Deadlines (and why you need to learn to love them)
Back in my teaching/coordination days I used to have the following image hanging behind my desk. Most of my students hated it. They would look at me with puppy eyes […]
Tag Archives: filmmaking
Words of Inspiration and Advice from/for Filmmakers
We often hear what we should not do, what is not possible and what our limitations must be. The quotes below are for and/or by filmmakers. May they inspire you, […]
Gatekeepers: Who Holds the Power to Get Your Film Made (and in Front of an Audience)?
Gatekeepers: Who Holds the Power to Get Your Film Made (and in Front of an Audience)?
10 Filmmaking Video Channels for You to Browse When Sick (or Even When You Are Not)
Here I am in a new city, looking for a new place and with a future needing to be taken care of. Perfect timing, I am stuck in bed, sick; […]
Filmmaking Legal Matters: Rights, Fair Use, Errors and Omissions
I woke up with a bit of a headache. Is it stress? Possibly. My mind has been trying to wrap around the legal side of filmmaking, focusing on non-fiction and […]
13 Filmmaking Blogs You Might Want to Browse
I have neglected the blog (I have been neglecting a lot of things) and there are various reasons for it. One, I am preparing a little adventure I hope to […]
You Do Not Have to Write That Screenplay By Yourself
As I might have mentioned in earlier posts, I hate typing. I love storytelling but I find the act of typing in front of my screen extremely tiresome. Yes, every […]
Visual Style: Cinematographers on Cinematography – Part 3
The images and quotes found in this post have been selected from a collection of documents on Directors of Photography compiled by cinematographer Stephen Murphy. You can access the documents from […]
Themes: A Film About X That Says Y
Having worked in ‘filmmaking education’ I have had the opportunity to sit through a fairly large number of student film pitches and read more student short scripts than you would […]
Filmmaking in a Changing Industry
We continue our chat with David Allen Cluck, known for his work as a 1st AD on Monster and the Artist . David was kind enough to share some of his […]
