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The first 10 minutes of your indie movie had better be totally amazing

By LAvideoFilmmaker | Published: July 29, 2009
An article in the L.A. Times a couple of months ago described how the star of an independent movie entitled “Magic Man” was disheartened to see that most buyers walked out of the screening in Cannes before the first 10 minutes were up. By the end of the movie, there were hardly any buyers [...]
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Casting directors and independent feature films

By LAvideoFilmmaker | Published: June 30, 2009
Here are my notes on “Casting the Net”, the third and final seminar I attended at the Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films. The panel was composed by three Casting Directors, including the incredibly on-the-ball Deanna Brigidi-Stewart, and focused on the role that Casting Directors can play in packaging an independent feature film. 1. [...]
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Expert tips on producing your first feature

By LAvideoFilmmaker | Published: June 29, 2009
This post is my write-up of another seminar I attended at the Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films. This seminar took place on the same day as the one about film publicity. The panel in this seminar was composed by an independent film director, an Executive Vice President of a distribution company, an independent [...]
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