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Why Having A Low-Budget Is Awesome, Seriously
A mammoth budget does not necessarily guarantee box office domination nor does it mean it will earn critical acclaim. Filming limitations can lead to ingenuity, creative freedom and, more often than...
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10 Lessons I Learned From Making A Movie For $10,000
DoP Balázs Dobóczi H.S.C. and a lot of cash We made a movie, called Black Soup for 10,000 dollars. We shot it in Budapest, in 14 days, filming on 11 locations (!), had a bunch of great actors in it,...
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How To Answer ‘What is Your Favourite Film?’
This is a good question. A question you will be asked often. You should answer this question. You should answer this question well. It is a question you get asked all the time amongst the film-friendly...
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Ten Pre-Stardom Appearances
Won’t forget, can’t regret. What they did before stardom. Some A-Listers built their careers on typecasting, others on diversity. Here’s a reminder of a few experimental roles before they became...
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Why I’m Scared Of 50 Shades Of Grey
I should first establish that I am in no right an expert on 50 Shades of Grey, on E L James, or even on film – but especially, in no quantity, am I an expert, on BDSM. My lack of expertise in bondage,...
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Director Ed Boase On The Real-Life Horrors Making The Mirror
I recently completed my second low-budget feature, The Mirror, and thought I’d share some of my experiences in the hope they could prove useful to fellow filmmakers trying to get similar projects off...
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The 4 Secret Psychological Tools Filmmakers Use
It may come as no surprise when I tell you that my mother used to call filmmakers the biggest fibbers and fakers out there. I guess she saw through all the shamanic tricks and sleights of hands that...
View ArticleStabilise it!
// ]]> Amazon.co.uk Widgets Now. Unless you’re watching Cloverfield, The Blair Witch Project, or any film that uses the “running with a video camera” gimmick, shakiness in films is something to be...
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Darker and Edgier – A Token of our Times?
Demythologizing medieval. All stories about flawless princesses, mighty knights struggling with dragons and powerful sorcerers are foundations on traditional ways of thinking, tales we have been told...
View ArticleGuest Post: 5 Tips For Crowdfunding Trailers That Work
Crowdfunding campaigns are becoming increasingly relevant in the current filmmaking market. Quite a few independent directors and producers that would have previously attempted to court production...
View Article5 Things You Might Not Have Known About Robin Williams
Comedy über alles. It’s kind of ironic that the first and the only trending topic worldwide on Twitter related with Robin Williams is his death. Right now every possible newspaper or website is racing...
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9 Musicians Who Became Filmmakers
For me art is an interdisciplinary field. Each art form can easily mix, mash up or simply collaborate in other forms.There is no more logical combination than movies and music. Sound has become one of...
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10 Lessons I Learned From Making A Movie For $10,000
DoP Balázs Dobóczi H.S.C. and a lot of cash We made a movie, called Black Soup for 10,000 dollars. We shot it in Budapest, in 14 days, filming on 11 locations (!), had a bunch of great actors in it,...
View Article16 Short Films That Launched the Careers of Famous Directors
Mic.com is one of my favourite websites – I check it nearly every day for interesting thought pieces on the arts. They have posted and article: 16 Short Films That Launched the Careers of Famous...
View Article28 Brilliant Films You Can Watch in the Time It Takes to Eat Lunch
Journalist and author Noah Gittell over at one of my favourite websites, mic.com wrote a very successful and amusing piece on the 14 Brilliant Films You can Watch In The Time It Takes To Eat Lunch. You...
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Faking an Accent
It’s an acting rite of passage. Some actors turn up to an audition having never tried the accent they are about to do. Sometimes it’s excruciating for them. Sometimes it’s excruciating for us. ‘Why...
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7 Things I Learned Making a Film for $7000
When it comes to the really crazy ideas, like making a feature film with zero prior experience and for less than the price of a semester of film school, sometimes all it takes is one other person to...
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6 Must-Attend Networking Events for Filmmakers in Toronto
Toronto is a city bursting at the seams with talented and ambitious independent screenwriters, producers, directors and actors just ready to dive into their next project. However, it’s tough to know...
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Why I Still Haven’t Warmed Up to Frozen
For the past year I have kept my feelings on Frozen bottled up inside for fear of being burnt at the stake. Given the Elsa-pocalypse that was this past Halloween I consider myself justified in doing...
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