Dumbworld: A Sacramento Based Blog on Entertainment, Media and Art

From the Capital Film Arts Alliance’s Newsletter, 10 Tips for Networking for Filmmakers. In part, it is based off a list for London filmmakers (my people!!!) from Raindance.org.

I don’t usually post entire articles, but this is worth it. If you are a filmmaker in the Sacramento area, and you aren’t a CFAA member, go to CFAA meetings, or don’t receive the weekly newsletter, you should be (contact them and ask to be added to the list.  Tell them Dumbworld sent you).  Whatever meager amount of success Dumbworld has had is in part due to Laurie Pederson and networking with the CFAA, and like Laurie says, “It is not what you know; it is who you know.”

1. Memento
Remember the power of little notes that Leonard Shelby used in Chris Nolan’s film. Use his tips even if you have not “this condition” – use the power of business cards. Take and collect them from anyone who gives them to you: you might not know when you need a help of make-up artist or a professional florist. Make your own business cards especially for your filmmaking “you”. If you are a student you can use some cheap resources – like free business cards templates or www.vistaprint.co.uk

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 The Capital Film Arts Alliance, as part of the Sacramento Film and Music Festival, put on a competition to create a movie trailer.  The entries are showing Wed, August 13 at 6:30 pm at the film festival. Go to www.sacfilm.com for more info.

Our trailer is for a film called The Muddkids about two kids that go into the forest.  One kid dies and the other must deal with the Muddkids, avengers of evil deeds.

The music for the trailer was done by composer Richard Altenbach.  Richard is an A-List Violinist who has worked on numerous Hollywood Films with composers such as John Williams, Danny Elfman and Howard Shore.  His film credits include Indiana Jones IV, Jurassic Park I, II and III, Spider Man I, II, and III, Pirates of the Caribbean I, II, and III, Matrix I, II, and III, Titanic, King Kong, and Beowulf.  Richard also has worked with pop singer Natasha Bedingfield.  Please go to http://www.bachiosaurus.com/ for more information on Richard Altenbach.