How To Achieve Your Filmmaking Goals Fast
If you ever feel stuck in filmmaking, this article for you. You will discover simple life hacks so you can achieve your filmmaking goals fast!
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At Filmmaking Stuff, we are dedicated to providing filmmaking articles related to production, production equipment (cameras, lighting, audio), film scheduling, budgeting, casting and directing. From time to time, we will also include articles from guest filmmakers. We have provided the following ideas and filmmaking tips so that you can take action and make your movie.
Why I Upgraded My Camera To The Sony A7S II (And You Should Too)
I recently upgraded my camera to the Sony A7S II. And if you are like me, the last thing you want to do …
Filmmaking: How To Create A Promotional Hook That Your Audience Remembers
If getting a name attached to your movie is difficult, you’ll need to emphasize your hook. And if you’re lucky, your hook will be memorable. Do you have any controversy in your story?
What Happens When Two Films Have The Same Title
“Where is the murder?” Complicated emotions arise when you hear one of the most infamously polarizing directors of a generation is making a big budget horror …
The Shocking Truth About Modern Moviemaking
I don’t give a crap about the idiot Hollywood snobs who would much rather ignore you and your HD camera. And so what if you never worked with Spielberg or for that matter any “name” talent. And who really cares if some band of ivy league film school graduates spent their 30k making an 8 minute, 35mm short, when you decided to make a feature?
5 Movie Marketing Mistakes That Make You Look Dumb
In this movie marketing article, Jason Brubaker helps you avoid the 5 movie marketing mistakes that make you look dumb.
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 it upon …
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 Island for …
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. Your priorities …
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 meets ping …
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 together a …
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 world that, …
The Indie Filmmaker’s Guide to Buying A Camera Drone
These days you can’t go into any electronics store without the temptation to buy some sort of camera drone. This makes sense. Using a drone can …
You Should Expect The Best Outcome For Your Movie
If you do not expect the best outcome for your movie, you should quit filmmaking. But even you have all the optimism in the …
Would You Cast Actors Based On Twitter Followers?
The other day I met with a pretty well known Indie producer. We were talking about audience engagement and how filmmakers are now responsible …
Free Filming Locations – How To Find The Perfect Spot & Save Money
Many filmmakers limit opportunities based on misguided beliefs. In order to make a feature film, many of these Hollywood hopefuls set their sights …
Three Reasons to Become Your Own Screenwriting Agent
You don’t need a screenwriting agent to get your screenplay seen by Hollywood’s gatekeepers. Here are three reasons to be your own screenwriting agent.
5 Tips For Submitting To Film Festivals (For Filmmakers)
Submitting to film festivals becomes a major focus when you have a new finished film. Film festivals can put a film on the map, draw …
5 Unsurprising Reasons Friends Are a Horrible Movie Crew
In this fun filmmaking article, we explore 5 unsurprising reasons friends are a horrible movie crew. Read this article to find out why.
Make Your Own Movie: 3 Steps For Filmmaking Success
If you’re looking for your filmmaker game plan, this article will help you take the next steps towards getting your movie made, seen and sold.
Four Tips For Scoring Your Film (For Indie Filmmakers)
Scoring your film can have a sort of mystical power over the mind. The perfect song paired with the picture can make you …
Fighting The Urge To Quit Filmmaking
Picture this! You leave your small town and move to New York City so you could go after your filmmaking dreams. Because you don’t have much money, you rent the edge of some dude’s cockroach infested kitchen floor – sleeping on an inflatable air mattress…
Why Filmmakers Fail At Film Festivals
I have been speaking at quite a few film festivals. And what I find is, many filmmakers are still stuck in an old paradigm that no longer exists. In the past, most filmmakers dreamed of getting their movies seen and sold at festivals, followed by a 3 picture deal. But the reality is, these types of deals are…
7 Ways To Build A Strong Filmmaking Crew (So You Can Make Your Film)
Ever notice that the same directors and producers always seem to work with the same filmmaking crew? There’s a reason for it. They know …
5 Tips To Plan Your Film Festival Strategy
As an independent filmmaker with a short documentary about to hit the festival circuit, I am faced once again with planning my film …
15 Steps to Creating Mise-en-Scene in Your Next Film
In filmmaking, the term Mise-en-Scene refers to identifying each component through analysis and explaining the respective significance while connecting them to the film’s theme. …
Five Lessons I Learned Making A Low Budget Feature
Making my low budget feature film, Earshot, was groundbreaking and exciting. And it was also a huge learning experience. It was the first …
Why Aren’t There More Fresh Ideas In Hollywood?
A comment I hear sometimes when I listen to producers is “Why aren’t there more fresh ideas in Hollywood?” Let’s leave aside the …
How To Avoid Major Filmmaking Headaches
As a filmmaker, you are focused on making a movie. You have a gazillion things on your plate. And the last thing you …
Five Ways To Make Your Short Film Awesome
When I got into filmmaking, short films were viewed as a calling card. You’d make a short, get into festivals and hope someone …