Tovoice

As the first post of the year after many conversations with friends and other filmmakers, one thing became clear with the passing of 2018. No one knows what it is that I do, save for the ones in the industry who work in sales, distribution and marketing that is. What I do is non existent in the grassroots filmmaking world, and a dying art in the indie world. If it isn't attached to a sales/distribution or big time production company no one cares. The point to festivals is to

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 mystery around this topic. Information is devoted to every character within a TV series, a detailed description of the world and what the series is about. It contains the backstory to all characters involved and everything that happens to them after each episode. This is then shared among all writers attached to the show, especially new wr

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. Were you looking for crew and maybe cast members? If your film was screening, did you meet any other programmers and/or sales agent/distributors? Is your script shoot ready and looking for financiers or assistance with funding? By this time, you have collected business cards and made new industry friends. Depending on where your new contac