All posts tagged "diy"
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Digging a Hole Where the Rain Gets In: How Days of Power Crafted a Low-Budget Character Death
“Every man should pull a boat over a mountain once in his life.”—Werner Herzog When we began the journey to make Days of... -
Hands Up: Spotlight on Whistler Film Festival 2017
While accepting an award from the Alliance of Women Film Journalists at the Whistler Film Festival in 2013, DIY indie filmmaking queen... -
Do Things, Don’t Just Say Things: Six D.I.Y. Tips From the Director of Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk
What is punk rock? It should first be said that punk is different things to different people—and it only continues to evolve... -
The Bellflower Bellows: A Simple Guide to Personalizing Your Lens for Gorgeously Unique Visuals
Tom Waits has a song, “What’s He Building in There?” about a man wondering what goes on behind his neighbor’s garage door.... -
A Duel in a Different Form: Tips for Choreographing and Executing a Car Chase From the Director of The Chase
In the action world, one of the least expensive things to do, though not necessarily the easiest, is to create a fight... -
Starring Ol’ Blue: Casting a 43-Year Old Ford Pickup Truck in Reparation
This is a story about how I nearly fired one of the lead actors in our film the day before principal photography... -
Success in Digital Distribution: A Conversation with The Orchard
Swimming through the tides of new digital tools and distribution entities has become something of a pastime for me. Something new happens... -
We Make Movies (Better): How I Learned to build an Avid Editing bay for under $1,500
MovieMaker is reintroducing the We Makes Movies (Better) blog from our friends over at We Make Movies! Look for their brilliant, practical... -
Screenwriting 101: Script Criteria Checklist
As you probably know, finishing (or finding) a script is only the beginning of any moviemaker’s odyssey from page to screen. With... -
Things I’ve Learned: Chris Weitz’s Golden Rules of Filmmaking
This week, our Things I’ve Learned come from the Hollywood jack-of-all-trades that is Chris Weitz. The consummate professional reminds fellow moviemakers to avoid...
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Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker: Mads Mikkelsen
From Star Wars to Marvel, from prestige TV (Hannibal) to high-profile Oscar contenders (At Eternity’s Gate), Mads Mikkelsen can be seen stretching his dramatic skills across the board these...Inside the Issue: Directing
The 2019 MovieMaker Sundance Survey: Eleven Sundance-Selected Films, and Their Mountain-Bound Makers
The 35th Sundance Film Festival received a record-breaking 14,000-plus submissions, with 4,000-plus feature-length films among them. Of the 112 features selected, 45 of their makers were first-timers. The fest’s...1Inside the Issue: How To
Breaking and Entering, Part One: How To Shoot Down Self-Doubt and Pay the Rent While Making It In the Film Industry
Becoming a moviemaker seemed like an impossibly ambitious goal when I was growing up. I was living in Brazil, watching bootleg copies of David Cronenberg films and, with...