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Welcome to the Production Lot: New member quick start guide.
Welcome to the Production Lot! This community is a central hub to ask questions, find answers, promote your work, share feedback and offer tips to your industry colleagues. We're excited to have you here and want you to get the most out of every minute you spend with us. Here's a quick-guide to get you started: 🚀 Become a…
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🚨 LA-based women and nonbinary filmmakers: New grant opportunities for you!
The Future of Film is Female and Neon will be giving away 3 financial grants and 2 post-production in-kind service grants from Heard City and Nice Shoes: 3x INDIVIDUAL FINANCIAL GRANTS of $4,000 These grants are for filmmaker projects at any stage of production (pre or post). 3 grants awarded. Supported by NEON. 2x…
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The Filmmaker's Guide to the UK Cultural Test
Find out whether your film or TV show will pass the UK’s Cultural Test, a key step in qualifying for a UK incentive. Passing the so-called “Cultural Test” is a key step in qualifying for a UK incentive, including the new Independent Film Tax Credit (IFTC). But what exactly is the Cultural Test and what requirements must a…
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#WriteInclusion Factsheets: Tips for Accurate Representation
The stories and characters TV writers create impact popular culture narratives, entertain audiences, and change minds. That’s why TTIE has partnered with a number of social justice researchers and organizations to produce #WriteInclusion Factsheets: Tips for Authentic Representation. While these factsheets could never…
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NFMLA is Currently Hiring for Two Internship Positions!
Know someone who's looking to gain experience and work for an amazing nonprofit film organization? 👀 NewFilmmakers Los Angeles is currently looking to hire for two PAID internships, made possible by the LA County Department of Arts and Culture! If you or any students/recent graduates who reside in LA County and have a…
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Join us April 19th for the NFMLA Film Festival, featuring Laramie Dennis’s 'Where In The Hell'
NewFilmmakers Los Angeles (NFMLA) hosts its April Monthly Film Festival, which features its annual InFocus: Asian Cinema program and InFocus: Immigration programs. The day also includes the Los Angeles premiere of Laramie Dennis’s narrative feature Where In the Hell. Day begins with InFocus: Immigration, a collection of…
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Start a new discussion or join a conversation.
Welcome to the Production Lot – now that you’re here, it’s time to start sharing your ideas, commenting, and connecting with fellow members! Let's quickly review how to start posting. There are four types of posts you can create on the Production Lot: Discussions, Polls, and Questions. These post types are slightly…
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Ryan Coogler on all the aspect ratios Sinners can be seen in-- Opens today!
Ryan Coogler puts on his film professor hat on and breaks down aspect ratios that the filmmakers and Warner Brothers are releasing #SinnersMovie in. Never seen anything like it— and wish I was near one of the five 70mm theaters. Doesn't seem like you can go wrong with IMAX on this one though. How will you see it?
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Networking in Spain, Italy, Portugal for work shooting electric or rigging electric.
Looking to explore work options in Spain, Italy, Portugal. Traveling from New York. Looking for Shooting electric or Rigging electric position for television series, movies, live television. What networking connections or where to find and how to break into it. Thank you all.
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New Mexico Crew
Trying this out. Would be cool to have a place to talk and make connections with other New Mexican crew.
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States that offer (or plan to offer) incentive 'uplifts' for filming outside production hubs
Hi Everyone — Some states offer incentive 'uplifts" to encourage production outside major centers (e.g., California's program offers an additional 5% for production outside the L.A. 30-mile zone). Does anyone have a list of U.S. states that offer such uplifts? I'm also looking for information about states that appear to be…
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Stream the season 4 premiere of Hacks!
Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder are back in the season 4 premiere of Hacks streaming now on Max. What other shows are you streaming this weekend?
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Share: How do you refresh yourself creatively?
From students learning about the entertainment business to seasoned industry professionals, we want to hear from our diverse Production Lot community. When you hit a roadblock, get writer's block, or get stuck on something you're working on, how do you refresh yourself creatively to move past it?
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Writing about Migrants: TTIE's #WriteInclusion Factsheet
TTIE has partnered with a number of social justice researchers and organizations to produce #WriteInclusion Factsheets: Tips for Authentic Representation. The #WriteInclusion Factsheet: Tips for Accurate Representation of Migrants explores topics related to people who move from one country or place to another, including…
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Training: Navigating Staffing Meetings and Writers Rooms as Historically Excluded Writers
TTIE's consulting services are a resource for those looking to make the TV industry a more inclusive, authentic, accessible, equitable, and accountable space. TTIE uses quantitative data along with the professional insights and experiences of our writers to help showrunners, executives, and DEIA departments sharpen and…
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Donate now: Help TTIE remain independent, objective truth-tellers
TTIE is a volunteer-run, trusted thought leader and highly-sought partner on inclusion and equity issues in Hollywood. We bridge the gap between non-profit and academic narrative change strategies and actual entertainment industry practices. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to the Think Tank for Inclusion &…
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How vertical soap operas are making $10 million a month
Vertical soap operas are generating $10 million monthly while Hollywood struggles with production slowdowns. Plus, H&M reveals they're creating AI twins of real models (and paying them for each use), and we dive into Anthropic's fascinating research showing Claude's AI doesn't think the way you'd expect - with implications…