Posted on November 8, 2010 in Budgeting, General Screenwriting | 1 Comment
Why should a writer bother to learn about production budgets? Isn’t that the Production Manager’s responsibility? Let me tell you why. Though the writer may not be directly involved in the business side of making the film, the script that he or she writes will be.
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Posted on October 28, 2010 in Contracts and Law | No Comments
The Visual Effects Society (VES) recently held an event in Los Angeles titled “The 1099 Dilemma” (1099 being the name of the IRS form for Independent Contractors) to examine labor issues facing companies and artists. What follows is a break down of their event with some insight into the issues you will face when working in the industry.
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Posted on October 15, 2010 in Featured, Screenplay Format, Storyboarding | 12 Comments
Once the script is written – how do you effective communicate the visual direction of your film? The answer is storyboards – essentially a scene-by-scene visual guide to the screenplay of the film.
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Posted on October 13, 2010 in Featured, Screenplay Format, Storyboarding | No Comments
In the world of open source filmmaking programs, nothing comes close to competing with Celtx. It is the essential all-in-one media pre-production software package that combines script writing, scheduling, storyboarding and much more all in to one software package.
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Posted on October 7, 2010 in Contests, General Screenwriting, Screenplay Format, Storyboarding | 16 Comments
FilmmakerIQ.com has teamed up with Celtx, the creator of our favorite open-source filmmaking tool to give you the opportunity to enter the Dark Gothic World of Edgar Allan Poe. Here’s your chance to really show off your screenwriting and pre-visualizing skills by adapting and storyboarding Poe’s poem “The Raven.”
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Posted on September 22, 2010 in Financing, Interviews, Marketing, Producing | No Comments
Independent producer Martin Hagemann shares his experiences with financing, production and marketing for an independent 3D film.
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Posted on September 20, 2010 in Directing, Storyboarding | 2 Comments
In this episode of Celtx’s Motion Sketches they consider the choices the director has to make and the steps a filmmaker can take to ensure that their choices are informed and considered. Knowledge is power.
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Posted on September 6, 2010 in Financing, Marketing, Selling Your Film | 12 Comments
The once promising indie film industry has all but disappeared from Hollywood in recent years. Author Edward Jay Epstein explores the complicated finances behind why Hollywood is abandoning the indie films in favor of big budget spectacles like Avatar.
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Posted on August 31, 2010 in Contracts and Law, Financing, Producing | 1 Comment
Being a filmmaker is like starting your own business and you need to think of it that way. The role and responsibilities of a filmmaker can be abstract and over glamorized for many starting out. They only see the artistic or technical aspects, but when it comes to the business side they don’t have a clue.
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Posted on August 20, 2010 in Financing | No Comments
Edet Belzberg explains the ins and outs of applying for grant funding for a documentary film.
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Posted on August 18, 2010 in Contracts and Law | No Comments
Want to show the classic Warner Bros. movie in your film? What can you do? Legal Ease has the answer.
…It is possible Warners will license you a few Casablanca clips. It’s also possible I will win the Pulitzer Prize for this blog. Both are equally likely, but my money is on the Pulitzer. [...]
Posted on August 5, 2010 in Storyboarding | 1 Comment
Ben and Paul from Blunt Productions demonstrate the important process of storyboarding as a tool to plan your film.
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Posted on August 3, 2010 in Contracts and Law, Internet, Legal & Copyright | 1 Comment
Margaret Gould Stewart, YouTube’s head of user experience, talks about how the ubiquitous video site works with copyright holders and creators to foster (at the best of times) a creative ecosystem where everybody wins.
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Posted on August 1, 2010 in Contracts and Law, Filmmaking 360 | 1 Comment
Attack of the Show’s Kevin Pereira talks to Rich Demuro, Editor for TechMeme.com more about the DMCA’s new ruling that allows new protections to video remixing and DVD burning for non commercial work. Find out how these revisions will affect you as a consumer and filmmaker.
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Posted on July 26, 2010 in Location Scouting | 3 Comments
Urban Decay can be great locations for guerrilla filmmakers, but they don’t come without risks and challenges. This is an interview with David Horbach, talking about lost places and evaluating their pros and cons.
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