Van Gogh as an Indie Filmmaker

Jameela Khan over at Raindance has written an excellent piece on the Dutch artist Van Gogh, giving ten reasons why he would make a successful indie filmmaker:

 But regardless of his upbringing being different, what would he have done if he was 29 in our time? I’m sure he would have taken advantage of the film-making tools to recreate moods like never before.

I’m just unable to imagine what he could have done if he was working in our time. Have we seen it yet? Is there more to come? Would he have still chosen painting? Would he have gone into photography or film or would he have pursued something else?

Read the whole thing here 

Tips from Raindance on writing shorts

Loving Stéphanie Joalland's article over at the Raindance website where she lays out the 7 rules for witing a good short film:

"A short film script can be a great calling card for a writer. Short films aren’t a lesser form of cinematic storytelling. In fact writing them requires the exact same skills as writing a feature length script – though on a smaller scale. Although TV broadcast opportunities may be limited, there are more and more outlets for these opportunities."

It's an ace read, check it out!