Comments for Saskia Wilson-Brown

Comment on Low Res & Pixelated Things by G.

G. — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 00:17:09 +0000

This is Awesome!

Comment on Films I don’t¹ get excited about watching² anymore, and some unsolicited advice³ by Maurice

Maurice — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 21:53:45 +0000

I agree and disagree with the last;
Sure you need to write part of your experiences, write what you know; Just don’t make it pretentious. I feel like the irony is that Hollywood only buys the very same films you are vouching for Independent film makers not to write. The only true advice is to offer a perspective that is seldom voiced.

Comment on Milton Glaser’s Great Rules For Life by Saskia

Saskia — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 01:24:04 +0000

he knows what he’s talking about, ms. allison. xo

Comment on Milton Glaser’s Great Rules For Life by Allison

Allison — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 00:49:42 +0000

Thank you Saskia! Words to truly live by. And of course you know I needed this today

Comment on Films I don’t¹ get excited about watching² anymore, and some unsolicited advice³ by Saskia

Saskia — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 19:22:59 +0000

‘bag it’ was awesome. and yes, all of the above work if there’s a story (beyond the obvious) and a sense of humour…

Comment on Films I don’t¹ get excited about watching² anymore, and some unsolicited advice³ by Ray Mills

Ray Mills — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 18:08:45 +0000

Thanks for your list. I am in my third year of programming the Heartland Film Festival and am already seeing a lot of the patterns you mentioned above in our submission process. The one thing I would emphasize is what was said about editing. I see so many films that need a really good edit and then we could seriously consider them. Please spend the time and money on a great editor (look up Chris Witt in LA if you need one). Also, I don’t mind most any of the categories you listed if they have a nice twist in them. For example for the Band Tour Doc: check out D Tour which was about Rogue Wave, but really about the realities of Kidney transplants. For the Soapbox Doc try Bag It! They creatively got their point across without being boring. Anyway…we open our call for entries on March 14 so send me you films…WELL EDITED!

Comment on Films I don’t¹ get excited about watching² anymore, and some unsolicited advice³ by Doug

Doug — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 16:18:26 +0000

Wow. A thousand thanks to http://www.filmfestivalsecrets.com/ for pointing me to this post. Many of these I have heard before, but always a great reminder. Also thankful for the foreign film reminder in the comments which I have found does help to give new eyes.

Comment on Writings for Indie Filmmakers by Saskia

Saskia — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 21:01:57 +0000

Hey Philip– Thanks for your interest. I’ll drop you an email.

Comment on Films I don’t¹ get excited about watching² anymore, and some unsolicited advice³ by Saskia

Saskia — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 21:00:36 +0000

totally agreed Nadine!

Comment on Writings for Indie Filmmakers by Philip Spencer

Philip Spencer — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 14:14:45 +0000

Saska, your a total riot. Im back from 3 years in London & Dubai, out of my current industry for now (planning islands) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozvvIX187T8

Im curios to learn more about your first film project. As a big fan of digital film, ‘a want to be film maker’, interested in how technology is changing things. Im curios if I can help someone with a good cause. Im not the bank, but have several friends in that category. I was raised in Monterey, married, live in Chicago, studied Anthro at UCSC, surf, old guy looking for a meaningful avocation. Ciao.