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August 18, 2011
Teens Tackle Production at SFFS Young Filmmakers Camp
Kim Nunley
Aug 12, 2011The second year of the Film Society's movie-making summer camp puts youth on location.
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Teens Tackle Production at SFFS Young Filmmakers Camp
Kim Nunley
Aug 12, 2011The second year of the Film Society's movie-making summer camp puts youth on location.
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Teens Tackle Production at SFFS Young Filmmakers Camp
Kim Nunley
Aug 12, 2011The second year of the Film Society's movie-making summer camp puts youth on location.
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Avoiding Turbulence Leads to Plot Trouble
Lisa Rosenberg
Jul 19, 2011Note to screenwriters: Don’t defeat the promise of your story by pulling your punches.
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July 21, 2011
Avoiding Turbulence Leads to Plot Trouble
Lisa Rosenberg
Jul 19, 2011Note to screenwriters: Don’t defeat the promise of your story by pulling your punches.
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Screenwriting
Avoiding Turbulence Leads to Plot Trouble
Lisa Rosenberg
Jul 19, 2011Note to screenwriters: Don’t defeat the promise of your story by pulling your punches.
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April 14, 2011
The Art of the Steal
George Rush
Apr 12, 2011Whether in the foreground or background of your narrative feature, pieces of art require copyright consideration.
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The Art of the Steal
George Rush
Apr 12, 2011Whether in the foreground or background of your narrative feature, pieces of art require copyright consideration.
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Legal
The Art of the Steal
George Rush
Apr 12, 2011Whether in the foreground or background of your narrative feature, pieces of art require copyright consideration.
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April 7, 2011
Uncomplicating the Casting Process
Kim Nunley
Apr 5, 2011Hester Schell’s ‘Casting Revealed’ helps filmmakers hire quality actors.
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First Person
Uncomplicating the Casting Process
Kim Nunley
Apr 5, 2011Hester Schell’s ‘Casting Revealed’ helps filmmakers hire quality actors.
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Uncomplicating the Casting Process
Kim Nunley
Apr 5, 2011Hester Schell’s ‘Casting Revealed’ helps filmmakers hire quality actors.
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What you Need to Know to License Music for Film
George Rush
Mar 8, 2011Breaking down the common licensing terms.
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Legal
What you Need to Know to License Music for Film
George Rush
Mar 8, 2011Breaking down the common licensing terms.
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March 10, 2011
What you Need to Know to License Music for Film
George Rush
Mar 8, 2011Breaking down the common licensing terms.
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February 17, 2011
Stone Tour Cultivates the City
Susan Gerhard
Feb 14, 2011Film professor and farmer Melinda Stone tours San Francisco community centers with film and food for thought.
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Stone Tour Cultivates the City
Susan Gerhard
Feb 14, 2011Film professor and farmer Melinda Stone tours San Francisco community centers with film and food for thought.
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Stone Tour Cultivates the City
Susan Gerhard
Feb 14, 2011Film professor and farmer Melinda Stone tours San Francisco community centers with film and food for thought.
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Nanstad Tracks Down 'Sisters' Act
Michael Fox
Jan 12, 2011Rachel Nanstad finds a unique American story in the Reed Sisters' musical act.
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Nanstad Tracks Down 'Sisters' Act
Michael Fox
Jan 12, 2011Rachel Nanstad finds a unique American story in the Reed Sisters' musical act.
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January 13, 2011
Nanstad Tracks Down 'Sisters' Act
Michael Fox
Jan 12, 2011Rachel Nanstad finds a unique American story in the Reed Sisters' musical act.
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How to Fix Your Documentary's Structural Problems, Part One
Karen Everett
Jan 4, 2011Rough-cut screenings can help you identify problems areas of your film—if you know how to listen.
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January 6, 2010
How to Fix Your Documentary's Structural Problems, Part One
Karen Everett
Jan 4, 2011Rough-cut screenings can help you identify problems areas of your film—if you know how to listen.
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Story Structure
How to Fix Your Documentary's Structural Problems, Part One
Karen Everett
Jan 4, 2011Rough-cut screenings can help you identify problems areas of your film—if you know how to listen.
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December 23, 2010
Film 2010: We’re Not Here to Make Friends
Hannah Eaves
Dec 21, 2010'The Social Network' debate offered a moral for all of us: If you don't like this digital revolution, build one of your own.
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December 28, 2010
Film 2010: We’re Not Here to Make Friends
Hannah Eaves
Dec 21, 2010'The Social Network' debate offered a moral for all of us: If you don't like this digital revolution, build one of your own.
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Digital
Film 2010: We’re Not Here to Make Friends
Hannah Eaves
Dec 21, 2010'The Social Network' debate offered a moral for all of us: If you don't like this digital revolution, build one of your own.
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Film 2010: We’re Not Here to Make Friends
Hannah Eaves
Dec 21, 2010'The Social Network' debate offered a moral for all of us: If you don't like this digital revolution, build one of your own.
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Copyright Crosses Borders
George Rush
Nov 16, 2010Laws and treaties protect artists' rights overseas and make the permissions-gathering process all the more important for filmmakers.
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Legal
Copyright Crosses Borders
George Rush
Nov 16, 2010Laws and treaties protect artists' rights overseas and make the permissions-gathering process all the more important for filmmakers.
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November 18, 2010
Copyright Crosses Borders
George Rush
Nov 16, 2010Laws and treaties protect artists' rights overseas and make the permissions-gathering process all the more important for filmmakers.
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Essential SF: Gail Silva
Michael Fox
Nov 3, 2010Former Film Arts Foundation head Gail Silva continues to catalyze the film community. It would be a simple matter to collect testimonies to Gail Silva’s extraordinary impact and influence on the Bay Area film community—and beyond—from the countless artists and novices she has counseled, coached, prodded and pushed in the last 30-plus years and counting. But an extensive public appreciation already exists, you see, in the hundreds and hundreds of films, long and short, that prominently acknowledged her contribution in the end credits. The longtime executive director of Film Arts Foundation (of blessed memory) and creative and strategic consultant for a host of individual clients, Silva is deservedly included in the inaugural class of Essential SF honorees.
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November 3 2010
Essential SF: Gail Silva
Michael Fox
Nov 3, 2010Former Film Arts Foundation head Gail Silva continues to catalyze the film community. It would be a simple matter to collect testimonies to Gail Silva’s extraordinary impact and influence on the Bay Area film community—and beyond—from the countless artists and novices she has counseled, coached, prodded and pushed in the last 30-plus years and counting. But an extensive public appreciation already exists, you see, in the hundreds and hundreds of films, long and short, that prominently acknowledged her contribution in the end credits. The longtime executive director of Film Arts Foundation (of blessed memory) and creative and strategic consultant for a host of individual clients, Silva is deservedly included in the inaugural class of Essential SF honorees.
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Ed Burns Looks to Future by Getting Back to Basics
Andrew Provost
Oct 31, 2010Ed Burns offers ideas about art and marketing as he releases his new film, 'Nice Guy Johnny,' into the world.
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November 4, 2010
Ed Burns Looks to Future by Getting Back to Basics
Andrew Provost
Oct 31, 2010Ed Burns offers ideas about art and marketing as he releases his new film, 'Nice Guy Johnny,' into the world.
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Q & A
Ed Burns Looks to Future by Getting Back to Basics
Andrew Provost
Oct 31, 2010Ed Burns offers ideas about art and marketing as he releases his new film, 'Nice Guy Johnny,' into the world.
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First Person
Pitchers Craft Hits at SFFS Film Arts Forum
Gianmaria Franchini
Oct 19, 2010At SFFS Film Arts Forum, experts offered live advice on how to pitch a film.
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Pitchers Craft Hits at SFFS Film Arts Forum
Gianmaria Franchini
Oct 19, 2010At SFFS Film Arts Forum, experts offered live advice on how to pitch a film.
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October 21, 2010
Pitchers Craft Hits at SFFS Film Arts Forum
Gianmaria Franchini
Oct 19, 2010At SFFS Film Arts Forum, experts offered live advice on how to pitch a film.
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Story Structure
The Empathetic Storyteller
Karen Everett
Apr 6, 2010Beware of Save the Day My Way Syndrome. Now, learn from your mistakes.
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Reviews
Streetfilms' Two-Wheeled Revolution
Adam Hartzell
Mar 31, 2010Pedestrians have always propelled cinema narratives, but the bicycle has rarely had a starring role.
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Reviews
Green by Design: Purebred Productions
Michael Behrens
Mar 28, 2010San Francisco has a variety of excellent soundstages, but one is trying to save the earth.
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Festivals
Cinequest at 20
Dennis Harvey
Feb 21, 2010Wasn't it just yesterday that Cinequest was the scrappy upstart amongst Bay Area festivals? Apparently not: San Jose's annual cinematic blowout is entering its third decade.
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Reviews
New Social Issue Dramas from Rainin Grant-Winners
Michael Fox
Nov 24, 2009The scoop on the projects of the inaugural class for the SFFS/Kenneth Rainin Foundation Filmmaking Grants, which support lively, intelligent social-issue narrative films.
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Documentary
The Upside of Downtime
Fernanda Rossi
Nov 24, 2009Ask the Documentary Doctor: The Doc examines patience in filmmaking.
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Funding
How to Entice and Reward Potential Donors
Holly Million
Nov 10, 2009Here are a few ways to both entice and reward your donors, as well as some tips for thanking them when all's said and done.
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Documentary
Structuring Your Doc With Your Voice - and Vision
Fernanda Rossi
Oct 27, 2009Ask the Documentary Doctor: I'm told the way to structure my doc is by adding narration. Others say voice-over will ruin the film.
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Screenwriting
The Importance of Supporting Characters
Lisa Rosenberg
Oct 13, 2009Beyond Words: The people who back up the main character are often key sources of revelation, unmasking aspects of personality, motivation and backstory.
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Funding
Writing a Kick-Ass Funding Proposal
Holly Million
Sep 14, 2009Fear-Free Fundraising: Notes on assembling the basic ingredients for a great foundation funding proposal.
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Legal
Fine points on Festivals
George Rush
Aug 17, 2009Avoiding Disaster: Festivals are a good way to have your film discovered by distributors, to build buzz and to build an audience—if you're well prepared.
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Story Structure
Story Structures that Funders Love
Karen Everett
Jun 29, 2009The Edit Room: I decided to set my New Doc Editing research team on a mission to find out what structural models are getting funded these days.
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Story Structure
Crafting an Elegant Essay Documentary
Karen Everett
May 4, 2009The Edit Room: How do you keep your audience engaged rather than putting them to sleep?
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Digital
Augmented Reality at SXSWi
Hannah Eaves
Apr 14, 2009The 6th Screen: Hannah Eaves recommends Twitter, Meebo, Facebook, Ning and eNewsletters as film promotion tools.
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Reviews
"Fans, Friends & Followers"—an excerpt
Scott Kirsner
Apr 8, 2009Fans, Friends & Followers, focuses on strategies artists can use to support their careers in the digital age.
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Screenwriting
The Alchemy of Adaptation
Lisa Rosenberg
Feb 19, 2009Beyond Words: To pull off an adaptation, you must translate the unwieldy bulk of the original story into a breathing and transformative tale on screen.
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Q & A
Scott MacDonald's 'Canyon Cinema' Book--Both History and How-to
Michael Fox
Nov 17, 2008Scott McDonald's Canyon Cinema: The Life and Times of an Independent Film Distributor, details the formation of the revered Bay Area artists' collective in the early 1960s.
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Digital
The Dimensions of Dialogue
Lisa Rosenberg
Oct 24, 2008Beyond Words: Skillful dialogue on film can achieve a structural dimension that shapes the narrative as surely as plot does.
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Reviews
Baloney Sandwiches With No Cheese: Ted V. Mikels' Wild World
Matt Sussman
Sep 18, 2008'It takes your guts and your entrails and your soul to make a film,' Mikels once proclaimed. 'It takes everything you possess within you!'
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First Person
Not Quite Quiet Desperation
Jonathan Marlow
Aug 14, 2008First Person: Jonathan Marlow rehashes commentary on film that has caused a kerfuffle of late.
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