It might help if you specified what part of the USA you'll be shooting in. RJSchwarz
A common technique is to have something else going on while they talk. For example Indiana Jones is going to eat poisoned dates while they discuss the...
You are looking for the actual brass, and not a video of the brass? Brass costs money. Shooting ranges collect spent brass and recycle it. You migh...
In House of the Dead the actors were put on moving platforms so that the camera could remain still. Of course then your background doesn't move so the...
A lot of books suggest that it takes from 5 to 10 screenplays to really learn your craft. Keep plugging away. RJSchwarz
I could be wrong but if you just drop a shot of the california coast over the window, and reduce it to 20% transparency or so and it should look like ...
Acting in the theater is a little different. They have to act broadlyso everyone including the back row can get it. In movies we have close-ups. Subt...
No but everytime I've seen a british tv show written up anywhere it's been in more of a transcript format. There shows are not as readily available th...
Figure out what are the worst possible things to happen (a) to the film project (b) to the character personally. You've named a number of character...
Backyard FX has lots of suggestions of how to do really cheap effects. RJSchwarz
I could be wrong, but I got the impression tv format in the UK is different. In the US there is no difference. RJSchwarz
Use the same sets for two or more movies. That's how they shot the Spanish version of Dracula as well as the bulk of the Abbot and Costello movies. Ro...
Do not forget Kevin Smith (New Jersey) and Robert Rodriquez (Texas) or the fact that i believe each and every one is a writer/director which might giv...
Raw footage has a name and every clip that comes from that raw footage will have the same name. YOu can change the name of the raw footage but then it...
I've not heard the blink thing, but if you cut on motion it helps. For example a guy in a long shot gets up and climbs over the trench line to be mowe...