Building an Audience for Your Film Before There Is a Film For independent filmmakers, marketing can no longer begin after the final cut. By then, it may already be too late. The traditional model assumed that filmmakers made the movie while distributors, publicists, and marketing departments found the audience. That arrangement still exists for some […]
CoMP—Conversations on Media Production—began as a live seminar series in New York City’s West Village. Created by longtime collaborators Adonis Tsilimparis and Darren E. Johnson, the events brought accomplished professionals together with working and emerging creatives for candid conversations about the art and business of film, television, and music. Guests shared practical lessons drawn from […]
How to Edit a Film Score to Best Serve Your Story A film score should never exist simply because a scene feels empty without music. Its purpose is to help tell the story—clarifying emotion, shaping rhythm, reinforcing character, and sometimes revealing what the images and dialogue deliberately leave unsaid. Good score editing is therefore less […]