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, […]
How Long Should My Film Be To Submit To Film Festivals?
I recently gave a masterclass at the New York Film Academy (which was so much fun!) We had a very lively Q&A session and one of the key things which came out of that discussion, which led me to write this article today, was a film’s duration. A lot of the students seemed very keen […]
Rebekah’s 2023 Film Festival Trends Forecast
2023 is just around the corner and this year has seen more and more film festivals get back up and running as live events. I also saw lots of new and exciting changes happening within the festival landscape post-pandemic. With that in mind I put together a list of what I foresee as being the […]
The Future of Film Distribution – Q&A with Hot Sauce For Film
Last week I sat down with the lovely Tania Sarra. Tania has worked as an executive in the film industry for over 12 years. As a distribution and film business expert, she has held leading roles on sales teams for UK based indies and Executive Produced their original productions. Most recently she spearheaded all the feature […]
