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The War and Peace of Making Movies
I’ve learned through making movies the war and peace of making movies can be either creative hell or creative heaven. It is cliché, but it is really all in a person’s outlook on indie film production which it will be. Being unrealistic about what type of indie film you can make with a limited movie budget sets an aspiring filmmaker up for creative hell. I casually know one high strung filmmaker I... (posted by Sid 17 days 15 hours ago.)
I’ve learned through making movies the war and peace of making movies can be either creative hell or creative heaven. It is cliché, but it is really all in a person’s outlook on indie film production which it will be. Being unrealistic about what type of indie film you can make with a limited movie budget sets an aspiring filmmaker up for creative hell. I casually know one high strung filmmaker I... (posted by Sid 17 days 15 hours ago.)
Entertainment Lawyers, Film Sales Representatives and Securing Movie Distribution
The amount of paperwork involved with producing a movie is a pain in the ass. All of it needs to be legally acceptable when it’s time to deal with film deliverables. This part of being a filmmaker is probably the least enjoyable part of the whole process. It helps if your movie budget can cover the cost of hiring an entertainment lawyer to make sure all your film... (posted by Sid 141 days 12 hours ago.)
The amount of paperwork involved with producing a movie is a pain in the ass. All of it needs to be legally acceptable when it’s time to deal with film deliverables. This part of being a filmmaker is probably the least enjoyable part of the whole process. It helps if your movie budget can cover the cost of hiring an entertainment lawyer to make sure all your film... (posted by Sid 141 days 12 hours ago.)
ThunderCats, Psoro and Badassery
Be warned this blog post titled ThunderCats, Psoro and Badassery is being written after a very long Saturday that kept going until 3:30 A.M. Sunday. My mind and body are moving a little slow this afternoon. What does any of this have to do with ThunderCats, Psoro and Badassery? – every damn thing I hope. I like to call Briana Malmstrom aka on Twitter @Calavera_Kid a social network friend of mine like the Cisco... (posted by Sid 141 days 12 hours ago.)
Be warned this blog post titled ThunderCats, Psoro and Badassery is being written after a very long Saturday that kept going until 3:30 A.M. Sunday. My mind and body are moving a little slow this afternoon. What does any of this have to do with ThunderCats, Psoro and Badassery? – every damn thing I hope. I like to call Briana Malmstrom aka on Twitter @Calavera_Kid a social network friend of mine like the Cisco... (posted by Sid 141 days 12 hours ago.)
Movie Distribution Plans and Marketing Strategy
It’s too easy to neglect having a marketing strategy and movie distribution plan when producing on an indie film budget. Producers are focused on fleshing out a tight screenplay, hiring cast and crew while keeping track of every dollar they spend. Studio budget movies hire goliath companies to develop a marketing strategy and movie distribution plan for their latest blockbuster. Indie filmmakers... (posted by Sid 141 days 12 hours ago.)
It’s too easy to neglect having a marketing strategy and movie distribution plan when producing on an indie film budget. Producers are focused on fleshing out a tight screenplay, hiring cast and crew while keeping track of every dollar they spend. Studio budget movies hire goliath companies to develop a marketing strategy and movie distribution plan for their latest blockbuster. Indie filmmakers... (posted by Sid 141 days 12 hours ago.)
Independent Film Financing and Movie Distribution – Dancing Nude
Independent film financing and movie distribution reminds of what it would feel like dancing nude on stage (much respect for exotic dancers at Larry Flynt's Hustler Club!). You show up to pitch your movie project and need to be able to dance to a film investor’s music. It’s their stage and not yours as an indie filmmaker seeking film funding. They want you to make a sellable... (posted by Sid 172 days 10 hours ago.)
Independent film financing and movie distribution reminds of what it would feel like dancing nude on stage (much respect for exotic dancers at Larry Flynt's Hustler Club!). You show up to pitch your movie project and need to be able to dance to a film investor’s music. It’s their stage and not yours as an indie filmmaker seeking film funding. They want you to make a sellable... (posted by Sid 172 days 10 hours ago.)
Freelance Writing Will Sharpen Your Screenwriting Skills
Working as a freelance writer will sharpen your screenwriting skills like wet stone does a jungle machete. A writer’s mind can become an overgrown jungle that makes it very tough to cut a creative path to finishing a screenplay. I follow writer Jeanne V Bowerman (@jeannevb ) on Twitter. She wrote “I might write my next Balls piece on the value freelance... (posted by Sid 190 days 22 hours ago.)
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Working as a freelance writer will sharpen your screenwriting skills like wet stone does a jungle machete. A writer’s mind can become an overgrown jungle that makes it very tough to cut a creative path to finishing a screenplay. I follow writer Jeanne V Bowerman (@jeannevb ) on Twitter. She wrote “I might write my next Balls piece on the value freelance... (posted by Sid 190 days 22 hours ago.)
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