers, movie executives and journalists will be among those featured during the upcoming Industry In Focus Series at The American Pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival for its...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/indieWIREFilmmakerToolkit/~4/06-PmIrIwiU" height="1" width="1"/>http://blogs.indiewire.com/sydneylevine/ampav-announces-cannes-2013-programming http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/indieWIREFilmmakerToolkit/~3/swwnxA_ZD6A/project-of-the-day-an-elderly-couple-unfreezes-themselves-in-new Tue, 14 May 2013 14:13:00 GMT http://www.indiewire.com/article/project-of-the-day-an-elderly-couple-unfreezes-themselves-in-new Indiewire 2013-05-14T14:13:00Z Here's your daily dose of an indie film in progress; at the end of the week, you'll have the chance to vote for your favorite. In the meantime: Is this a movie you’d want to see? Tell us in...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/indieWIREFilmmakerToolkit/~4/swwnxA_ZD6A" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.indiewire.com/article/project-of-the-day-an-elderly-couple-unfreezes-themselves-in-new http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/indieWIREFilmmakerToolkit/~3/nSvwb_3UB0I/magic-lantern-allows-canon-5d-filmmakers-to-shoot-raw-continuously Mon, 13 May 2013 19:53:07 GMT http://www.indiewire.com/article/magic-lantern-allows-canon-5d-filmmakers-to-shoot-raw-continuously Bryce J. Renninger 2013-05-13T19:53:07Z Writing on his DSLR filmmakers blog EOSHD, UK-based filmmaker Andrew Reid has shown off what he was able to do on his Canon 5D Mark III with the free Magic Lantern firmware add-on.&nbsp; Raw files...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/indieWIREFilmmakerToolkit/~4/nSvwb_3UB0I" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.indiewire.com/article/magic-lantern-allows-canon-5d-filmmakers-to-shoot-raw-continuously http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/indieWIREFilmmakerToolkit/~3/cR-qAIk6IHk/project-of-the-day-nowhere-girl-explores-when-a-relationship-become-unhealthy Mon, 13 May 2013 15:57:32 GMT http://www.indiewire.com/article/project-of-the-day-nowhere-girl-explores-when-a-relationship-become-unhealthy Indiewire 2013-05-13T15:57:32Z Here's your daily dose of an indie film in progress; at the end of the week, you'll have the chance to vote for your favorite. In the meantime: Is this a movie you’d want to see? Tell us in...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/indieWIREFilmmakerToolkit/~4/cR-qAIk6IHk" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.indiewire.com/article/project-of-the-day-nowhere-girl-explores-when-a-relationship-become-unhealthy http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/indieWIREFilmmakerToolkit/~3/OfknOg5dsbw/the-360-equation-the-one-business-model-every-filmmaker-needs-to-know Mon, 13 May 2013 15:01:35 GMT http://www.indiewire.com/article/the-360-equation-the-one-business-model-every-filmmaker-needs-to-know Marc Schiller 2013-05-13T15:01:35Z Marc Schiller started a new company to help connects films with audiences a few weeks ago, BOND360.&nbsp; He's been writing about the field he's entering for IFP's blog since then, and this week,...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/indieWIREFilmmakerToolkit/~4/OfknOg5dsbw" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.indiewire.com/article/the-360-equation-the-one-business-model-every-filmmaker-needs-to-know http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/indieWIREFilmmakerToolkit/~3/3uSzDP_1hvM/crowd-funday-sunday Sun, 12 May 2013 04:01:01 GMT http://blogs.indiewire.com/animationscoop/crowd-funday-sunday Jerry Beck 2013-05-12T04:01:01Z Starting this week, I going to highlight worthy crowd funding projects on a regular basis, once a week, on Sunday.&nbsp; This week, from Dreamworks effects and lighting artist Curt Stewart who has...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/indieWIREFilmmakerToolkit/~4/3uSzDP_1hvM" height="1" width="1"/>http://blogs.indiewire.com/animationscoop/crowd-funday-sunday http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/indieWIREFilmmakerToolkit/~3/-85ZksfScvs/vote-for-project-of-the-week-will-it-be-revision-discoverers-hustlers-or-fighters Fri, 10 May 2013 22:01:58 GMT http://www.indiewire.com/article/vote-for-project-of-the-week-will-it-be-revision-discoverers-hustlers-or-fighters Indiewire 2013-05-10T22:01:58Z Vote below for this week's Project of the Week. The winning filmmaker will receive a digital distribution consultation from SnagFilms and will become a candidate for Project of the Month. That ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/indieWIREFilmmakerToolkit/~4/-85ZksfScvs" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.indiewire.com/article/vote-for-project-of-the-week-will-it-be-revision-discoverers-hustlers-or-fighters http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/indieWIREFilmmakerToolkit/~3/GRs6Gc_HHfI/congrats-to-like-me-aprils-project-of-the-month Fri, 10 May 2013 21:21:40 GMT http://www.indiewire.com/article/congrats-to-like-me-aprils-project-of-the-month Indiewire 2013-05-10T21:21:40Z Congratulations to "Like Me" director Robert Mockler!&nbsp; The project received the most votes to win April's Project of the Month.&nbsp; The prize is a&nbsp;creative consultation from the...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/indieWIREFilmmakerToolkit/~4/GRs6Gc_HHfI" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.indiewire.com/article/congrats-to-like-me-aprils-project-of-the-month http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/indieWIREFilmmakerToolkit/~3/jQfEw-HLFr0/here-are-indiewires-top-10-articles-of-the-week-criticizing-gatsby-lee-daniels-latest-bams-booed-at-cannes-series-and-more Fri, 10 May 2013 20:45:00 GMT http://www.indiewire.com/article/here-are-indiewires-top-10-articles-of-the-week-criticizing-gatsby-lee-daniels-latest-bams-booed-at-cannes-series-and-more Cameron Sinz 2013-05-10T20:45:00Z Even with last week's major release becoming the second highest opening weekend gross of all time and Cannes just a week away, much of this week's focus seemed to lie squarely on today's major...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/indieWIREFilmmakerToolkit/~4/jQfEw-HLFr0" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.indiewire.com/article/here-are-indiewires-top-10-articles-of-the-week-criticizing-gatsby-lee-daniels-latest-bams-booed-at-cannes-series-and-more http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/indieWIREFilmmakerToolkit/~3/VIyRp1o7urk/the-reason-kickstarter-is-a-game-changer-donating-is-better-than-investing-when-it-comes-to-the-arts Fri, 10 May 2013 20:37:56 GMT http://www.indiewire.com/article/the-reason-kickstarter-is-a-game-changer-donating-is-better-than-investing-when-it-comes-to-the-arts Dan Mirvish 2013-05-10T20:37:56Z When Slamdance Film Festival co-founder and director of "Between Us" (which will be released by Monterey Media this June) Dan Mirvish commented on an article we wrote about crowdfunding, we asked him...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/indieWIREFilmmakerToolkit/~4/VIyRp1o7urk" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.indiewire.com/article/the-reason-kickstarter-is-a-game-changer-donating-is-better-than-investing-when-it-comes-to-the-arts http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/indieWIREFilmmakerToolkit/~3/89t0kCfKX4E/how-does-a-newish-crowdfunding-site-gain-attention-hire-donald-trump-or-offer-free-publicity-support Fri, 10 May 2013 20:17:12 GMT http://www.indiewire.com/article/how-does-a-newish-crowdfunding-site-gain-attention-hire-donald-trump-or-offer-free-publicity-support Bryce J. Renninger 2013-05-10T20:17:12Z It's clear there are a few leaders in the crowdfunding space for film productions.&nbsp; Kickstarter is the standard, but many filmmakers, especially those unsure they'll be able to make their goal,...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/indieWIREFilmmakerToolkit/~4/89t0kCfKX4E" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.indiewire.com/article/how-does-a-newish-crowdfunding-site-gain-attention-hire-donald-trump-or-offer-free-publicity-support http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/indieWIREFilmmakerToolkit/~3/fYVxB-K4p-E/zach-braff-and-kickstarter-execs-explain-why-big-players-on-kickstarter-are-a-good-thing Fri, 10 May 2013 16:30:33 GMT http://www.indiewire.com/article/zach-braff-and-kickstarter-execs-explain-why-big-players-on-kickstarter-are-a-good-thing Bryce J. Renninger 2013-05-10T16:30:33Z Earlier this week, we did a round-up of the best arguments for and against celebrities and studio subsidiaries on Kickstarter. &nbsp;Though the Braff detractors are especially loud, it seems...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/indieWIREFilmmakerToolkit/~4/fYVxB-K4p-E" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.indiewire.com/article/zach-braff-and-kickstarter-execs-explain-why-big-players-on-kickstarter-are-a-good-thing http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/indieWIREFilmmakerToolkit/~3/ieDb2B20e6k/watch-the-video-that-constantly-inspires-sundance-winning-director-ava-duvernay Fri, 10 May 2013 14:58:14 GMT http://www.indiewire.com/article/watch-the-video-that-constantly-inspires-sundance-winning-director-ava-duvernay Ava DuVernay 2013-05-10T14:58:14Z Earlier this week, "Middle of Nowhere" director and African-American Film Festival Releasing Movement founder Ava DuVernay was the keynote speaker at the American Film Institute's Directing Workshop...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/indieWIREFilmmakerToolkit/~4/ieDb2B20e6k" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.indiewire.com/article/watch-the-video-that-constantly-inspires-sundance-winning-director-ava-duvernay