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When we started Filmmaker in 1992, DIY moviemaking meant scoring
recans, enrolling in a community college to get student discounts and
free equipment, and buying an old flatbed editing table and sticking
it in your kitchen. And unless you lucked out and nabbed a
distribution deal from one of the new indie companies, marketing that
film meant piling the reels in your backseat and driving from festival
to festival to get people to see it.
Today, as Filmmaker joins MySpace in its new MySpace Film page, the
challenges that limited moviemaking to only the most masochistic have
disappeared. Digital video has transformed both shooting and editing.
Bloggers are spreading the word about films critics are ignoring.
Video podcasting is creating a new, accessible and very personal style
of filmmaking. And online communities like MySpace are connecting
filmmakers who want to inspire each other and film viewers simply
looking for something good to watch.
As we build out our profile on MySpace, we'll also be doing here what
we've done in the magazine: throwing a spotlight on some great movies
and getting their directors to share with you the process of their
productions. We'll be coming up with weekly picks of stuff you should
know about, and we'll be offering a lot of advice on how to make
movies. And we'll look forward to meeting filmmakers here, learning
about your films, and hopefully helping by spreading the word.
Scott Macaulay
Editor
Who I'd like to meet: Directors, Screenwriters, Producers, Editors, Cinematographers, Actors, Art Directors, Film Fanatics, Musicians, LMs, ADs, PMs, Costume Designers, Agents, Managers, Execs, Documentarians, Effects people, Stuntpeople, Clapper loaders, Grips, Gaffers, Props, Set Designers, PAs, Choreographers, Casting, Publicity, Animators, Distributors, Game Pros, Wannabes, Make-up Artists, Digital Artists, EFX dudes, Best Boys, Still Photographers, YOU!
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This is one of our films that is now on Snag today. You can watch for free.
Every year screenwriters finish tens of thousands of scripts, but only a few hundred are made into movies.. DREAMS ON SPEC takes an intimate look at how far people will go - and how much they will sacrifice - for the chance to pursue their dreams. This feature-length documentary delves into the lives of three aspiring Hollywood screenwriters as they pour their hearts into their spec scripts, pitch their ideas to anyone who will listen, go to meetings, hold table reads, and work at low-level day-jobs in the hopes of one day seeing one of their beloved creations made into a movie.
I would very much recommend that you go and see this one for so many reasons; but especially if you are anti-illuminati. If you are anti-illuminati or have researched on some of the alternative histories of the world, this movie will bring tears to your eyes. You will see symbolism everywhere…
I would also say that even if you know nothing of those things and do not wish to know (which by the way will not save you) the story in this film is far superior to that of the original. It fact it bares little resemblance to the original Hammer horror flick which is a hell of a good thing.
I only ended up seeing this film because it fitted into my schedule better than something else that I was more inclined to see. I had seen the trailer and thought that it was simply more multiplex fodder. I expected it to be all specially effects and no plot; boy was I wrong. In a sense they only have themselves to blame by cutting a trailer that was such a poor selling tool.
The acting is superb with the exception of the lead. Steven Strait is the only thing that lets this film down. It seems that we have another Michael Pitt on out hands; in short an actor who believes that the same facial expression will cover every emotion. British audiences will see some familiar faces such as Mona Hammond. It is also good to see Māori actor Cliff Curtis, who is always an excellent watch.
Critics worldwide have given this film bad reviews but I don’t intend to be one of them.
