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Make 2008 the year you do it! >>Write>>Direct>>Produce>> Raindance presents: LO-TO-NO BUDGET FILMMAKING London Saturday/Sunday 21/22 June What You Will Learn Why should you take this class? Day 1 Outline Day 2 Outline About Elliot Grove Elliot Grove, founder of the Raindance Film Festival has produced three features including The Living And The Dead, over 150 shorts, and has four features in pre-production. He has written many scripts, and 2 books on filmmaking: Raindance Writers Lab (Focal Press 2001) and Raindance Producers Lab (2004). Elliot also founded the British Independent Film Awards in 1998 and in 2007 co-founded www.raindance.tv. Few people know more indepenent filmmakers than Elliot Roger Corman on Elliot Grove "Elliot Grove and Raindance has inspired and re-vitalised filmmaking in the UK" About Roger Corman... Read a C4 interview with Elliot... Read a former attendee's comments Quick Links Register Now: £250 + VAT Go to our website What They Are Saying about Raindance Read Our Celebritiy Endorsements Greetings! Raindance is pleased to present Elliot Grove's LO-TO-NO BUDGET FILMMAKING weekend in London Saturday/Sunday 21/22 June. This is the crash course where Guy Ritchie met Mathew Vaughn, and the course that has come to form the basis of independent film production in the UK and Europe. Read on... What do Chris Nolan, Matthew Vaughn, Guy Ritchie and James Marsh have in common? All are former students of Elliot Grove's LO-TO- NO BUDGET FILMMAKING class and have gone on to write, produce and direct critically and commercially acclaimed films. BTW James won the two big prizes at Sundance this past January. Click the picture for more details. Why waste four years and thousands at a pretentious film school when Elliot delivers clear and concise information that you can use to write, produce, direct and distribute your first feature film, within budgets of £1,000 - £100,000 - £1,000,000. There's never been a better time to work in the British independent film industry. Everyone wants in. The cinemas want movies, TV, mobile telephone operators and websites all want movies. ` What's so special about this course? For over 17 years, Elliot has run the Raindance Film Festival, and worked with writers, directors and producers that are now the leading lights in the British independent film movement. He has taught at leading universities in France, Denmark, Japan, Sweden and Canada, and unlike most other film instructors, writes and produces feature films himself, with three produced features, and four more currently in pre- production. His students have gone on to shoot films that together have grossed more than $100,000,000 at the box office. From your initial idea to final film, in just two days taking Elliot Grove's LO-TO-NO BUDGET FILMMAKING seminar, you will immediately learn and understand how to shoot, produce, direct, finance, market and distribute your film successfully and efficiently. Elliot Grove's LO-TO-NO BUDGET FILMMAKING London Sat/Sun 21/22 June Pre-Registration: £250 + VAT = £293.75 You can Book Online Here or call 0207 287 3833 Day 1 Saturday 21 June 9:30 - 6pm MAKE AND DIRECT YOUR FIRST MOVIE Learn a step-by-step process using proven cost-effective, lo- to-no budget filmmaking techniques. Discover the best and most efficient ways to produce, direct, shoot and edit a saleable feature film. Pre-Production: getting organised for an efficient shoot Budgets from £500 to £1,000,000 are discussed in detail Proven lo-budget short cuts and faking a million pound budget Using sound and music to enhance production values Getting professional actors The essentials of the art and craft of film directing More than fifty lo-budget shooting tips Avoiding the three big filmmaking mistakes The Five Minute directing school * all attendees reveive a valuable 100+ page workbook full of useful tips and filmmaking resources Day 2 Sunday 22 June 9:30 - 6pm FINANCE AND SELL THE MOVIE Discover the secrets and real facts behind marketing, selling and distributing your finished film throughout the world and the pre-planning you need to turn your movie into this year's cult classic, and yourself into a hot filmmaker. The movie game: presenting your first project to investors Approaching named actors Distribution and marketing Publicity: the essential ingredient to selling your film PR kit: creating an effective package Film buyers and film markets Plotting the film festival route Film financing: executing a strategy for a £50k-£3m budget Honing a workable pitch for your film The distribution deal Putting together a realistic gameplan * this class is conveniently located at the Arts Theatre in central London - moments from Leicester Square tube Filmmaking needn't be expensive, or cluttered with mystique. Let Elliot Grove give you the information you need to launch your career. Write, Direct, Produce and Succeed, Will Pearce Raindance Festivals Limited

Discounts - Our special repeater fee (-50%) if you've taken this course before and want a refresher - Ask about our Group Booking discount for 3+ students - Members of Raindance get a 15% discount. Join today and save. - Students, OAP's and UB40's 10% discount - if you live outside the M25 you will qualify for our 10% out-of-town discount Discounts cannot be combined. Don't miss out. Don't delay. Call 0207 287 3833 to book Raindance Courses Work Raindance alumni keep hitting the big time: Alison Owen produced BRICK LANE Ken Marshall produced LONDON TO BRIGHTON and THE COTTAGE Mark Ezra produced WAKING NED Charles Steel produced THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND Philippa Braithwaite produced SLIDING DOORS Vadim Jean produced LEON THE PIG FARMER Paul Brooks produced MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING Jeremy Bolt produced THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY Matthew Vaughn directed STARDUST Julian Fellowes wrote GOSFORD PARK Guy Ritchie wrote and directed LOCK, STOCK AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS Christopher Nolan wrote & directed MEMENTO Edgar Wright wrote & directed SHAUN OF THE DEAD and HOT FUZZ Simon Hunter directed and hot THE MUTANT CHRONICLES David Yates directed HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX All took Raindance courses. >>Write>>Produce>>Direct Check out Raindance courses The Raindance Guarantee Try any course at Raindance and discover that the course isn't for you, just make yourself known to a member of Raindance for a no-questions asked refund. The fine print: Refund requests only accepted until the first break on a weeknight course, and lunch-time on a weekend course. At Raindance we don't teach filmmaking - At Raindance we make filmmakers Get some Free Stuff Here are some of Elliot's most popular articles from the past 6 months. 10 Stupid Mistakes Filmmakers Make Hollywood's 4 Big Lies How Much Is Your Film Worth? Making It With A Short Film Why not forward this email to a friend? We'd like that.