complete guide to making movies

  • MM Guide 2019

The Road Less Traveled: To Get Your Indie Made, Treat Your Crew Like Your Family and Put Your Audience Above Yourself

Soon after my film “Thunder Road” won the Short Film Grand Jury Prize at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, I…

6 years ago
  • Best Of

Motion Picture Production Guide 2017: 25 Resources to Get Your Film Made Faster, Cheaper, Better

“Who and what can I use to make my movie? Where do I even begin?” You may remember, if you’ve…

7 years ago
  • MM Guide 2014
  • Screenwriting

Writing for Improvisation: Is This an Oxymoron?

Improvisation in the service of making movies can allow for an organic and naturalistic quality of performance that is otherwise…

9 years ago
  • Screenwriting

Writing Backwards: Plot Construction Using Reverse Cause and Effect

The work of the amateur screenwriter is often characterized by the unnecessary. Dialogue and description are often overdone, scenes tend…

17 years ago