http://joni.blogsome.com Why Me! Fri, 27 Oct 2006 07:14:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Melbourne Film Festival has been an interesting venue to both view great cinema and meet other like minded individuals. http://joni.blogsome.com/2006/08/10/miff-2006/ Wow, I have just completed my Masters degree in Media Production. Kinda Cool. http://joni.blogsome.com/2006/06/30/finished/ Ari Posen commenting on Wilder: “he always said that the best movies have a tiny, bitter pill that you want the audience to swallow, but to get them to swallow it you have to coat it in lots and lots of sugar. And sugar is humor and character development ... http://joni.blogsome.com/2006/06/11/ambition-fears/ I feel I have gotten into a pattern of reviewing movies that I attend. Consequently, I would not want to miss reviewing ” Hidden“. The film is by french director Michael Haneke and stars Daniel Auteuil (who plays Georges) and Juliette Binoche (in the role of Anne). I ... http://joni.blogsome.com/2006/06/11/hidden-movie-review/ I was reading a blog of a fellow class mate, Oyven about wether or not you have to be a storyteller to be involved in the entertainment industry? When a person says the reason they love the entertainment industry is because they want to be a storyteller, I think, ... http://joni.blogsome.com/2006/06/11/storyteller-or-film-maker/ As part of our final assessment for my Masters Degree we were asked to answer what have we learnt undertaking the degree and what are our future ambitions? Gosh, those are two of the most overwhelming loaded questions I have been asked in a very long time! Let me start ... http://joni.blogsome.com/2006/06/11/where-to-now-2/ Recently my masters class had the CEO of Madman Entertainment, Paul Wiegard, come and discuss independent film distribution in Australia. Firstly, I should note that as a filmmaker one of the most important elements of a project is securing distribution deals. With so many hopeful filmmakers it seems ... http://joni.blogsome.com/2006/05/20/paul-wiegard-madman-or-smartman/ Publicity –Publicity Recently we have been inundated with publicists. But, I get it, I get it. Its not enough to make a good film if now one sees it! You have to learn how to best publicize and market your film and like all things this is ... http://joni.blogsome.com/2006/05/20/publicity/ Is blogging therapy in a world where people are too afraid to speak their minds face to face. People seem to find it easier to send their real thoughts out into cyber land rather than deal with their real feelings to one another. Gosh what a world we ... http://joni.blogsome.com/2006/05/08/why-blog/ “Live and Become” In a new era of film making it is important to understand how to get projects off the ground. Producers are now looking to have work financed by multiple entities. Live and Become is a joint Israeli/French production. Furthermore, what I found interesting about ... http://joni.blogsome.com/2006/04/26/live-and-become/