Categories
Truly Free Film

A2E 1.0 Wrap Up: The Road To Sustainable Truly Free Film Culture

1 down, 99 to go.  I look forward to the day when the need for A2E is no longer.  But that sure ain’t now.  We need to launch new iterations in new locations with new participants.  We need to build on what has started.  We need to put the entrepreneurial knowledge into the filmmakers’ tool kit.  We need to make filmmakers as savvy with the platforms as they are with the creative aspects.  If we want a sustainable, diverse, and ambitious filmmaking culture, we need to make sure that the creators and their supporters are the direct financial beneficiaries of the work they generate.

Here’s the initial wrap of round one.  Much more to come:

Categories
Truly Free Film

Truly Free Film In Academia: JUNO – an open case study live! TODAY!!

By Adam Collis

Today, Saturday, January 26th, Arizona State University will be hosting an all day inter-collegiate video conference with members of the Juno team, including director Jason Reitman, screenwriter Diablo Cody, editor Dana Glauberman, cinematographer Eric Steelberg, title designer Gareth Smith, financier-producer Nathan Kahane, producer Mason Novick and Fox Searchlight President of Production Claudia Lewis.  Participating in this Interactive Open Learning Experience/Experiment are students from ASU, UCLA, Duke, University of Montana, Quinnipiac University and Yale.  Film students and film lovers can also watch online.  The event is called Anatomy of a Feature Film: JUNO and all the details are at http://www.facebook.com/AnatomyofaFeatureFilm
 
I’d love for you to watch the event.  But I’m writing today to share the story of how all of this came together and why sharing film events like this one is important.