Harvey Weinstein sent this quick memo to Errol Morris on his appearance on NPR to promote the film “The Thin Blue Line”: Dear Errol: Heard your NPR interview and you were boring. You couldn’t have dragged me to see THE THIN BLUE LINE if my life depended on it. It’s time you start being a Read MoreRead More
Chris Jones offers 10 tips for designing movie posters aimed at grabbing the eye of a sales agents, distributors or audience members. 1. The poster is NOT a piece of art… well of course it is art, and I love movie posters, they adorn my walls. But I suspect they never began life as artwork that Read MoreRead More
Eli Roth speaks about how he took his film and marketing into his own hands and developed ways to carefully plan and sell his films. For filmmaker Eli Roth, it’s sometimes necessary to take even the minutest matters into your own hands. “Every single time I see a cut of any of my trailers, if Read MoreRead More
Tim is a segment producer in London for Entertainment-themed television shows. He explains in this letter to John August why you won’t learn much about the craft of filmmaking from watching press junkets for upcoming movies. Other than these two examples, I’m struggling to think of too many other occasions when the writer has played Read MoreRead More
The folks at Rhino are testing out their slider (available through Kickstarter only) by dropping it from 100,000 feet. See if it survives the plummet…Read More
The 8th “Hobbit” Production Video Blog from Peter Jackson. This production blog includes the “Hobbit” at Comic Con including all the actors like Martin Freeman and Ian McKellen. With the Hobbit done filming principal photography, the long post-production process has begun. Future installments of the video blog will include a look behind the scenes of post-production.Read More
Need a logo for your production company? Ela Gancarz, an art director and designer, lays down a few steps to how to develop your own logo.Read More
Facebook moderates all photos uploaded to their site but they have been tight-lipped about what is and isn’t allowed. But now leaked internal documents are available giving us an insight into how their moderation works.Read More
Internet criminals are using a website called “Kickstarter” to bilk friends and families out of money for terrible, ill-conceived, and unnecessary “personal projects.”Read More
Its the ultimate goal – the dream of marketing. Going Viral is what everyone strives for but no one really has a handle on. Here are a few examples of pieces of the production puzzle that can be used to get your audience to become an active participant in your film’s marketing.Read More
In a world of hyped-up movie advertising comes one video that dares to tell the truth about the history of coming attractions. David Morgan of CBS News reports.Read More
It was Harry Tatelman’s job to convert Universal’s films into television fare by taking out the foul language, and some of the violence and nudity. When he was given the task of editing Scarface’s 160 ‘F’ words along with its other blue content few thought it could be done. But in the end it may be the most creative censorship ever to hit the TV airwaves.Read More
