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Brooklyn’s Better: Lytehouse Studio Offers Cutting-Edge Production Facilities Without Skyline-High Manhattan Rates

Even back then cheap apartments were hard to find in Manhattan,” says Peter MacNicol during his opening monologue in Sophie’s…

5 years ago
  • Producing

How They Did It: Juggling Three Hats to Make the 12-Day, Five-City Feature Toss It

How did Michele Remsen write, direct, produce, and act in her first feature film Toss It? Not a big enough question. How…

6 years ago
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How They Did It: A Spread-Out Schedule and Streamlined Crew Helped Negative Make Its Days

It was the middle of the night. We were out in the high desert of the Antelope Valley, north of…

7 years ago
  • Directing

From Proof of Concept to Praise From King: How “Within the Woods” Gave The Evil Dead Creative and Financial Life

On October 15, 1981, director Sam Raimi, producer Robert Tapert and actor Bruce Campbell unveiled their passion project feature debut…

8 years ago
  • How They Did It

A Low-Budget Superhero Movie? It’s Possible, Says the Director of Spaghettiman. Here’s How

An average of 23 new superhero movies come out every week. And to be honest, I can’t get enough of…

8 years ago
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Stunts on a Budget: Basic Tips for Directing Indie Stunts, From the Director of Game of Aces

Are you afraid of attempting stunts on your shoestring budget? Don't be. Stunts are exciting to craft, awesome to shoot…

8 years ago
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Shooting The Kitchen: Keeping one location visually interesting

In early 2011, my longtime friend and collaborator, director Ishai Setton, told me about a (very) low-budget feature he was…

11 years ago