All posts tagged "diy"
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Producing
Digging a Hole Where the Rain Gets In: How Days of Power Crafted a Low-Budget Character Death
March 13, 2018“Every man should pull a boat over a mountain once in his life.”—Werner Herzog When we...
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Festivals
Hands Up: Spotlight on Whistler Film Festival 2017
December 12, 2017While accepting an award from the Alliance of Women Film Journalists at the Whistler Film Festival...
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Other
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
August 7, 2017What is punk rock? It should first be said that punk is different things to different...
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Other
The Bellflower Bellows: A Simple Guide to Personalizing Your Lens for Gorgeously Unique Visuals
April 25, 2017Tom Waits has a song, “What’s He Building in There?” about a man wondering what goes...
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Other
A Duel in a Different Form: Tips for Choreographing and Executing a Car Chase From the Director of The Chase
January 30, 2017In the action world, one of the least expensive things to do, though not necessarily the...
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Directing
Starring Ol’ Blue: Casting a 43-Year Old Ford Pickup Truck in Reparation
April 28, 2015This is a story about how I nearly fired one of the lead actors in our...
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Distribution
Success in Digital Distribution: A Conversation with The Orchard
October 14, 2013Swimming through the tides of new digital tools and distribution entities has become something of a...
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DIY
We Make Movies (Better): How I Learned to build an Avid Editing bay for under $1,500
October 7, 2013MovieMaker is reintroducing the We Makes Movies (Better) blog from our friends over at We Make...
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Articles - Moviemaking
Screenwriting 101: Script Criteria Checklist
August 26, 2013As you probably know, finishing (or finding) a script is only the beginning of any moviemaker’s...
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Things Learned
Things I’ve Learned: Chris Weitz’s Golden Rules of Filmmaking
August 21, 2013This week, our Things I’ve Learned come from the Hollywood jack-of-all-trades that is Chris Weitz. The consummate...
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Distribution
DIY Marketing Monday: Do Film Festival Awards Matter?
August 19, 2013To the fledgling filmmaker, any kind of award from a jury of their peers or an...
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Articles
Film Grants Made Easy: Finding Financing In A Nonprofit World
August 12, 2013MovieMaker reached back into the vaults to bring you this piece on nonprofit financing for this...
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Articles - Cinematography
Wisdom: Sol Negrin on Teaching Cinematography
August 5, 2013Veteran cinematographer Sol Negrin, ASC understands the challenges of bringing cinematography from the set to the...
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Articles
DIY Marketing Monday, Episode One: Finding a Hook
July 15, 2013Our new monthly DIY Monday feature is a column on distribution and marketing fundamentals by Sheri...
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DIY
Five Ways to Navigate the Shoulds & Supposed-Tos of Moviemaking
April 19, 2013Have you read Steven Pressfield’s The War of Art? If you have, spread the word. If you haven’t yet,...
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Articles - Distribution
We Make Movies (Better): New grass roots and the digital age of moviemaking at SXSW
April 1, 2013I have a confession to make: I’m a bit of an interloper in the film world. I was an...
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Articles - Directing
War Is a Witch: Unexpected Jungle Discoveries during War Witch
February 28, 2013An AK47 and a Fisher Price light saber. Two of the first things I saw in...
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blog-test
Hunting Tigers: Moviemaker Lena Khan navigates a middle road to get her first feature made
February 7, 2013Sometimes I think people mistakenly assume that if you’re a filmmaker, you’re either working in Hollywood,...
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blog-test
We Make Movies (Better): Your down-and-dirty, first-timers guide to Sundance
January 29, 2013It’s natural to have high expectations when you’re looking forward to a first-time experience. We spent...
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