Sunday, May 23, 2010

Pipe Smoking Rabbit

Marc Johns.
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Here's an interesting interview with composer Jonathan Newman. Jonathan's a full-time composer and 'till I met him I thought that was only possible if one were a commercial composer. He proves me wrong.
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I keep getting spammed by the "Institute for International Film Financing" which seems to me to be a fantastic scam. So many indy filmmakers are concerned with where they're going to get money to make a movie rather than how they're going to get money from having made a movie. It's sort of sad how they sucker people into paying them anywhere from $55 to $200 to attend one of their nonsense events.

If you're thinking about attending an IIFF "Townhall" then please just take my advice: don't worry about how you're going to finance your picture. Worry about how you're going to sell your picture.

grump mode = off

2 comments:

Kangas said...

I'm posting this link because it's the kind of link I normally FIND on your web site. It's weird but oddly fascinating. What're you, slacking?

http://gawker.com/5545959/the-creepiest-robot-you-will-see-this-week

Andrew Bellware said...

The words "safe human interaction with potentially dangerous robots" is enough to make me want to hide under the covers all day.

Well, honestly, "Why don't you go take a nap?" is enough to make me want to hide under the covers all day but you get my drift...