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Short Horror Filmmaking With One Last Dive

December 18, 2021July 26, 2013 by Jason Brubaker
Short Horror Filmmaking

If you are looking for short film ideas, you might want to consider making a short horror film. My buddy sent me the …

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Categories Film Producing Tags movie target audience

iPad Filmmaking On A Budget

February 4, 2024July 23, 2013 by Guest Filmmaker
iPad Filmmaking

Many filmmakers waste years saving up to have the “right” equipment before attempting to make a movie. However, filmmaker Jerry Kokich says you …

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Categories Film Producing

Selling the Movie You Haven’t Made

February 29, 2024July 16, 2013 by Guest Filmmaker
Selling the Movie You Haven’t Made

For years I’ve said that the best part about going to the movies is the very beginning. No, not the opening credits, I’m …

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Categories Film Funding Tags independent filmmakers

Why You Need To Sell Movie Merchandise

February 6, 2024July 10, 2013 by Jason Brubaker
Why You Need To Sell Movie Merchandise

After you make your movie, people will email asking when it’s available. This period of time is called the social window. It’s the …

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Categories Film Distribution Tags distribution deal, movie target audience

Crowdfunding Kentucky Rivalry: Red V. Blue

December 18, 2021July 6, 2013 by Jason Brubaker
Crowdfunding Kentucky Rivalry: Red V. Blue

For many filmmakers, running a crowdfunding campaign has become an essential phase of the film financing process. A few days ago, Filmmaker Rory …

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Categories Film Producing Tags FILM FINANCING

Filmmaking the Hard Way

November 23, 2022June 26, 2013 by Guest Filmmaker
Filmmaking the Hard Way

If you’ve been visiting filmmaking stuff for any length of time, you know that I am relatively bullish on the ways new methods …

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Categories Film Distribution Tags get film distribution, micro budget filmmaking, self distribution

Send Digital Movie Files After Crowdfunding

December 18, 2021June 22, 2013 by Jason Brubaker
Send Digital Movie Files After Crowdfunding

Picture this! As a filmmaker, you just finished a successful crowdfunding campaign. You not only hit your goal, but exceeded your own expectations. …

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Categories Film Distribution Tags crowdfunding, crowdfunding movies, kickstarter

Episodic Funding Model

December 18, 2021June 11, 2013 by Jason Brubaker

Brian Norgard is the founder of Chill. And today he stopped by Filmmaking Stuff to share news about the Vigilante Diaries, which is …

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Categories Film Producing Tags filmmaking community

Crowdfunding Field Guide

December 18, 2021May 28, 2013 by Jason Brubaker
Crowdfunding Field Guide

Crowdfunding is a great way to get word out about your project, test your marketing concept and hone your skills as an entrepreneurial …

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Categories Film Funding Tags crowdfunding, crowdfunding movies, Film Finance

Jim Cliffe directs Danny Glover in first feature

December 18, 2021May 24, 2013 by Jason Brubaker
Donovans Echo

As a filmmaker, it is essential that you have a crystal clear vision for your movie. From there, you must take the necessary …

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Categories Film Producing Tags independent filmmaking

Rae Dawn Chong and The Celebrant

February 6, 2024May 9, 2013 by Jason Brubaker
Rae Dawn Chong

Rae Dawn Chong is an actor, writer and producer. As the eldest daughter of comedian Tommy Chong, she started acting at age 12 …

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Categories Film Producing Tags short film

The Social Window

December 18, 2021May 1, 2013 by Jason Brubaker
Chill_Social_Window

Do you remember the old days when you would see a movie in the theater and then wait months for the movie to …

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Categories Film Distribution Tags filmmaking

Your Movie Facebook Fan Page Is Not Big Enough

December 18, 2021April 10, 2013 by Jason Brubaker
What Movie Distributors Don't Want You To Know

In this filmmaking Podcast, I decided to share details about WHY you need to build a facebook fan page. I also decided to …

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Categories Film Producing Tags filmmaking

Delegate To Your Filmmaking Team

December 18, 2021April 7, 2013 by Jason Brubaker
Delegate To Your Filmmaking Team

Trust in filmmaking is essential. The reason you have a crew is because together the sum of the collaboration is better than what …

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Categories Film Producing Tags assistant director, filmmaking

Hire A Line Producer

December 18, 2021April 5, 2013 by Jason Brubaker
Hire A Line Producer

As a filmmaker, you need a team. Having an experienced Line Producer or Production Manager is invaluable in the prep phase of your …

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Categories Film Producing Tags line producer

5-XSW: My Best Moments at SXSW 2013

December 18, 2021March 27, 2013 by Guest Filmmaker
John Trignosis photo-bombs James Franco

This year marks my first time attending the world-renowned South By Southwest Festival, which features film, interactive and music events. Did I have …

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Categories Film Funding Tags independent filmmaker

Get Press To Cover Your Movie Projects

December 18, 2021March 22, 2013 by Jason Brubaker
Get Press To Cover Your Movie Projects

If you asked me how to get press to cover your movie projects ten years ago, I would have told you to hire …

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Categories Film Distribution

Future Proof Your Film

November 23, 2022March 18, 2013 by Jason Brubaker
future proof your film

Film distribution is changing. In addition to the major marketplaces, there are about 200 platforms (and growing) where you can feature your movie. …

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Categories Film Producing Tags get film distribution

How To Overcome Doubt And Make Your Movie

December 18, 2021March 15, 2013 by Guest Filmmaker

As a filmmaker, sometimes the biggest obstacle to overcome is your own negative self-talk. In today’s guest filmmaking article, independent filmmaker Dimitri Morantus …

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Categories Film Producing Tags crowdfunding, first feature film

Battle Online Movie Piracy With Piracy Pollution

December 18, 2021March 12, 2013 by Jason Brubaker
Online Movie Piracy, Piracy Pollution, Piracy

Whenever I give talks related to movie distribution invariably somebody in the audience will ask me my thoughts online piracy. And my response …

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Categories Film Distribution

Maintaining Image Quality With Your Documentary

December 18, 2021March 7, 2013 by Guest Filmmaker
maintaining image quality

Capturing moments in life, and all that plays into making the moment true to its existence, can be nearly impossible when shooting with …

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Categories Film Producing

How to Crowdfund an Oscar Winning Movie

December 18, 2021March 4, 2013 by Jason Brubaker
crowdfunding

Crowdfunding has become a successful strategy for filmmakers to raise money to make their movies. If you were paying attention, you probably noticed …

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Categories Film Producing Tags crowdfunding, film funding, movie target audience

Here’s What Film School Doesn’t Teach You

January 21, 2025March 2, 2013 by Guest Filmmaker
What-film-school-doesnt-teach-you

In this filmmaking article, filmmaker John Case explains What Film School Doesn’t Teach You and shares tips on how to make your first feature film.

Categories Film Producing Tags film school

What Is Your Film’s Competition? Everything.

February 29, 2024March 1, 2013 by Guest Filmmaker
Competition

As a filmmaker, unless you’ve got a pocket full of superfluous cash and you’re setting out to make a one-off passion picture that …

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Categories Film Producing

How To Set Up A Movie Website To Promote Your Film

February 29, 2024February 19, 2013 by Jason Brubaker
movie website

As a modern filmmaker, you need a movie website. For some of you, setting up a movie website is simple – you probably …

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Categories Film Distribution

Five Steps to Make a Living in Filmmaking

October 5, 2023February 12, 2013 by Guest Filmmaker
make a living in filmmaking

If you want to make a living in filmmaking, you’re in the right place. The one thing I absolutely love about being a …

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Categories Film Producing Tags business plan, filmmaking lessons

Screenwriting Tips For Low Budget Filmmaking

January 21, 2025February 11, 2013 by Guest Filmmaker
Screenwriting Tips

In this guest filmmaking article, you will receive screenwriting tips that will help you produce your low budget movies.

Categories Screenwriting Tags Independent film, low budget, screenwriters

Crowdfunding Total Frat Movie

January 21, 2025February 8, 2013 by Guest Filmmaker
total frat movie

Anyone that’s ever worked on a film knows that money is always tight and can only be stretched so far. That’s one of …

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Categories Film Funding Tags crowdfunding, filmmaking lessons

Film Crowdfunding

December 18, 2021January 29, 2013 by Jason Brubaker
Film Crowdfunding

There are a lot of filmmakers who think it’s still 1990. While it is nice to dream of Hollywood deals, the Modern Moviemaker …

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Categories Film Funding Tags filmmaking lessons

screenplay breakdown

December 18, 2021January 23, 2013 by Jason Brubaker
screenplay breakdown

Once you have a screenplay that you want to produce, you will need to figure out how much your movie will cost. When …

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