By Lauren Pizzicaroli Whether it’s about life’s ups and downs, the mysteries of love, the battles of adversity, or just the mundane details of someone’s day, everyone’s got a story to tell. But weaving those stories into screenplays demands courage—it’s about daring to teach audiences something new, whisking them away to uncharted territories, or breathing […]
Film Festival Strategy & Vision Boards
In my book ‘Born to Do It’ I discuss the importance of a vision board. A vision board is a tool that can help you manifest your goals and desires more swiftly. It is a visualization tool comprising a board (of any sort) that you use to build a collage of words and pictures that represent […]
How To Use Emotional Freedom Technique (Eft) To Help You During Times Of Stress When Navigating The Festival Circuit
When the Global pandemic began back in 2020, there has recently been much more of a focus upon how important it is to look after one’s mental health. Many years ago, I was diagnosed with general anxiety disorder, it was pretty mild and I could carry on living my life, however it got worse in […]
Introduction to The Queer 2 Queer Film Festival Interview with Festival Director Colin Miller
Colin Hi, welcome to The Film Festival Doctor’s blog 🙂 Could you kindly tell my reader a little bit about yourself and your background? Absolutely! Well I went to Collin College for theatre and then transferred to UNT for English. I have always lived in movies as much as I’ve lived in the real world. […]
‘Why Is A Sound Mix So Important?’ – interview with Grammy Award Winning Mix Engineer Vinny Alfano
1. Hi Vinny, you are an amazing Grammy Winning Mix Engineer/Sound Editor. Tell us more about yourself, your background and that Grammy win! Hi Rebekah, thanks for having me! I started working in audio-post production about ten years ago, my first job was cutting ambiances and backgrounds for Hallmark films. After that I went on […]
Filmmaking Do’s and Don’ts
Guest Blog Written By Steph De Palma@stephdepalma I’m going to start off by saying that everyone works differently and their Bible is going to be different than the guy next to her, him, they..at least a little. The most important Do for me is, well, Do! If you don’t Do, you don’t create. No creating, […]
