Howdy Filmmaking Artisans!
The crowdfunding talk from our November 6th, 2019, meeting is now online and ready to view. Casey has set up the Pioneer Valley Films YouTube channel to host our videos, of which this is our first entry.
Continue readingTomorrow night (Thurs 8 PM): The author of The Writer’s Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers Chris Vogler is giving a free talk with filmmaker Darren Aronofsky and Esalen Inspirational Film Festival founder Corinne Bourdeau, on the 25th Anniversary of the publishing of his influential book.
Record the debate and have some fun with this amazing event. You can find it here…
https://mythosophia.net/2020/10/02/writers-journey-25th-anniversary-celebration-with-chris-vogler/
Brief Update:We had a wonderful Zoom virtual Pioneer Valley Films meeting on May 22nd and the recording complete with the all-new YouTube chapters feature is on our channel here. You can jump to any part that interests you: either scrub over the timeline or click on a chapter marker in the description.
But you say, “I looked at the informative chapters you spent so much time adding and now I’m sad I missed all your witty banter and insightful discussion on films and filmmaking technique! I so very much wish I had attended!”
Fear not! To allay your remorse and/or poor planning, our next Zoom meeting is set for this coming Thursday (June 11th) at Noon. Bring some finger food, a nosh, or just your late-morning caffeine to another Pioneer Valley Films online meeting. It’s free form, nothing to do but show up and let us know what’s happening in your world. Imagine the look in your grandchildren’s eyes when you tell them how you attended a virtual meeting, back before neocortical implants made us all part of The Borg!
So, if Resistance is Futile then we’ll see you Thursday at noon!
Here’s a film and a behind-the-scenes (BTS) piece. I started with the BTS because I like the camera guru, Jordan Drake, who does a lot of gear review videos for DP Review. Also, it’s what popped up in my “Imaging” news feed. I’ll be watching the film, itself, later this morning.
The movie is A Walk Down To The Water. You can watch it on YouTube…
https://filmshortage.com/dailyshortpicks/a-walk-down-to-water/
…and the BTS is a conversation between Jordan and the films director, Levi Holwell…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=837&v=rjmVZsJ-EKE&feature=emb_logo
Though you might be interested.
We had Mike, Casey, Luis, Brian, Jonathon, and myself (Rowan) for a one-hour gathering. Next Zoom meeting will be on Friday, May 22nd at 2 PM (that’s a week from this Friday, in case you’ve lost track of time).
Continue readingThere may be something here you’d be interested in seeing via Zoom…
Hello Filmmakers…We are still in our slow, “it’s still too cold to do anything” period, so not much has happened. I expect we’ll have our next meeting in April to re-connect and plan for upcoming events.
The filming of Sound Staged will more likely happen in June or July since situations have altered getting locations and resources planned for the original April timeframe. Fear not! We will still make a film! Related to that: I’ve put Sound Staged on IMDb in the development stage. (Being on IMDb is significant…we can add people and photos as the project develops.)
Continue readingHowdy!
We just wrapped on our final meeting of the year where we regaled one another with stories of films we liked, places we love, projects to work on, and stars to be born.
Ed showed us some short films he’d worked on and even co-starred in using his wondrous viewing devices (see photo to be amazed).
Mike talked about differences between French and American cultures, what he loves about each, and how much he loved watching Midnight in Paris and Casablanca.
Continue readingHowdy Folks!
Our two most-recent meetings (November 6th and 16th) helped focus us better.
About our 13th meeting on crowdfunding:
The crowdfunding talk by Peggy Twardowski (meeting 13 on November 6th) was incredible and provided a lot of insight into what it takes to make a campaign work. Mike and Rowan have edited the video of that, which will be up shortly to view (it will be announced). The meeting lasted over an hour with many examples of campaigns, all specific to Western Massachusetts independent filmmaking.
Continue readingOur next meeting is happening on Wednesday, November 6th at 9 pm in Northampton. Our special guest speaker is Peggy Twardowski, an expert in crowdfunding. She will explain the ins and outs of how filmmakers (that’s us!) can get the maximum play for our campaign. This talk is an exceptional opportunity to learn from a real expert with first-hand experience how to create and run a crowdfunding campaign in today’s over-saturated world. RSVP using our contact page (seating is very limited).
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