Additionally... Think in terms of your market. For us, horror comedy provided a great, well structured, established outlet for our movie. We also had ...
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For us, the air smelled like a crazy deadline! We had to go, or miss opportunity. But if you have time, only you can know. There are stories of wri...
While we are on the subject of presentation... Please never send your script in a 3 ring binder, a honeycomb binder or anything weird. Card stock c...
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There are many people who love any story, if it's good! Unless your story revolves around a public character or involves true people who made natio...
When I worked for a producer, I was the guy who took a stack of scripts home and read them on the weekend. On Monday, the producer would say: "Rea...
Awesome book by the way. Rebel Without a Crew inspired us to make our first feature. Congratulations! Once you learn how to make compelling shor...
When I was starting out, people used to say: If you can't solve it, dissolve it. (Figured I'd throw in a little post production humor.) Go here: ww...
I go RED. It's an awesome camera and it's the future. (Of course the future is now!) This may sound too much like a producer... But I would weigh t...
I would also recommend reading Rebel Without A Crew by Robert Rodriguez. That book was inspirational in the making of our first feature. Yes, it's ...
Have you tried services like YouTube to host your film clips? Once hosted, it's usually less taxing to simply forward a link to your recipients. Go...
A few years back I conducted some filmmaking how-to seminars at the Maine Media Workshops. Check out their filmmaking work study program. Go here: w...
Hey everyone... Lets get back on track. Lets pretend you were not selling scripts. Lets pretend you were selling snow shovels. What factors would i...