Archive for September, 2008

Barry Caplan is an Associate Producer

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

Many of you may know I have been working as an “Associate Producer” on a short film, “Tender as Hellfire” that is being made by USC Film School grad student Jason Stone in Porterville, CA.
Well, now all of you do
Principal photography was back in April and lasted about a week. This past weekend [...]

Film meets Finance on 9/25 at Academy of Art.

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

World-class presenters + networking.
*** Visit http://sfb.filmfinancing.org/092508l for details; learn about Workshop at http://sfb.filmfinancing.org/092708l ***
The Institute for Int’l Film Financing (IIFF) continues its successful series of education & networking events at the nexus of FILMMAKING & FINANCE with a high-impact Film Financing Townhall in San Francisco.  Join us on September 25 for an exciting evening of [...]

WMM Fall Workshop Series - Starting this Wednesday!

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

WOMEN MAKE MOVIES FALL EVENTS
Women Make Movies launches its Fall season with a series of four stellar workshops you won’t want to miss!!!
WMM 2008 FALL SERIES INCLUDES:
Websites and Social Networking: Building Audience and Buzz for Your Film
Wednesday, September 24, 6:30 – 9:00
$50/40

Rethinking independent film financing

Monday, September 15th, 2008

I agree in principle with the lead to this story from Variety last week:
People use different words to describe the turmoil in the indie and specialty world depending on how hard they’ve been hit.
Whether this is a correction, a shakeout or a cyclical downturn, everybody agrees it is time to rethink many of the assumptions [...]

Alex Cox, Macverick filmmaker on film finance

Thursday, September 11th, 2008

Interesting review in today’s LA times of Cox’s memoir, “X Films”:
Cox recounts his sales pitch and still cringes, observing the tensions between indie filmmakers and their investors: “People with spare money to invest in film are liable to have issues about their wealth, their parents; whereas independent filmmakers are apt to be political, angry, and [...]