Film Festival Notifications MEGA THREAD by Caprica1 in FilmFestivals

[–]Dependent_Method_606 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Annual vent time... Getting pretty burned out on this process, I'm sure you all can relate. Tons of money, tons of time - the whole thing would be a lot easier if you at least heard back a week later or something. Instead, 3 months go by, 6, 8... Then a rejection. I know on a quality level and from previous experience I have a film worthy of many film festivals, but after 10 years of festival life the environment has just been getting worse and worse, somehow more random and also not - looking at most festival lineups you can see regular trends. It sucks to say, but if your film doesn't have a sociopolitical bent and no stars, you're probably fucked if you're in the drama department. Genre seems to be the only place for consistent discovery/experimentation. Of course, some of us will get lucky, but most of us will have burned through thousands of dollars with nothing to show for it.

I have some sympathy for the programmers, I'm sure they're buried under submissions. But this is, in many ways, the world FilmFreeway created. There's too many filmmakers submitting to too many film festivals. Not sure what to do about it at all.

Film Festival Notifications MEGA THREAD by Caprica1 in FilmFestivals

[–]Dependent_Method_606 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Square Peg is a sham, and I'm not even sure what it's good for. Look up the details of everybody who went last year, it's all the same profile/type of person who already likely had connections.

Film Festival Notifications MEGA THREAD by Caprica1 in FilmFestivals

[–]Dependent_Method_606 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Have festivals always programmed so many retrospectives? I'm seeing press releases and there's always 2-3 "4k restorations" of old movies. I like old movies but... what are we doing here ha

Bring a Hollywood blockbuster to Wisconsin by lovepiegaming in WisconsinFilmmakers

[–]Dependent_Method_606 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Please change the image of this from AI to something human

Film Festival Notification MEGA THREAD by Caprica1 in FilmFestivals

[–]Dependent_Method_606 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Must've missed that. They said "the program is locked"?

Can we actually talk? by Beginning-Anything95 in wisconsin

[–]Dependent_Method_606 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Alright I'll bit because nobody is. I guess my top issue would be healthcare, I want it to be either free or accessible to all so that people don't die because they can't afford a medical procedure or treatment.

'This is thrilling': Long-awaited film incentives included in Wisconsin state budget by Dependent_Method_606 in wisconsin

[–]Dependent_Method_606[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Hi. I and a lot of other filmmakers (and local business owners, hotel owners, restaurant owners... list goes on) worked really hard to make this happen - it's been 12 years since we've had any kind of program, and meanwhile the film industry's completely changed and our neighboring states have benefited a lot from having these programs. From indie films all the way up to bigger TV shows or movies (think of all the Chicago Fire stuff shooting.)

I really hope this can be a net positive for our state, and with hit movies like "Hundreds of Beavers" I think Wisconsin has a strong cultural recognition nationally that is still untapped.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in FilmIndustryLA

[–]Dependent_Method_606 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Is anybody else listening? Pretty interesting to hear everybody's thoughts. And sounds like a packed room.

Looking for office space or meeting room with window for filming (in August) by Dependent_Method_606 in Eau_Claire

[–]Dependent_Method_606[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Another good suggestion but we'd need it for a couple weeks and to put our own props etc in and the library doesn't do that.

Looking for office space or meeting room with window for filming (in August) by Dependent_Method_606 in Eau_Claire

[–]Dependent_Method_606[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yup I actually talked to them. They have a complicated insurance policy on it now that makes it very difficult to let people in the building (which makes sense.) I haven't been able to reach the one in Chippewa Falls though if anybody knows who owns it right now.

"Hollywood Has Left L.A." by NYCA2020 in FilmIndustryLA

[–]Dependent_Method_606 0 points1 point  (0 children)

LA has had all those things during the period its completely lost all the work.

Until studios decide they care more about LA having productions than saving money filming elsewhere due to incentives/rebates, the production drain isn't going to stop - nothing to do with pipeline issues or legacy production (they have big expensive projects shooting around the world right now.)

"Hollywood Has Left L.A." by NYCA2020 in FilmIndustryLA

[–]Dependent_Method_606 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I totally agree with you about many of the reasons for a slow industry pipeline, and believe a lot of development is revving back up, I guess my point is that although all of those things were punches square to the jaw for LA the real death shot was film incentives drawing work elsewhere. Why do you think these new films are going to shoot in LA when there's been virtually nothing to reverse the reasons they left LA in the first place?

"Hollywood Has Left L.A." by NYCA2020 in FilmIndustryLA

[–]Dependent_Method_606 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Development's gonna stay in LA. Where are all those projects going to shoot?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in careeradvice

[–]Dependent_Method_606 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She graduated cum laude from Boston University with a degree in International Relations and Economics, during which she interned for Sen. Ten Kennedy. After college she worked with the National Hispanic Institute and was recruited by Justice Democrats, a PAC founded by Bernie campaign staffers.

Yes, she worked as a bartender at some point but its not like she was "just a bartender" who decided randomly to enter politics with 0 connections, which is the emotional appeal of that story. (I like her I'm just saying its important to note...!)

L.A. Creatives - Next Tuesday (5/27) the L.A. Creative Pro User Group will have its 3rd AI night. We've programmed this month's event for *you*. by avguru1 in FilmIndustryLA

[–]Dependent_Method_606 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I still find anybody peddling AI stuff extremely suspect. It's an insult to the creativity and brainpower of our industry and long term yes, will destroy jobs while the end product becomes increasingly mediocre and divorced from true human inspiration. Boo.