Month: August 2016

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A FilmFreeway preferred festival: COMEDY Writings and Films showcased in 2015: 28 – Screenplays Performed 8 – Novels/Stories Performed 22 – Films Showcased at Festival (Scroll down and watch winning performance videos) Get your script and story performed by professional actors at the Comedy Festival. Get your Short Film showcased at the…

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Submit a screenplay or short story that is only 1 page long and have it performed at the Writing Festival by professional actors. Also garner FULL FEEDBACK on your work. (NOTE: The screenplay submission must be properly formatted. The short story submission is a maximum of 400 words.) Deadline Aug.…

Originally posted on Matthew Toffolo's Summary:
Read interviews from top people working in the Art Department in the movie industry today. Production Designers. Art Directors. Storyboard Artists. Costume Designers.  Interview with Oscar Nominated Production Designer Anne Seibel (Midnight in Paris, Bonjour Anne):http://matthewtoffolo.com/2016/02/19/interview-oscar-nominated-production-designer-anne-seibel-midnight-in-paris-bonjour-anne/ Interview with Oscar Nominated Production Designer Michael Corenblith (Apollo 13, The Blind Side):  http://matthewtoffolo.com/2016/02/04/interview-with-oscar-nominated-production-designer-michael-corenblith-apollo-13-the-blind-side/…

Originally posted on Matthew Toffolo's Summary:
Geoffrey Rowland has worked in the film and television industry for over 50 years. We chatted on the phone for 2 hours with topics ranging from our mutual love for baseball, life lessons, being Canadian, and of course film and editing. He was a pure joy to chat…

Originally posted on Matthew Toffolo's Summary:
Paul Engelen is is 2 time Emmy winner, and 2 time Oscar nominated Makeup artist. He has worked on some of the greatest/most successful films and TV shows in the last 40 years, including: Game of Thrones (2 Emmy wins), Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (Oscar nomination), The Legend of…

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Award winning Director, Animator and Illustrator and Storyboard Artist Robert Castillo discovered his passion for art and illustration at the tender age of five. Nicknamed “Sketch”, Castillo would draw his way through his difficult transition of returning to the US from the Dominican Republic, mastering English, and acclimating…

Originally posted on Matthew Toffolo's Summary:
A storyboard artist, or story artist, creates storyboards for film productions. I had a blast sitting down with the very talented storyboard artist Stephen Forrest-Smith. Stephen has worked on some of the most popular films in the last 15 years, including “The Dark Knight,” the last three “Harry Potter” films,…

Originally posted on Matthew Toffolo's Summary:
NEGOTIATING FILMMAKING NOTES How to Negotiate – Every aspect of producing involves negotiating, in one form or another. You always need to go in with the attitude that people already want to work with you. 12 MAJOR POINTS TO REMEMBER IN NEGOTIATIONS 1. PLAN WITH YOUR LIMITATIONS IN…

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DEADLINE August 15th: 1st CHAPTER/FULL NOVEL Festival. http://www.wildsound.ca/book_contest.html Get your story performed at the Writing Festival. FULL FEEDBACK on all entries. Read the best of NOVEL Loglines from all over the world: RESCUE, by Colleen Mooney http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/rescue_by_a_kiss_by_colleen_mooney.html SURFACE BELOW DARK SECRETS, by Leeah Taylor http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/surface_below_dark_secrets_by_leeah_taylor.html ARA, by Haidar Hashim http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/ara_by_haidar_hashim.html…

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Deadline: TV PILOT/SPEC Script Festival – Get FULL FEEDBACK. Get script performed by professional actors http://www.wildsound.ca/tvscreenplaycontest.html Read the best of TV Show Pitches from all over the world: LENA AND THE KING OF HEARTS, by Alicia Lee http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/lena_and_the_king_of_hearts_by_alicia_lee.html OPEN KITCHEN, by Ellis M. http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/open_kitchen_by_ellis_m.html PATRYONYMIC, by Manmohan Kumar Rana http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/patronymic_by_manmohan_kumar_rana.html…