Lights Film School students get a 20% discount at the Independent Filmmaker Conference this year! IFP FILMMAKER CONFERENCE September 19 – 23, 2010 – NYC Taking place during the 32nd annual Independent Film Week, IFP’s five-day Filmmaker Conference: The Future of Film, is the must-attend event that welcomes the independent film community to participate in [...]
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Crowdfunding Your Film
Recently Lights Film School was lucky enough to discuss the relatively new film funding phenomenon known as “crowdfunding” with the co-founder of RocketHub. RocketHub allows filmmakers and other creatives to finance their films without having to hand over ownership to anyone. Our interview with RocketHUb co-founder Brian Meece, as well as a short video introduction, [...]
Independent Film Financing and Distribution: Director Interview Part 1
Lights Film School was lucky enough to have a exclusive and candid interview with the director Tom Whelan about his most recent feature film “The Art of Travel”. Tom speaks with us openly about how he got this film made for roughly $300,000. This is Tom’s third feature film so he understands the ins and [...]
Independent Film Distribution Tips: Part 2
5. Was getting financing for your film easier or more difficult than you thought? For some reason raising the budget on “The Art of Travel” was easier than anyone could imagine. It really helped to have the other two Features under our belt and that we had already done the location scouting to show possible [...]
