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Monthly Archives: February 2011
Three Long-Term Stable and Staple Funders of Short Film in Canada
Tweet You know how it is with “best of” lists – what’s best depends on who’s looking and what they’re looking for. When I went looking for the top groups or institutions that fund short film (besides our newly introduced … Continue reading
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Tagged application deadlines, Bravo!FACT, Canada Council, Canadian Film Centre, emerging filmmakers, established filmmakers, funding, independent grants, mid-career filmmakers, production grants, research and creation grants, scriptwriting grants, short films, Telus, Worldwide Short Film Festival
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#WW CSSC Writer Wednesday | Blog the 34th: Holey Socks & Creative Heresy
The only sure-fire advice that I can give you on how to write a good story is just that. Write to teach yourself something. Write to learn about yourself. Write to make sense of your past, of your triumphs and failures. Continue reading
#WW CSSC Writer Wednesday | Blog the 33rd: Have You Seen My Mojo?
Until next week – get on the Internet or hit the library and read the script of an academy award winning movie and give your Mojo a shot of inspiration, your writing will thank you for it. Continue reading
Five Places to Find Funds for YOUR Short Film
Tweet Swimming through the world of grants can be extremely daunting and time consuming if you don’t know where to look. The Internet can both help and hurt in this process. You can get a lot of mileage out of … Continue reading
Posted in Canadian Short Screenplay Competition, david cormican, Discounts and Coupons, Helpful Tool, Industry News, Interesting Find, Production, Short Film, Writing
Tagged Amazon as a source for research, Bravo!FACT, Canadian short film grants, Canadian Short Screenplay Competition, Creative Capital, CSSC, free money for your short film, how to fund your short film, national film board, NFB, Panavision, Shaking the Money Tree, U.S. short film grants, United States short film grants, use your local library to research
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#WW CSSC Writer Wednesday | Blog the 32nd: A Donkey by Any Other Name
I think, as writers, it is way more important to have a good book club than it is to have a writer’s group, to whit, because you can learn so damn much about writing without emotional attachment and insecurity about your own writing getting in the way. Continue reading
Posted in #writerwednesday Laureate, #ww
Tagged book club, donkey, e-litter-rati, god, Highlander, squishy, stephen pressfield, universal divine, War of Art
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Rusted Pyre new poster concepts
Tweet We find ourselves pretty jazzed up by the rough cut as we head into the fine and locked cuts. If nothing else, we’re pretty confident that it is ready to start sharing it with other eyeballs for feedback and … Continue reading
What to Include In Your Film Prospectus (aka YOUR Pitch)
In order to sell people on giving you money, you need to have a plan. The better plan you have, the better chance people will show you the money. Continue reading
Posted in david cormican, Helpful Tool, Interesting Find, Production, Short Film, Writing
Tagged #ww, actra, always have a plan, cast, cast and crew info, documentaries, Evil Editor, film budget, film footage, film pospectus, film selling points, film stills, Good In a Room, grants, investors, Janet Reid, Loglines, pitch, pitch document, pitching your film, prospectis, prospectus, Rachelle Gardner, raising funds for your film, raising investors, resume, screenplay sample, ScriptChat, Stephanie Palmer, synopsis, your résumé
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