YOU are a very INDIE FILMMAKER. Should you do CONTRACTS? If your case is the one of a very indie filmmaker that has to ask for favours here and there to get his movie finished, the question is “Should you have a written contract with every person that is involved in the shooting of your […]
Location Scouting for Indie Film (How To Guide) The first thing that you need to have clear is that if you are an independent filmmaker and you can’t rely on much certainties that money offers you, you must search for places that you know will be the best place to shoot because it fits the […]
What Camera Should I Get? GH5s: best DSLR out there? What camera brand should I buy? There are many camera brands out there, many camera ads, many types of video cameras, many types of DSLR, cameras that film in 720p, 1080p, 2k, 4k and even 6k or 8k… But the most important topic here is […]
WHY BOTHER?! 4 Steps for all the PRE-production PAPERS that need to be done First things first, how much work does PRE-production take? Well, it depends. I know, I know, it is that shitty answer that doesn’t answer much. But I can tell you what is the exact work that has to be done and […]
Storyboard EVERYTHING?! Should you or should you not storyboard everything you film? Some great filmmakers think that storyboarding is of not use and others plan everything and storyboard everything before shooting. Alfred Hitchcock, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and Christopher Nolan all of them do storyboards for their films. Others, like […]
Why Excel For Organizing Your Shoot Having a visual representation of what you have already shot and of what is yet to shoot, comes super handy when you are in the pre-production stage. As well, studies have shown that having a to-do-list helps you to boost your productivity, organize your ideas, ease planning, keep track […]
How To Make Script Breakdown Sheets? (2 STEPS) STEP 1: UNDERLINE First you spot in your screenplay the following elements and circle or underline them with their specific colour. Here is a table for reference: Your Preproduction Script should look more or less like this: STEP 2: FILL IN THE GAPS! What is a script […]
YOU are a very INDIE FILMMAKER. Should you do CONTRACTS? If your case is the one of a very indie filmmaker that has to ask for favours here and there to get his movie finished, the question is “Should you have a written contract with every person that is involved in the shooting of your […]
Location Scouting for Indie Film (How To Guide) The first thing that you need to have clear is that if you are an independent filmmaker and you can’t rely on much certainties that money offers you, you must search for places that you know will be the best place to shoot because it fits the […]
What Camera Should I Get? GH5s: best DSLR out there? What camera brand should I buy? There are many camera brands out there, many camera ads, many types of video cameras, many types of DSLR, cameras that film in 720p, 1080p, 2k, 4k and even 6k or 8k… But the most important topic here is […]
WHY BOTHER?! 4 Steps for all the PRE-production PAPERS that need to be done First things first, how much work does PRE-production take? Well, it depends. I know, I know, it is that shitty answer that doesn’t answer much. But I can tell you what is the exact work that has to be done and […]
Storyboard EVERYTHING?! Should you or should you not storyboard everything you film? Some great filmmakers think that storyboarding is of not use and others plan everything and storyboard everything before shooting. Alfred Hitchcock, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and Christopher Nolan all of them do storyboards for their films. Others, like […]
Why Excel For Organizing Your Shoot Having a visual representation of what you have already shot and of what is yet to shoot, comes super handy when you are in the pre-production stage. As well, studies have shown that having a to-do-list helps you to boost your productivity, organize your ideas, ease planning, keep track […]
How To Make Script Breakdown Sheets? (2 STEPS) STEP 1: UNDERLINE First you spot in your screenplay the following elements and circle or underline them with their specific colour. Here is a table for reference: Your Preproduction Script should look more or less like this: STEP 2: FILL IN THE GAPS! What is a script […]