What is Test Screening and should I do it?

As the film & television industry moves from it’s relationship and gut driven business decision to a more metrics driven industry the onus is falling on the producer to prove the numbers behind their claims. Test screenings are a great way to both show…

Music Licensing for Filmmakers

As a filmmaker it is your responsibility to clear music rights. You cannot expect a distributor or film festival to do it for you and if you are a new filmmaker it is highly likely you will have to do it yourself.

5 steps to get your film ready for uploads (Indee, Vimeo, YouTube).

Well your film is ready. After years of sweat, elbow grease and caffeine you want to show it off to a select few.

How our startup took on Amazon… and won

An Amazon company tried to kill our startup by individually targeting all of our common clients and threatening them with a TOS violation if they used us. Here’s our story of how we screamed bloody murder and got 12,000 other filmmakers join in, eventually…

How to get a celebrity, actor or director to attend your film festival

Sending my video to Kickstarter/Indiegogo backers

One of the crucial aspects of the crowdfunding on sites like Indiegogo and Kickstarter, are the rewards you offer your backers. For film and video projects, very frequently this includes a way to view videos of your project, both early…

Distributing Your Short Film

Short Films have now started getting a cult fan following. For some filmmakers, shorts are a hobby and the process of making and releasing them is its own reward. However, many aspiring feature filmmakers also make shorts as a “calling card” to get exposure in Hollywood, hoping…

Free stock footage for filmmakers

Royalty free stock footage is hard to find but we have compiled a list of some of the better sites that are offering a selection of video clips that are available for download and use in personal and commercial projects. You can often download it in NTSC and PAL formats…