The blog for aspiring & established filmmakers of independent films. by ted hope.

The Five Crucial Things We Want From Movies

What are our expectations when we sit down to watch? How strong are they? Are these expectations actually demands? Will we be punished if we

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When I Was 8 Years Old On My Birthday

On September 30th, 1970, Dennis Hopper appeared on the Johnny Cash Show and recited a poem by Rudyard Kipling, “If” — or as he named

A Total Disruption

“How is the film industry going to learn to support the artists who are willing to take risks, are committed to their own audience and

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Hope offers his unique perspective on how to make movies while keeping your integrity intact and how to create a sustainable business enterprise out of that art while staying true to yourself.

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Sometimes We Forget To Do The Obvious

If the best solution is the easiest solution, what takes us so long to do it?  The film industry complains about piracy.  But what do

New Crowdfunding Site

“Based in Vancouver, dana.io is a new crowdfunding platform for international filmmakers, artists, and activists. Unlike other platforms, dana.io doesn’t

Meet Ted

Ted Hope is a “holistic film producer”: he aims to be there from the beginning and then forever after, involved in every aspect of a film’s life cycle and ecosystem, as committed to engineering serendipity as preventing problems, as obsessed with lifting the good into the great, as he is…

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