I’m almost ready to wrap my first feature, yay, and am looking for a location to do a cast and crew screening in LA. Searching for a place that can comfortably hold 25-40 people and has available on street parking. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.

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i’ve won a couple of small grants for my animation films. but my work is very simplistic, and i need to create more robust animation. any recommendations for easy to use software?

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Anyone in the Dublin area this weekend, I will be one of the panel members for this event. This is the link for the online participation

Hi everyone! I'm Bruce Miles, a Denver-based independent film producer and founder of 11 Mile Productions. I'm focused on developing commercially viable, character-driven feature films and am always looking to connect with fellow producers, directors, writers, investors, and other industry professionals who are passionate about bringing great stories to the screen.

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Current Development Slate

Unbridled Courage (https://www.unbridledcouragethemovie.com/)
Logline: Suddenly alone to raise her two children, a woman bred for high society uses her brains and good aim to save the family ranch from a tyrannical cattle baron and his murderous riders.

Golf Girl (https://www.golfgirlmovie.com/)
Logline: After losing her LPGA Tour card, a talented but troubled golfer returns to her small hometown, where an unlikely mentorship with a young prodigy forces her to confront the failures that derailed her career and rediscover her love of the game.

Still Waters
Logline: A family's peaceful retreat on a remote lake becomes a fight for survival when long-buried secrets surface and threaten to destroy everything they hold dear.

Haint
Logline: When a skeptical investigator confronts an ancient supernatural evil rooted in Southern folklore, the line between legend and reality disappears, forcing a battle for survival against a relentless haunting.

Winter Bird
Logline: After an unexpected personal tragedy, a woman embarks on a journey of healing that leads her to rediscover hope, purpose, and the strength to begin again.

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Since I just did my first documentary, I learned the 6 documentary storytelling styles:

1. Expository - This is the classic documentary style. Biographical, historical and
   wildlife documentaries often fit into this category.
2. Cinema Verite/Observational - One of the earliest forms of documentary
   filmmaking, this style involves observing "real life" with as little intervention as
   possible. The filmmaker's camera is a "fly on the wall" and the subjects are
   seemingly unaware of the camera.
3. Participatory - The filmmaker clearly involves themselves with the subject of
   the film. Popular examples of filmmakers using this style include Michael Moore
   (FAHRENHEIT 9/11) and Morgan Spurlock (SUPERSIZE ME). The filmmaker
   becomes part of the story and often a main character in their own movie.
4. Reflexive - This style involves the filmmaking process as part of the storytelling.
   For example, the crew could be filmed by a second crew showing complete
   transparency of how the film was made - essentially making the viewer feel as if
   they were part of making the documentary, to see "behind the scenes."
5. Performance - This style is similar to Participatory where the filmmaker is part
   of the story. But instead of the film being a "process of discovery" and reflecting on
   the lessons learned, the filmmaker here is expressing a point of view or personal
   experience - often in a poetic, experimental or rhetorical way.
6. Poetic - The primary aim of a poetic style documentary is to convey a specific
   mood and tone rather than relay information. The focus is on visual, tonal and
   rhythmic qualities, rather tha

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Our latest trailer about abuse and domestic abuse. Been in many festivals. Written by Marla Marino and directed by Joey R Marino. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xp2gfjft0qA

This is one of the episodes directed by me. To create this I drove all around my city at night with my cast and crew who are all my friends and we, kept on shooting till night. Main challenge was taking different angles inside the car. So we kept on passing the camera to each other. Lighting inside the car was also a challenge. So I used small portable lights and I halted my car near those areas which had colourful traffic lights, or shops which had colourful lights, neon lights etc. I was hunting for lights!