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Gizelle Lue
- Jan 1, 2020
- 2 min
It's a New Year
Here's all the well wishes and positive vibes for 2020 cuz #itsouryear After another hiatus (I love doing these!) of me just working on...
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Gizelle Lue
- Jun 19, 2019
- 2 min
A Festival Said "No" To Your Film, Now What?
You've submitted to your first festival choice and they decided to go with another film. It hurts, but some festivals submissions later,...
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Gizelle Lue
- Apr 10, 2019
- 2 min
Canadian Black Culture: Where is it Now?
Did we even have such a thing? I remember caribana as a kid watching everyone with these big ass colourful elaborate metal contraptions...
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Gizelle Lue
- Feb 11, 2019
- 1 min
A Scripts Journey: Breaking it Down
The final draft is now completed and you are about to work on the shooting script. What is a shooting script you ask? A shooting script...
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Gizelle Lue
- Jan 14, 2019
- 2 min
What in the World is Festival Strategy? Like For Real!
As the first post of the year after many conversations with friends and other filmmakers, one thing became clear with the passing of...
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Gizelle Lue
- Dec 24, 2018
- 2 min
Half way through draft #7
As the last post of the year, and after a much needed hiatus I've decided to make this about all the drafts associated with scriptwriting....
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Gizelle Lue
- Sep 27, 2018
- 1 min
What Exactly is Festival Strategy?
Whenever the words "Festival Strategy" comes up in a conversation with a filmmaker, the first thought is what I do is work with TIFF or...
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Gizelle Lue
- Aug 7, 2018
- 1 min
FS #31
Festivals That Don't Have FILM FESTIVAL In The Name. When looking for film festivals, don't pass on those that don't have "Film Festival"...
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Gizelle Lue
- Apr 30, 2018
- 1 min
FS #20
Being Part Of The Official Selection and Why It's Important A great moment in a filmmakers career is being apart of a film festival, it...
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Gizelle Lue
- Mar 29, 2018
- 2 min
FS #19
Materials Needed for a Festival When it comes to what to send to a film festival, you can pretty much find the information right on the...
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Gizelle Lue
- Feb 21, 2018
- 1 min
What is a "TV Bible"?
I was recently in a discussion about TV series and their pilot episodes when the topic of a "Bible" came up. There seems to be a lot of...
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Gizelle Lue
- Jan 20, 2018
- 1 min
SR #-54
This isn't really related to script reading; however, it's something I'm asked all the time. What To Do With A Polished Completed Script!...
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Gizelle Lue
- Dec 18, 2017
- 1 min
FS #15
Post-Festival Follow-Up It's the end of the festival and regardless of having a film screen or not, you still need to do some follow-up....
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Gizelle Lue
- Nov 14, 2017
- 1 min
SR #56
What Is Script Reading? Script reading is something that everyone needs to be on board with, if big Hollywood producers can't survive...
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Gizelle Lue
- Oct 1, 2017
- 1 min
FS #8
Do You Know What You Want Out Of Your Film? There are many filmmakers who believe they have the next big blockbuster hit. They haven't...
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Gizelle Lue
- Sep 13, 2017
- 1 min
FS #2
What is an Organized Festival Submissions Spreadsheet? At this point you should have a list of all the festivals you want to submit to...
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Gizelle Lue
- Aug 14, 2017
- 1 min
FS #23
So you're at an industry party, it's full of industry people and you happen to stumble across a festival programmer. You hit it off and...
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Gizelle Lue
- Jul 13, 2017
- 1 min
FS #1
Remember that guy who shot his entire (if not most) feature film on an iPhone and was able to sell it to Netflix for a bunch of thousands...
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Gizelle Lue
- Jun 12, 2017
- 1 min
FS #11
Who Is Attending The Festival "How am I supposed to know who's attending?" said person who doesn't realize that filmmaking is a business...
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