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How They Did It: Shooting a Flashlit Prison Horror Movie, Against the Night, on the Sony a7S
From conception, my feature Against the Night, about a group of friends who sneak into an...
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Distribute and Conquer: How the Director of "2500km" Landed Her $500 Short Film an HBO Premiere
My name is Daniela Arguello. I’m the director, writer, producer, camera operator and cinematographer of my...
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How They Did It: This Director Braved Wasps and Morning Sickness to Shoot Moko Jumbie in Trinidad While Pregnant
My first feature, Moko Jumbie, is a Gothic Caribbean love story set in rural Trinidad. Its protagonist is...
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How They Did It: I Set a Start Date for My $250,000 Film, September Morning, and Stuck to it No Matter What
“How did you find the money?” That’s the question I’ve gotten most from my fellow indie...
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Family Affair: How the Director of Baby Steps Used the Making of the Film to Connect To His Mother
About six years ago, I was searching for a feature film topic. I’d already directed six...
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On the Inside: To Make His Feature Shot Caller, Ric Roman Waugh Learned How to Shoot in a Real-Life Prison
Shot Caller was the most physically demanding film I ever shot: an authentic look at our...
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Knowing When to End It: Our Doc On a Knife Edge Took Seven Years to Make. Here’s What We Learned on the Way
For several years, our documentary On a Knife Edge had a great beginning and a wonderful...
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How They Did It: This Small Indie Documentary Team Tackled NASCAR in New Series Road to Race Day
Imagine an expanse of asphalt over a mile long and half a mile wide, filled with...
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How Far Would You Go for the Perfect Lenses? For the Director of Midnighters, These Were Worth the Effort
It’s five in the morning and I’m starting to shiver. The thermometer hovers at 10 degrees...
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How They Did It: Eliza Sherman’s Revenge Made, Then Ripped Off a Prosthetic Arm Without Paying an Arm and a Leg
No-budget indie moviemaking is hard enough as it is, but when you decide to throw in...
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