DIY Monday

  • Distribution
  • Movie News

Alternative Bedfellows: Gathr’s New Fund Puts Crowdfunded Films in Theaters

Even low-budget indie films funded on Kickstarter will have a shot at theatrical distribution. Demand-based theatrical screening organizer, Gathr, is…

10 years ago
  • Directing

Mixing Mediums: On the Differences in Directing Shorts, Features and TV

What's the difference between making a short film versus a feature film versus an episode of television? For David Greenspan…

10 years ago
  • Producing
  • Screenwriting

Short Films: Sharpen Your Script Before Page One

You just got a great concept for a short film. It moves you. It excites you. It scares you because…

10 years ago
  • Movie News

Best of 2013: 10 Articles to Sum Up the Year in MovieMaker

2014 has been upon us for 10 whole days now. With the benefit of such distance, we at MovieMaker think…

10 years ago
  • Articles
  • Fall 2013
  • Producing

DIY Legal: Telling the Truth Without Paying for It

Fact or fiction? For this week's DIY Monday MovieMaker is exploring how to limit your liability when adapting a true story…

10 years ago
  • DIY

DIY Monday: A Guide to Social Media Movie Promotion, Part Two by Sheri Candler

Everyone knows a good marketing campaign needs a social media component, but are you really using it to its maximum…

10 years ago
  • DIY
  • We Make Movies (Better)

We Make Movies (Better): iZotope RX 3 Turns Picture Editors into Audio Editors by Sam Mestman

We Make Movies' Sam Mestman reviews the iZotope RX 3 for this week's DIY Monday blog post. Okay, so full…

10 years ago
  • DIY

DIY Monday: A Guide to Social Media Movie Promotion, Part One

Everyone knows a good marketing campaign needs a social media component, but are you really using it to its maximum…

10 years ago
  • Editing
  • Other

Dialogue Looping and Walla 101: Seven Things to Know for Superior ADR

Indie moviemakers sometimes forget that cinema is not just what's seen (cinematography, sets and costumes, actors' pretty faces), but also…

11 years ago
  • Distribution

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…

11 years ago
  • MM Guide 2013
  • Screenwriting

The Screenwriter’s Toolkit: 18 Exercises to Combat Writer’s Block

Before I got into screenwriting, I was in a poetry group (don't snark; some of us like poetry). For me,…

11 years ago
  • Distribution
  • MM Guide 2013

MovieMaker‘s Second Annual Guide to DIY Digital Distribution

At a panel at the USC School of Cinematic Arts this June, Steven Spielberg, and George Lucas sounded a death…

11 years ago
  • Producing

Five Great Indiegogo Film Campaigns: and What You Can Learn from Them

John T. Trigonis, Category Marketing Manager of Film, Web and Video at Indiegogo, takes an instructional look at five success…

11 years ago
  • Articles - Moviemaking
  • Articles - Screenwriting
  • DIY

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…

11 years ago
  • Distribution

DIY Marketing Monday: Do Film Festival Awards Matter?

To the fledgling filmmaker, any kind of award from a jury of their peers or an enthusiastic audience matters a…

11 years ago
  • Articles - Cinematography
  • Articles - Education
  • Articles - Moviemaking
  • DIY

Wisdom: Sol Negrin on Teaching Cinematography

Veteran cinematographer Sol Negrin, ASC understands the challenges of bringing cinematography from the set to the classroom. Now a professor…

11 years ago
  • Articles
  • DIY

DIY Marketing Monday, Episode One: Finding a Hook by Sheri Candler

Our new monthly DIY Monday feature is a column on distribution and marketing fundamentals by Sheri Candler, the Director of…

11 years ago
  • Screenwriting

Screenwriting Tips: 10 Beats to a Better Beginning

The old adage is that a screenwriter needs to capture a reader’s attention in the first 10 pages. Wrong. It…

11 years ago