FILMMAKING STUFF Tactics.

If you're seeking advice on how to fund, produce and sell your movie, these filmmaking articles will help you. You'll find that each article provides creative ideas and tips, with links to further information about filmmaking.

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Write A Screenplay

How To Write A Screenplay You Can Produce (Yourself)

Listen. If you're an ambitious writer, I'm going to tell you a secret. There is no better feeling in the world than the day you stop sending query letters and instead, you start producing your own work. For years and years, you have dreamed about seeing your work on the big screen. You know you're good. So why ask for permission?

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How To Produce An iPhone Film With Inexpensive Gear

The feature iPhone film Tangerine premiered at Sundance and was picked up by Magnolia Pictures. I loved how these filmmakers took …

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Filmmaker Kris Avedisian Talks About The Making Of “Donald Cried”

In Donald Cried Jesse Wakeman plays Peter Latang, a slick Wall Street mover and shaker who returns home to working-class Rhode …

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How To STOP Filling Your Closet With Camera Gear

If you're looking for more camera gear and you haven't yet made a film, you need to stop what you're doing right now. …

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Orange Sunshine

What The Making of Orange Sunshine Can Teach Us About Documentary Filmmaking

We met on the hard courts of Venice Beach to ball. Paddle ball. Not familiar? The game is basically miniature tennis …

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Warning: Poorly Run Film Production Can Sour Your Career

Picture this! A new filmmaker begins their very first film production. He's already living in the corner of someone’s kitchen, trying to scrape …

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How To Build A Solid Reputation In The Film Industry

In this filmmaking article, producer Jason Brubaker explains how to build a reputation and why this is most important to your filmmaking career.

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Five Things Every New Filmmaker Should Know

Being a new filmmaker is like navigating rough waters. In fact, making movies is one of the few jobs in the …

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