All Guest Comment articles – Page 3
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CommentIndie cinema: the big squeeze
With theatrical space for independent cinema being squeezed it is important to consider the complex process of interaction that leads to a cinemagoer buying a ticket, says Jonathan Olsberg
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CommentSelf-distributing Beyond Clueless in the UK
Producer Catherine Bray on the Beyond Clueless team’s strategy for self-distributing the crowd-funded doc.
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CommentLeave to Remain: the end of a long journey
Kate Cook and James Levison reflect on producing indie feature Leave to Remain, starring Toby Jones, the struggle to find an audience and an “impactful” distribution strategy.
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CommentBig Eyes and the real Walter Keane
Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, the screenwriters of Tim Burton’s Big Eyes, talk about the “stranger than fiction” real life of Margaret and Walter Keane.
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CommentTomato production and the fate of cinema
Film Initiative’s Isabelle Fauvel fears that films will no longer have any flavour.
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CommentThe unique power of cinema advertising
DCM’s marketing director Zoe Jones talks about the findings of their latest research project looking at the effectiveness of cinema advertising.
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CommentThe revolution will be digitised
Fedz creator Q responds to Amma Asante’s Film Summit keynote speech.
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CommentThree things every documentary-maker needs to remember
Filmmaker Col Spector offers advice including remembering to entertain the audience.
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CommentMaking a film is a series of problems to solve
Film producer Iain Smith OBE on forging a career in film production and the importance of continuing to develop your skills in the industry
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CommentHollywood shaken up by Netflix ambitions
Hollywood has just watched a Netflix horror movie called The Future.
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CommentBig Screen and Second Screen
Joe Evea, commercial director at Digital Cinema Media, considers whether the big screen and second screen can co-exist peacefully and profitably.
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CommentSecret Cinema founder on future of cinema
Secret Cinema founder Fabien Riggall’s speech at the Toronto International Film Festival, in which he revealed details of ‘Secret Space and discussed analog vs digital.
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CommentThe challenges of co-production
Film producer Steven Markovitz on the challenges of co-production, finding the right partners and maintaining independence.
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CommentNigerian producers building distribution networks
Peter Gerard, director of audience development and content operations at Vimeo and inventor of Distrify, explains why.
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CommentThe evolution of 3D
The 3D landscape has changed beyond recognition over the last ten years, writes RealD Europe MD Bob Mayson.
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CommentIncentives aren't everything
Governments need to focus on developing film-making infrastructure alongside fiscal incentives.
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CommentThe importance of Nigerian film Half a Yellow Sun
BAFTA award-winning British film producer Andrea Calderwood (Last King of Scotland) reveals how the release of Nigerian love story Half a Yellow Sun has been postponed in the country.
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CommentIn celebration of African cinema
Nana Ocran, lead researcher on June Givanni’s Pan African Cinema Archive, reflects on the history and heritage of African cinema in the UK, around the African diaspora and on the African continent itself.
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CommentUK needs to serve changing audiences
Lord Puttnam, President of Film Distributors’ Association (FDA) in the UK, looks at the big changes happening in the film value chain.
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CommentAuto enrolment - an issue that cannot be ignored
Auto enrolment into a pension scheme create particular issues for the film industry.