Erin Finley & the Top 10 Links of the Month

ARTIST: Erin Finley, Portrait of the artist in Louis Vuitton and maxi pad with wings,
black and metallic ink on paper

THIS MONTH: The psychology of undercharging; how to set up a blog for beginners; professional guidelines for artists; the key to independent film marketing; and, more....

Ghada Amer & the Top 10 Links of the Month

ARTIST: Ghada Amer, Trini, acrylic, embroidery and gel medium on canvas

THIS MONTH: Film marketing advice; Canadian income tax and your small business; running your business on-line with $10 and a Google account; Internet marketing for novelists; and, more....

Arts & Upstarts: Elspeth Duncan, Happy Hippy Productions

ELSPETH DUNCAN
Multimedia Artist, Filmmaker, Writer, Musician

PHOTO by Kris Alcantara

COMPANY:
Elspeth Duncan
formerly Happy Hippy Productions
Sole proprietor of a multimedia company creating artistic works and interactive experiences to uplift, inspire, shift perspectives, and raise awareness on issues of humanitarian importance.
Started: 1999

What type of business do you run and why did you decide to start it?

I am in the business of uplifting, inspiring, shifting perspectives and raising awareness in self and in others through a range of creative media: writing, photography, video art, filmmaking, and conceptual interactive installation art.

Amanda Strong & the Top 10 Links of the Week

PHOTOGRAPHER: Amanda Strong

THIS WEEK: How NOT to use the Internet to find investors for your film or theatre project; 50 questions to evaluate the quality of your Web site; the seven deadly sins of submitting a self-published book; and, more....

Joey DAMMIT! & the Top 10 Links of the Week

ARTIST: Joey DAMMIT!, David Bowie

THIS WEEK: How to "crowd fund" your film, self-publishing vs. vanity publishing, using video to promote your business, generating creative business ideas, and more....

Filmmaking on a Shoestring

Michael Clark is one of the producers of One Day Removals, a black comedy, shot in the regional accent of the north east of Scotland, about two hapless removal men and a truck load of bodies. Stirton Productions, the Scotland-based production house of which he is a part, developed and produced this feature (like most indie filmmakers I know here in Toronto) on a very modest budget and wrote the following piece on their experience. I encourage others to weigh in on the advice his company has offered here.