You cannot build a house without a blueprint. You cannot engineer an invention without a schematic. You cannot command an army without a strategy. And you cannot create a film project without a budget. I have been line producing and creating budget breakdowns for 15 years, and have broken down everything from small commercials to Read more about How To Draft A Budget?[…]
In today’s modern age, we are blessed and inundated with film festivals from around the world to around the block. Greater & Grander has made it easier for filmmakers with this handy guide on when the best 21 film festivals from around the world open their calls, and when their regular deadlines are. Submission Date Read more about The 21 Film Festivals You Need to Submit Your Short Film To[…]
Laura Flannery began her acting career at Story Land, a children’s theme park in City Park, New Orleans. Looking to expand beyond the stage, she signed with a talent agency at the age of 13 and began on-screen acting. A week later she booked her first principal role in a national commercial. Today she continues to Read more about Interview With Star of A HAUNTING AT SILVER FALLS; THE RETURN, Laura Janin Flannery[…]
47 years ago this week, the Godfather opened to historic audience acceptance. A society’s moral code is never solid or tangible. It is fluid, ever-changing, and selective. In Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather, we meet several characters who are heinous criminals, a sampled cross-section of the Italian-American gangster sub-culture. While the mobsters go about stealing, Read more about The Godfather – 47 Years Ago[…]
As part of Greater And Grander’s Public Speaking Engagements, we are provide information below on a new offering. A College Level class, or series of lectures, on children’s entertainment, provided by our experienced Producers and speakers, each with over a decade of experience in the Film and Television industry. Below is a synopsis of lecture Read more about Class Offering, Children’s Entertainment Lectures and Syllabus[…]
The media plays an important role in society, both in how we view ourselves and each other. Those most prone to the media are children, who in this time of working parents, will be left to be raised by television shows such as Sesame Street, Saturday morning cartoons, and MTV. These early stages of Read more about How Culture and Authority Shape Our Internal Self[…]
I recently returned from a trip to the Cannes Film Festival in France. I was able to take a detour, and spend a day with an old friend from film school, David. He had decided that film wasn’t for him, and became a photographer instead because he liked the mobility and freedom, whereas film required Read more about How To Build A Team – Part 1[…]
Stepping into the roles of a great character, such as Hamlet or MacBeth is hard enough. However, it’s even harder when that same character was recently played by a beloved and still living actor. In celebration of the actors we love, below is a list of the top 7 characters to transcend the actors who Read more about Top 7 Characters Played by Multiple Actors[…]
Thousands of screenwriters across the country, and around the world are taught by articles and film schools that they just need to find someone with enough money to spend, pitch them, and then they’ll be wowed by their passion and enthusiasm that they will invest. This is not the case. When speaking with sophisticated investors, Read more about What Every Filmmaker Needs to Get Their Script Made…[…]
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