Cinema Advanced | Filmmaking Tips

I’ve recently been in talks with a local non profit agency about a film and media facility they wish to create. The question was posed to me, “What would you need to improve your productions?” I realized that my answer would be incredibly from your average beginner. I have a good access to most of the facilities one would need to produce a short film, and I have my own prejudices about how it should be done. So, I thought maybe it would be better just to ask a few filmmakers just starting out in their ventures into the wild world of media.

So here is the task. Imagine a non-profit facility that can:

• Supply Equipment
• Help you network through meet up groups
• Hold Classes to teach different aspects of film and media

So on to the questions:

• If there were such a place, would you use it
• How much would you be willing to pay for an annual membership
• What sort of classes would you want offered
• What sort of equipment or facilities would you want offered
• What if the center had this requirement: Only you could use your material for commercial profit - but the facility would have rights to use your material for teaching or other non commercial purposes. Would you be ok with that?
• For the centers website: Do you think a website that is essentially just an event calender is good enough, or would you like a large scale, myspace like, website where members would have profiles and be able to display their content

And any other suggestions or comments would be very helpful.

Thanks in Advance