The 4MileCircus Episode 27: Christina Raia (Part 2)
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Tag: film
Crowdfunding Pick of the Week: Lily ‘N’ Rose
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It’s possible you’ve noticed that we at 4MileCircus have a little preference for retro style. We have a bit of an obsession with the style of our childhoods in the 80s and 90s. Just a bit. A lot maybe. So, when this crowdfunding campaign for a film about how the friendship between two girls changes over […]
Crowdfunding Pick Of The Week: Page One
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“Page 1” INDIEGOGO CAMPAIGN from Evan Kaufman on Vimeo. Be a part of Page One, a new horror short from the minds behind the awesome podcast Brothers From Another Planet. It follows a black actor named Abel, a horror veteran who is used to his characters getting killed off on the first page. When his […]
4MileCircus Tips: Facebook Page Optimization: Call to Action
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Every Tuesday 4MileCircus presents a new video tip with advice on how to approach social media, crowdfunding, and/or video production. Your facebook page is a place to represent your project in the best light. Take advantage of the platform’s features by optimizing it. Facebook pages allow you to share a lot of information, especially in […]
Crowdfunding Pick of the Week: Dolly Deadly 2
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Heidi Moore’s deliciously bonkers feature film Dolly Deadly was one of the most enjoyable things we saw at last year’s Ax Wound Film Festival, or in 2016, period. Following the gory misadventures of a creative young boy named Benji (played by Moore’s own son, Justin, in a star-making turn) who begins disposing of bullies with his […]
The 4MileCircus Episode 15: 2016 Year-End Special
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2016 was a year. Nicole and Sean take the final episode of it to review what has happened generally and what we ourselves have done. We discuss the impact of social media on the election, as well as shooting Mare, The Shondes music videos, starting this podcast, hosting the Social Media & Crowdfunding […]
Podcast of the Week: Brothers From Another Planet
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One of my favorite podcasts as of late is Brothers From Another Planet. Hosts LeMar McLean, Don P. Hooper, and Tarik Davis focus on the intersections of race, culture, and entertainment, serving up witty and insightful commentary each episode. Recent can’t-miss conversations have covered some of my own TV obsessions like Stranger Things and The Get Down, […]
Production Tip: Maximizing Free Locations
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Shooting on little to no budget can be daunting. While you may be able to call in favors for people in front of and behind the camera and wrangle equipment with the promise of more favors, one of the hardest elements required for filmmaking to arrange for on little to no budget are locations. Whether it’s […]
2016 Ax Wound Film Festival
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Earlier this month, Sean and I (this is Nicole writing. Hi.) drove up to Brattleboro VT to take part in the second annual Ax Wound Film Festival, which screens horror shorts (and this year, one feature) directed by women. 4MileCircus was an official sponsor, and we offered a social media and crowdfunding workshop at the […]
Small Talk with Manini Gupta (Al)
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This October leading up to Halloween, we at 4MileCircus are revisiting the production of Small Talk. We will be adding new special features to the deluxe edition and running a series of reflections here on the blog from writer/director Nicole Witte Solomon and others who made this oddly enduring horror flick. Today we are thrilled […]