Creating Movie Posters

After making your movie are you now wondering how to market it? Do you want to create a poster for your movie?

Here are a few pointers that you help you with that.

You can find a few PSD templates here: http://www.filmmakerspot.com/make-movie-poster/

Here are a few web sites that can help you to quickly visualize your concept:

http://bighugelabs.com/poster.php

http://www.postergenerator.com

http://www.fakemovieposter.com

http://www.posterini.com/adventure-film-template

https://webmaker.org/en-US/madewithcode-poster

http://www.postermywall.com/index.php

http://www.befunky.com/

Have you used any other web sites? Do you have any tips to share? Let me know.

One actor movies

I saw Locke by mere accident and I felt that it was not upto my taste - sorry! On the other hand I was ok with Gravity!

Here is a list of such 'minimal' movies.
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-locke-one-actor-movies-gravity-buried-20140425-story.html

Tell me what you think about such movies. Do you like them or hate them?

Conflict and Endings in your Screenplay

Here is a nice blog about endings. It is said that Edgar Allen Poe used to write his endings first and then write his story to match that ending. This blog also recommends that: http://thescriptlab.com/screenwriting/structure/the-outline/72-endings-and-beginnings
And here's how you can make your stories interesting and appealing to your audience: http://thescriptlab.com/screenwriting-101/screenwriting/script-tips/464-character-want-conflict-story#

Fund Raising for your Indie Film

This is not the usual filmmaking blog. This one is on developing your own fund raising site just like kick starter. But why would you want to develop one instead of using kick starter? Probably whatever that is offered by Kickstarter does not work for you... or you want a custom look and feel.

Here is what I could come up with! http://github4yash-bitstarter-mooc.herokuapp.com How did I do it?  Read this write-up on an interesting online course which I took and ended up creating that one pager websit:  https://forgetfulprogrammer.wordpress.com/2013/09/07/stanfords-startup-engineering-is-pretty-cool/

And here is the course website http://startup.stanford.edu

If you do not want to sign up for the course, and if you are tech savvy then you can simply follow the instructions here: http://www.selfstarter.us/

Good luck with your fund raising!

How to fund my indie film?

I am back to square one again :(

After finishing a script for a feature length film am now looking for the core team and funds. This has been a daunting challenge for me forever!  How do I raise funds? Connection! Here are some of the links I found - I will keep updating any progress I make, so it can help you folks:

From http://goodinaroom.com/blog/indie-movies/: "There are TONS of great grant-making organizations for films (especially first time features, docs, and social justice films). Sundance, SFFS, Film Independent, IFP,Chicken and Egg, Catapult Film Fund. It’s also really helpful to know how to write a great grant application."

I found the following on the Web but need to figure out how to approach them:

• http://www.sundance.org/programs/feature-film
• http://www.sffs.org/filmmaker360/narrative-grants-and-programs#.VK6xCtXF9Wp
• http://www.filmindependent.org/labs-and-programs/grants-and-awards/#.VK6xD9XF9Wo
• http://www.ifp.org/resources/ifps-guide-to-granting-organizations/#.VK6xNtXF9Wp
• http://rooftopfilms.com/2012/info/produce/
• http://www.sffs.org/filmmaker360/Grants.aspx
• http://www.sundance.org/
• https://tribecafilminstitute.org/
• http://www.cinereach.org/
• http://www.filmindependent.org/
• http://chickeneggpics.org/
• http://catapultfilmfund.org/
• http://www.panavision.com/info-rules
• http://nofilmschool.com/2014/02/massive-list-upcoming-grants-filmmakers-know
• http://www.neh.gov/grants
• http://www.nysca.org/public/grants/
• http://www.cac.ca.gov/opportunities/grants.php
• http://www.pbs.org/pov/filmmakers/documentary-funding-resources.php#.VlXS5VWrRD8
• http://www.desktop-documentaries.com/documentary-film-grants.html
• http://docsinprogress.org/resources/funding-for-documentary-filmmakers/

 If you have successfully funded your indie film let me know how you did it!

No shake

Of late I am searching for a decent Gimbal for my DSLR. Here is a DIY website: http://www.diygimbals.com/category/gimbals/ and here is a parts seller with some fundamentals: http://www.axisgimbal.com/direct-drive-brushless-motor/
Let me know if you have successfully built a Gimbal yourself and share the instructions so that we can try building one ourselves.

Wireless Monitor for your Indi Shoots

If your camera is capable of a PTP connector then I believe you can use a TP-LINK TL-MR3040 N150 Portable Battery-Powered 3G/4G Wireless Router and an Android tablet  running the app DslrDashboard to get yourself a wireless monitor. Here, check out the details: 
http://nofilmschool.com/2014/01/dirt-cheap-wireless-monitor-hacked-tp-link-mr3040-router-will-help