The biggest filmmaking mistake I ever made was waiting for someone to give me permission to make my movie. It’s true. After college, I spent a whole lot of time sending out resumes to production companies. I thought the only way I could be taken seriously as a filmmaker was to work for a major [...]
Yesterday I had breakfast with a studio executive from one of the Majors here in Los Angeles. Much of what we talked about revolved around changes in the movie industry and how many of the studio folks are slow to implement new ideas. With an estimated 30,000 to 50,000 independent movies flooding the market each year, the movie industry is experiencing what happens to any industry when cheap labor, inexpensive production…
Every week I share my filmmaking thoughts in a newsletter broadcast to over 5000 filmmakers. The newsletter offers tips and tactics on how to get your movie made, seen and sold without waiting around and asking permission. Most of the responses I receive are positive. However, without fail, I get emails from people who give me reasons why they cannot make a movie. These responses, while heartfelt and in many cases believable are starting to smell like a bunch of self-pitty BS…
The most frustrating part of your filmmaking career is when you realize that you are not entitled to success. Early in your career you wake up every day with an unyielding sense of possibility…
Like it or not, many social networking sites run the risk of going out of vogue. So from day one, you will want to migrate your fans off the social networking sites and get them into your own email, mailing list…
I HIGHLY recommend that you use a reputable 3rd party email marketing company to manage your audience list. While there are some great companies out there, over the past three years, I have utilized a service called Aweber. This is a reputable email marketing company…
