What goes into creating an Ad Campaign? This article from Ad Week runs down the process the ad agency Mother used to create a series of ads for Zeebox. View Playlist on YouTube Article from Ad Week below: IDEA: Cookies and milk. A prom queen and her limo. A slow-running teenager and a horror-movie monster. Read MoreRead More
Casting actors is one of the toughest steps in the filmmaking process because casting sets the stage for how everything will flow in your production. Samantha Simmonds-Ronceros offers a few tips on the audition process. Regardless of the type of script I am writing or the length or the genre, I believe in writing characters big, Read MoreRead More
Carolyn Pickman has over 50 feature films to her credit. New England Film profiles her work and tries to figure out what she looks for in actors.Read More
AFI Alum Rodrigo García talks to current AFI Fellows about working with ensemble casts like that in his upcoming film ALBERT NOBBS.Read More
David M. Reynolds, director of the ambitious independent short film “Underwater Realm”, takes us through an audition session held at the bottom of a pool. Read More
In this 1983 thank you note Steven Spielberg writes to the editor of Famous Monsters of Filmland, Forrest Ackerman. He mentions the “insane” casting process on Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom while recalling the simpler days of film school.Read More
What do you look for when you’re seated across the table from the terrified auditioner who’s practically begging for the part? Here are some guidelines: Read More
Working on a microscopic budget and small crew is always a challenge. But for almost a decade, I’ve been able to make it work for my commercial filmmaking business and my own personal narrative short films. Over the past 9 months, I’ve chronicled my experiences on my latest 23 minute short film “Pitch Black” here on FilmmakerIQ.com…Read More
Here are auditions and screen tests for maybe the best cast film in history, “Gone With The Wind”. Over thirty women were given screen tests for the part of Scarlett. You can see some of them here along with other cast members. Read More
Cory Turner from Expert Villiage shares a little insight into audition for independent films in this three part series. Holding Auditions for Indie Filmmaking: Part 1 — powered by eHow.com Holding Auditions for Indie Filmmaking: Part 2 — powered by eHow.com Holding Auditions for Indie Filmmaking: Part 3 — powered by eHow.comRead More
Casting is one of the most important aspects of a film – auditioning talent is an important step to get right. This forum article provides some excellent tips …The follow is a list of steps I’ve taken for each of the audition sessions I have held, which have all been successful and actors who have Read MoreRead More
Filmmakers of the independent thriller film “The Union” talk about ideas on how to cast for ‘no’ money, ways to cast w/o travel, who to cast w/o interviewing, and how to cast? How to Cast a Micro-Budget Thriller – The best video clips are right hereRead More
