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NO BUDGET FILM SCHOOL is a unique series of classes specifically
designed to help the NO-BUDGET filmmaker, whether they are working with a budget of $200,000 or
$2,000. The lessons, tools, and techniques gained from these courses are are intended to maximize very limited
resources and minimize critical errors that can doom otherwise worthy projects.
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I'm excited to present an all-new class! "Cinema Language"
is actually two new courses taught in one day: "Course 103: Mastering Film Grammar" and "Course 204: From Script
To Screen." The class is being held August 29, 2010 at Raleigh Studios' Chaplin Theater. Click here for details.
"Cinema Language" is a class I've always wanted to offer. It's inevitable when you create something called No Budget Film
School that all the emphasis gets put on how much things cost. I've always made it a priority to point out where filmmakers
should focus the few resources they have, and to remind filmmakers that things like story and performances are soooo much
more important than what camera you shoot with. Good films don't have to be expensive and the more you know about the language
of cinema, the better your films will be, (at no extra cost!)
My good friend Tom Provost has been teaching classes
like this for years all across the country. A successful writer and editor, he recently finished his directorial debut, The Presence, starring Oscar winner Mira Sorvino and has developed this new class based on his prior teachings and materials
he's created from his experience making the film. We will be screening the film in class, which is an extra treat considering
it won't be opening until next year. For more on the class and to register, CLICK HERE. Really looking forward to this one!
Got a script and are ready to shoot? Can't make it to the next class? I offer private, one-on-one Consulting for no-budget
filmmakers who need some guidance. Check out my No Budget Consulting Page for more information.
And I blog, Facebook and Tweet, so feel free to follow me here:
- Film Radar Indie Producer Blog
- No Budget Film School Facebook Group
- Mark Stolaroff Twitter Page
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I'm finishing my new no-budget feature Pig, my
third collaboration with award-winning writer/director Henry Barrial. It stars Rudolf Martin (Swordfish,
NCIS) as a man who wakes up in the middle of the desert with no idea how he got there or who he is. Pig is a mystery--a
mind-bending puzzle film--and as such, we are planning some exciting DIY marketing approaches built around solving the mystery.
Join the fun! Sign up on our PIG mailing list at our official PIG website: www.ThePigPicture.com.
You can also join our Facebook Fan Page and follow us on Twitter.
We should be locking picture this summer and we hope to start rolling out some of our marketing ideas very soon. Be
a fan, or just check out how we do this whole DIY marketing and distribution thing. Either way, we hope it's a satisfying
experience.
THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX OFFICE
Filmmaker Jon Reiss has written THE guide to indie
film distribution in the new decade--THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX OFFICE. If you think selling your movie means making it and then waiting for distributors to come a-calling, then you're living
in 1998. That reality is a pipe dream for most filmmakers, but the good news is there are new ways and new tools that will
allow you to get your film out into the world yourself. Jon's book is the manual for DIY and Hybrid Distribution. He's taken
what he's learned from distributing his own film, the successful documentary Bomb The System and also interviewed countless
experts in every relevant area of DIY distribution to come up with the most comprehensive and up-to-date book on the subject.
When should you be thinking about how you're going to market and sell your film? The moment just after you've come up with
the idea for your film!
Buy your copy today:
www.ThinkOutsideTheBoxOffice.com
BE THE MEDIA
Renowned media consultant and author David Mathison has
assembled a who's who of new media experts and compiled his essential guide to the "personal media renaissance"--BE THE MEDIA. Until recently, publishing books, music and film required years of education and the expensive assistance of publishers,
labels, studios, distributors and lawyers. Today, artists can leverage low-cost tools and new methods of distribution to connect
with their audience directly, and keep more of their royalties and rights. This book covers everything from how to blog and
podcast to the ins and outs of social networking and internet syndication. Specific chapters help authors, musicians, and
filmmakers, (yours truly contributed to this chapter).
Buy your copy today:
www.bethemedia.com
THE REEL TRUTH
Journalist, professor and marketing executive Reed Martin
has written one of the most exhaustingly researched books on the pitfalls of independent filmmaking ever written--THE REEL TRUTH: EVERYTHING YOU DIDN'T KNOW YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MAKING AN INDEPENDENT
FILM. Already considered a classic, this best-selling tome has quickly become the indie filmmaker's bible. Martin has interviewed
just about everyone (including Yours Truly) in the industry to uncover nearly every conceivable mistake that the first- or
second-time filmmaker might make when they go about developing, writing, shooting and selling their film. Experts like producer
Ted Hope, filmmaker Chris Nolan, and entertainment attorney John Sloss lay it on the line and give the reel deal on what it
takes to avoid all those nasty pitfalls that are out there just waiting for us!
Buy your copy today:
The Reel Truth Amazon Page
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