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FILMMAKING OUTSIDE THE BOX: HOW TWO FILMMAKERS MADE A DIGITAL FEATURE FOR $300

By | January 2001

NODANCE 2001 FEATURE FILM! Get the inside scoop on how two filmmakers, James Portolese and Rene Besson, made a digital feature for $300 and then sold their movie to the Independent Film Channel…

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FILMMAKING OUTSIDE THE BOX: HOW TWO FILMMAKERS MADE A DIGITAL FEATURE FOR $300

[ How did you two meet and what are your respective backgrounds? ] ^ [ James Portolese: ] We met in April of 1998 when I was directing my first feature...

TODD VEROW: ONCE AND FUTURE KING OF DV (part 2)

So, what's the thing you're working on right now, what are you editing? ^ It's called "Takeaway." I was living in Berlin for six months on an artists in...

TODD VEROW: ONCE AND FUTURE KING OF DV (part 3)

Did you do anything different to make it a horror movie, anything more effecty, more producing? ^ Um, it was interesting cause the entire thing was...

TODD VEROW: ONCE AND FUTURE KING OF DV (part 4)

Has there been a big change in you over this time. I notice the consistency in your mode is the big theme, but in this new one you've got more of a...

TODD VEROW: ONCE AND FUTURE KING OF DV (part 5)

Do you see a curve or a trajectory of this DV revolution and where it ends? When you'd be satisfied, whether or not it's actually gonna happen, can you...

GILMORE AND GORE: THE ONGOING CONVERSATION

Geoff Gilmore came to Sundance in 1989 and has been instrumental in the festival's emergence as the number one market for independent films in the United...

WILLIAM GAZECKI UNDER FIRE (part 2)

What led you to make a film about WACO? ^ A typical fluke. Somebody showed up on my doorstep with demo in hand and pitched me on whether I'd want to do...

WILLIAM GAZECKI UNDER FIRE (part 3)

Now that the film has been released, has anything changed with regard to the ATF or the media in terms of how they view this event? ^ I think a lot has...

WILLIAM GAZECKI UNDER FIRE (part 4)

What was the budget and how long did it take you to make it? ^ The budget was about $450,000 and it took a year and a half to make. How did you raise...

GUS VAN SANT: LAST WORDS ON "LAST DAYS"

Last Days is filmmaker Gus Van Sant’s reflection on the psychological chaos that devours a brilliant but troubled musician in the final hours of his...

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