Author: festivalforromance

Festival driven to showcase the best of romance films and screenplays from around the world. Submit your romance genre screenplay or short film and get it showcased at the FEEDBACK Film Festival

Winning Feature Screenplay Reading – INCURABLE, by Jeff York

Originally posted on Festival for HORROR:
Winning HORROR Feature Screenplay for January 2017. INCURABLE Written by Jeff YorkCAST LIST: NARRATOR – Hugh Ritchie JIM – Robert Notman CATHERINE – Victoria Kucher SARAH – Olivia Jon DR. NEUBER – Julie Sheppard GABRIEL – David Occhipinti SYNOPSIS: Genre: Horror, Thriller, Romance Jim has ALS. Feeling he has…

Winning LGBT Feature Screenplay of ÁNH SÁNG, by Barry Brennessel

Originally posted on LGBTQ+ Toronto Film Festival:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-sTQjABL4E Genre: Romance, LGBT, Drama French Indochina, 1917. Two teenage boys discover their feelings for one another transcend mere friendship. But the hardships under French colonial rule, and the effects of the Great War, alter their lives forever. CAST LIST: Narration: Carina Cojeen Minh: Xavier de Guzman…

Photography in Film. The art of Cinematography

Originally posted on Matthew Toffolo's Summary:
FILM PHOTOGRAPHY FILMMAKING NOTES Cinematography is the art of manipulating light and shadow, and capturing it as a moving image. We’ll be posting articles and insights – maybe a bit of inspiration too! Whether you’re a pro or have hardly picked up a camera except to point and…

Cinematography Interviews and Production Notes

Originally posted on Matthew Toffolo's Summary:
Read the best of Director of Photography interviews and Cinematography notes from the to people working in the industry today:  Interview with Cinematographer Chad Griepentrog (The Bachelor Reality TV Series) http://matthewtoffolo.com/2016/02/17/interview-with-cinemtographer-chad-griepentrog-the-bachelor-reality-tv-series/ Interview with Cinematographer Albert Arthur (Better Call Saul, Breaking Bad) http://matthewtoffolo.com/2016/02/16/interview-with-cinematographer-albert-arthur-better-call-saul-breaking-bad/ Notes on CINEMATOGRAPHY – SHOTS AND CAMERA ANGLES http://matthewtoffolo.com/2015/06/01/notes-on-cinematography-shots-and-camera-angles/…

Art Department Interviews

Originally posted on Matthew Toffolo's Summary:
Read interviews from top people working in the Art Department in the movie industry today. Production Designers. Art Directors. Storyboard Artists. Costume Designers.  Interview with Oscar Nominated Production Designer Anne Seibel (Midnight in Paris, Bonjour Anne):http://matthewtoffolo.com/2016/02/19/interview-oscar-nominated-production-designer-anne-seibel-midnight-in-paris-bonjour-anne/ Interview with Oscar Nominated Production Designer Michael Corenblith (Apollo 13, The Blind Side):  http://matthewtoffolo.com/2016/02/04/interview-with-oscar-nominated-production-designer-michael-corenblith-apollo-13-the-blind-side/…

Interview with Storyboard Artist Stephen Forrest-Smith (Star Wars, Harry Potter, The Dark Knight)

Originally posted on Matthew Toffolo's Summary:
A storyboard artist, or story artist, creates storyboards for film productions. I had a blast sitting down with the very talented storyboard artist Stephen Forrest-Smith. Stephen has worked on some of the most popular films in the last 15 years, including “The Dark Knight,” the last three “Harry Potter” films,…