Creating Your DVD Title: Fundamentals of the DVD Format
An excerpt form the newly revised and reissued Ultimate Guide to Releasing Your Film on DVD.
June 2008 Data stored in binary form, composed of strings of "ones" and "zeros," can represent anything that can be stored digitally for computer use: images, video, sound, or text. Optical discs such as the DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) store data as a series of microscopic indentations (known as "pits") in the disc surface. The disc driv...
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How do I get the rights to adapt a book into a screenplay?
By Benjamin Craig
So you've read a book/play/article/something that you reckon will make an unreal movie. You're a script writer of sorts so you think, "yep. I'm gonna write this sucker." Where do you go from there?
The most important first step you should take is finding out whether the motion picture and associated rights are available for the work you wish to adapt. FIND THIS OUT BEFORE YOU START WRITING as you may ju...
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Music in Your Movie
By Scott Shaw
Adding soundtrack to your Indie Film is one of the most essential elements to make it look and feel like a real motion picture. The question is often raised by Indie Filmmakers, on a limited budget, just how do I get the kind of music I want for my film? The answer to that is both complicated and quite simple. To answer this question this article will look at both what to do and what not to do in order to so... Read More
