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What is the Facebook Like button really about?
A lot of people are talking about Facebook and the social network’s usurpation of our formerly private data. Facebook’s personalization is now opt-out instead of opt-in, and this has irked many. Some...
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What do musicians earn? What if we had these statistics for filmmakers?
For a musician to earn a meager living (defined here as a minimum wage of $1,160 a month), how many self-pressed CDs do they have to sell out of the back of a truck every month? If they have a record...
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Square allows independent creatives to accept credit cards anytime, anywhere
Is your film playing at a film festival? Are you selling DVDs or T-shirts? What if you’re a photographer selling prints out of your home? Maybe you’re a street artist doing sketches of tourists, or an...
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Filmmaker Magazine's 40% Off Holiday Sale Makes it Even More of a No-Brainer
My favorite magazine about independent film is, well, “the magazine of independent film:” Filmmaker Magazine. The quarterly mag, which always includes film festival reports, invaluable interviews with...
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Keep Up to Date on the Spec Script Market with TheGrid and Go Into the Story
For many of us on NFS, we’re pursuing our filmmaking goals through the independent, DIY route. If you’re focused more specifically on screenwriting like myself, however, you may find yourself...
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Save Five Grand on a RED SCARLET: 'Extremely Limited' Deal Available (UPDATE:...
The RED SCARLET, with a Side SSD Mount and Aluminum Canon lens mount, is currently selling for $11,900 direct from RED. However, due to a project wherein a large number of Scarlets were needed to...
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The Writers Store Final Draft Sale Extended to Nov. 30, Plus Exclusive NFS...
Back in September, you may recall we told you about The Writers Store’s sale on Final Draft 8 (arguably the standard when it comes to professional screenwriting software) where you could save over 30%...
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Final Draft 8 on Sale for $149 at The Writers Store, Today Only
Writers tend to be procrastinators. Maybe we kid ourselves into believing that we’re waiting for inspiration to strike. In reality, we’re usually finding new ways to avoid the fear of the blank page....
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Looking for the Latest Deals on Filmmaking Equipment? Slidoo Will Help You...
4/3 Rumors has been a neverending resource on all the official and unofficial news in the Micro 4/3 world, including information on price drops and sales on cameras and lenses. Now Ale -the site’s...
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Limited Time Offer: Best Discounts Ever (Literally) on Canon & Nikon Lenses
It sounds like hyperbole, but it’s not. For a limited time, you can get Canon and Nikon lenses from B&H Photo Video at record-breakingly low prices. It may be a bit soon to call it the ‘sale of the...
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Know What Your Screenwriting Audience Wants: The Business of Spec Scripts
Many of us here on NFS will write screenplays for our own films that we plan to make ourselves. That said, it’s always good to know which scripts are selling in the marketplace: 1) to know what movies...
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