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Film Festivals Can Be Very Kind To Independent Filmmakers

If you are one of those people who went to film school and still cannot understand why they did not teach you how to get a job in the film industry, then I suggest that you stop complaining, gather up all the creative, hard working film production people you know, make yourself an independent film and enter it in some film festivals. If you win an award at a prominent film festival your life may change very dramatically for the better. Even a small award at a small film festival will more than likely set you on the path to having a career in the film industry.

Most people attend film schools with big dreams of working in the Hollywood film industry and possibly even making a name for themselves. They have visions of red carpet interviews, Academy Awards acceptance speeches and stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. However, most of them will never see those dreams come to fruition and they will face endless frustration and disappointment instead.

After graduating from film school most people are expected to break into a business that is considered to be one of the most difficult in the world to find employment, unless you have connections, of course. For the ones without connections, it can be very frustrating. Unfortunately for them, the Hollywood film industry is run by a tight knit community that practices nepotism and rarely opens the door to newcomers.

If you want to break into Hollywood but your last name is not Barrymore, Begley, Cyrus or Sheen and the only connection you have is a cousin who manages your local movie theater, then your best chance of success is to make an independent film and enter it in film festivals. If you place in the top three of any category you enter you will usually be asked to send a film print of your movie so it can be screened to audiences that attend these events.

Film festival audiences are a combination of film critics, media reporters, film distribution representatives, film fans, celebrities and local residents. These are the people that can create a buzz about a movie after they see it. When a buzz is created about a movie at a film festival it usually starts in the theater lobbies and then works its way out into the media where it can take on a life of its own. If this happens to any independent film it is destined to succeed, and the independent filmmaker who made the film springboards into a career in the film industry. Just ask Robert Rodriguez or Quentin Tarantino about the value of film festivals and they will tell you.

Winning a top award at any film contest is a good thing for anyone who makes movies. With an award comes publicity, and publicity is the life blood for filmmakers and their careers.

Film distribution companies send people to film festivals to purchase products and they always follow the publicity to find their products. Many of the purchases they make are small movies made by people with very small budgets. An independent filmmaker can make a good profit from one of these distribution deals and make themselves bankable at the same time. If they can sell their movie to a distribution company, there is a good chance that they will be able to make more films with bigger budgets using money from investors, instead of their own hard earned money.

It is very important that you choose the right film festivals to enter your movie if you want to increase your chances of winning an award. Of course it would be nice to win a major award at an event like the Cannes Film Festival, The Toronto International Film Festival or the Sundance Film Festival. But you have to be realistic and set your sites on a contest that is friendly to small independent filmmakers and their independent films. Worldfest Houston International Film Festival and the Austin Film Festival are two examples of the type of film festivals that are friendly to this type of people who work with small budgets and big ideas. There are hundreds more contests out there and they come in all shapes and sizes.

The Cannes Film Festival, The Toronto International Film Festival and the Sundance Film Festival are the biggest and most publicized movie contests in the world. Unfortunately, they are also the most difficult ones for small independent films to be accepted into because of the high standards and politics that they employ.

Most of the films that win awards and get screened at the Big Three film festivals are made by independent film production divisions of the Big Six film studios like Warner Bros and Disney. By definition they are still considered to be independent films if no more than 50 percent of the funding comes from a major studio. But that fifty percent is usually millions of dollars, and this puts the production value in a whole different league than the movies that are made by small time independent filmmakers with miniscule budgets. Also, most of these big budget festival films have big Hollywood stars attached to them which makes them irresistible to the contest judges and management.

The Big Three film festivals have been invaded by the Big Six film production studios with big budget movies masquerading as independent films. This makes it very hard for a film that was shot with a digital camera on a shoestring budget to compete at Cannes, Toronto and Sundance. These kinds of films have a much better chance of winning an award at a film festival like Worldfest Houston or the Austin Film Festival because they are more interested in showcasing film talent than they are catering to the Hollywood film industry. Choose your film festivals wisely and you will increase your chances of winning an award and securing a distribution deal.

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Michael P. Connelly is an Author, Artist and award-winning Filmmaker who writes on a variety of topics that effect people in their every day lives.

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Professional Photography: Why Are Digital Processing Fees Are So Excessive?

You've instructed the photographer, visited the shoot, seen the results on their notebook and are now looking forward to receiving your disk full of amazing new imagery.  The DVD arrives and as expected the photos are stunning, more than you could have asked for,  yet there seems to be a mistake with the invoice, what's this digital processing fee all about?

From experience many customers either simply don't recognize the costs associated in shooting digitally or they appear uneager to pay for something that they feel should be free due to the 'virtual' nature of digital files.  Indeed there are no pricey Polaroids, film, wet processing, printing and courier charges with digital capture.

In the past working out the costs of a shoot merely involved adding up the price of the film used, the 'wet' developing costs and the presentation of the final prints or transparencies, whether conducted by the photo-lab or by myself.  Add on a few percent for the time in handling the whole procedure and the costs involved with the shoot was a simple figure to arrive at.  I hardly ever got involved with scanning and retouching, that was a separate task and an extra cost for the customer which was commonly done by a designer or post-production agency, but on the scarce occasions I did, scanning fees would be extra to these costs also.  Now things are notably different.

I don't now shoot film and yes the  merits both to myself and the client in shooting digitally are massive.  I feel that the most sizeable pros are the new degree of creative control the professional photographer and customer has over the final images plus the time saved by the whole digital process.  But there are now numerous less apparent and hidden costs involved in getting to this final image file:

Digital Camera Equipment.  Just to be able to capture digital files the photographer must now continually invest in extremely costly digital cameras, far more expensive than their film counterparts.  Film cameras are comparably simple mechanical devices that would last a careful photographer for many years whereas digital cameras are full of technology that soon becomes obselete so therefore need constant upgrading.  Digital cameras also seem to break more often, let alone the regular sensor cleaning required!

RAW file processing and retouching.  Professional digital capture often generates a RAW image file, a kind of negative that unlike jpeg files will need fine tuning to get the correct level of exposure, colour correction and sharpening.  These RAW files can best be compared to a traditional film based negative that needs to be lab processed, printed, scanned and finally retouched to the clients prerequisites.  But rather than dodging or burning with an enlarger the photographer must now do this key retouching work in image manipulation software like Adobe Photoshop.  Last these comprehensively edited and retouched files will either be printed by a calibrated desktop printer, transferred to the client via some sort of digital media or sent via email/ftp.  High end computer hardware doesn't come cheap, or the image manipulation software that photographers must learn to efficiently use.  Such high-priced items also have the nasty habit of devaluing very speedily too, plus extensive training is often needed to enable the photographer to use skillfully.

Time.  These 'unseen' duties and skills all require the professional photographer to spend appreciable time in processing the perfect shot before the files are handed over to the client.  The client may well receive the completed work sooner than with traditional film based media but in many ways the work load and skill set of the photographer has actually increased.  Separate scanning and retouching costs could be a thing of the past for customers but the photographer still needs compensating for his, now significant, part in this digital production process.

Overall, photographers digital processing fees simply reflect the ongoing capitol investments in appropriate professional equipment, skills essential to undertake such tasks and the labour time incurred in delivering the customer with finished digitally captured, edited and presented image files.

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Andy Nickerson is an expert Photographer in Northampton with over 14 years experience in working for design and advertising professionals.  Andy also creates bespoke art in Northampton through his new company Space Candy.

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Is there a reason that you are not in professional photos? Not anymore. We are in the digital age - and for photographers (by the way, that's you), this is good news! You do not need a lab full of darkness and chemicals to set up a darkroom - digital, you can control every step of your photography - From the recording, the store on your computer in order for the processing and printing your images - all from your desk (or kitchen table if you so wish).

You can do it all! Rather than be amazed at what you can do the professionals - be amazed at what you can do! Digital Photography for you doing what used to Was reserved for professionals:
Red Eye Removal
Remove Shadow
undesirable plants Objects
Crop for close-ups
Clone out unwanted
Change an image into black and white or sepia
Setting the background
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And this is just the beginning.
You can leave a tummy tuck, and never the house
You can melt years with a clickety on
You can Wave Goodbye to wrinkles

Of course there is much more you can do when editing your images, but you get the point.
Another beauty digital photography is the possibility of your People or events and see them shoot on the spot! This can either be done through the viewfinder of your digital camera or by downloading to your computer. When you shoot special events in your life is a real plus. Getting developed rolls of film back from a meeting or vacation is heartbreaking if something went wrong (and even someone who their eyes closed, if it is during a wedding, portrait, "") something wrong.

Practice makes perfect! If you do ever think you can better understand why digital photography, you can learn to do great photography. Watch someone taking photographs with a medium-format camera. At $ $ Per pop realize how careful they are, what they shoot, and how often. With digital you have no such restrictions. You can 300 images of sunsets, Waterfalls, wildlife, wedding photos or your grandchildren to shoot, and there is no pain in the wallet.

This means do not go out and shotgun blast everything you see. Have you still want to keep in mind the need, a reason (theme) for taking a photography - think about how the attention to focus on them, removing what distracts from your theme, and adding whatever attracts or highlights your theme, make it a great photo. If However Subscribe to "practice makes perfect" I hope you agree with the Guide "repetition for emphasis."
When you learn something in the field of photography, digital allows you to put it into use immediately and without limit.

Digital cameras are still affordable for the average Amateur photographer. You can have a quality point and shoot digital camera or a pro-sumer DSLR and do not require a home loan.
Yes, digital photography is not only the trend of the future - it is a wonderful opportunity for you to enjoy of the great hobbies and - for some - a very rewarding career!

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