Short Films: part 9 – More Do’s & Don’ts from the festival front-line

Patrick Nash looks at more do’s and don’ts when applying to short film festivals.

Transmedia and the future of storytelling

Transmedia is one of the current buzzwords in the film, television and online world. What it is is really simple: it is storytelling that takes place across diverse media. How you do it is not as simple. Anita Ondine is at the cutting edge of transmedia. She explains exactly what is involved.

Point of the Week

Options are needed when the script (or book) already exists. If you are commissioned to write a document – treatment, outline or script – that does not exist, there is nothing to option. You can't option an idea unless it is on paper, i.e. in some 'material' form. Read more...

TwelvePoint Video - Marketing yourself - Part 3

Kate D Adamson of Stark Moore Macmillan continues to lift the lid on the things that the marketing industry does not want you to know about. She explains the vital importance for web marketing of having a tight focus on your core activities and why this can make a huge difference to the effectiveness of your outreach. She punctures the myth of the level playing field and explains how to gain the maximum effect from a limited budgets of time and money.