Alida Pantone: Film festival director in London, England.

Georgette Skolnick
Making Proof of Concept for Festivals

Hi Everyone.  I need input on making a Proof of Concept.  Has anyone done this?  If so, I have so many questions --How did you start? Who did you hire?  Where did you get funding?  How much was it?  Did the person/company do EVERYTHING--get actors, costumes, rehearsals, narration, music, scenery, et...

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Sam Rivera

I remember sweating over festival trailers in film school - our professor made us cut so many versions before we got it right! If you're using existing footage, try editing a rough cut yourself first...

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Georgette Skolnick

Alida. Thanks for educating me about a Proof of Concept vs Trailer. I changed my post.

Georgette Skolnick

Everyone has such great advice, info. Thanks

Richard "RB" Botto

Hi Alida. I'm RB, Founder and CEO of Stage 32. As a screenwriter, producer, actor and filmmaker, I know first-hand the challenges all creatives face finding work, landing representation, launching projects, securing funding and simply making the connections that will make a difference in their careers. That's why I created Stage 32. Since our launch in September of 2011, the community has grown to 1,000,000+ members representing every country on the planet making Stage 32 the social network uniquely populated with the most creative people on Earth.

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Amanda Toney

Hello Alida -

Welcome to the community! I'm Amanda Toney, the Managing Director at Stage 32. Since 2013 I've been proud to oversee Stage 32's Next Level Education, which provides you the most up-to-date tools necessary to become a better creative.

Over the years Stage 32 has worked with over 500 industry executives and professionals to teach online webinars, classes and intensive labs exclusively for you - our Stage 32 community. We bring you instructors who have worked directly on some of your favorite films, TV shows or theater productions to teach you in-the-trenches information that you wo...

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