Posted on December 22, 2011 in Producing | No Comments
John August and Craig Mazin discuss what the job of a producer is (or should be). John looks at the four different roles a producer can take on: The general, The diplomat, The creative or The bulldozer.
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Posted on November 22, 2011 in Producing | No Comments
Producers Guild of America East presents: A panel of female producers and film academics including Jane Startz, Amy Robinson, Jane Gaines, and moderator Julie Buck, discuss the history of women in film and recent changes in the production process during a free Amphitheater forum at the 49th New York Film Festival.
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Posted on September 19, 2011 in General Screenwriting, Producing | No Comments
If you are like me you can’t figure out how Michael Bay comes up with such thought provoking, emotionally powerful scripts time and time again. Now thanks to Mark Riffee with Wired we know his secret… the CIA is his writing partner.
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Posted on July 29, 2011 in Producing, Selling Your Script | 1 Comment
Michael Weise Director of Hardware Wars offers you some pointers on how to pitch your film to studio executives.
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Posted on July 13, 2011 in Contracts and Law, Financing, Producing | 1 Comment
We post lots of stuff about contracts, the law and other boring topics. I believe they are some of the most important articles on IQ. Although it may not be much of a surprise that they are the least read. So, in a effort to provide a spoonful of sugar to help the medicine go down we created this new series, “Something Educational & Something F*cking Stupid.”
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Posted on July 5, 2011 in Lighting, Producing | No Comments
In 1992, Ross Katz got his start in movies working as a grip on Quentin Tarantino’s “Reservoir Dogs.” Later he co-produced two Oscar-nominated motion pictures, “Lost In Translation” and “In the Bedroom.”
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Posted on May 4, 2011 in Producing | 1 Comment
Veteran Assistant Director Chris Cobb explains all the steps involved with creating the one of the most important pre-production documents necessary to keep a film on time and organized: the Production Board.
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Posted on February 22, 2011 in Producing, Selling Your Script | 1 Comment
Peter Chiarelli the writer of “The Proposal” on his personal experiences working as a Studio Executive and Producer.
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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 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 May 3, 2010 in General Screenwriting, Producing | No Comments
How do you make a documentary when you have no script? I was faced with this problem when I shot my first unscripted documentary for a class in documentary filmmaking. We had the assignment of making an 8-12 minute unscripted documentary. I started by visiting a friend’s farm and shooting some footage. I quickly filled up 3 one-hour tapes.
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Posted on September 11, 2009 in Filmmaking 360, Producing | No Comments
Nikki Finke of Deadline Hollywood compiled a list of 35 great pieces of advice by experts from “Produced By” Conference. Here are a few examples:
…1. Change the title of your indie film to begin with an “A” or a number to get higher placement on iTunes.
10. Financiers basically want a return on their investment. [...]
Posted on August 25, 2008 in Producing | No Comments
Celtx Motion Sketches Ep. 6 – Art Of The Producer (More Than Finding Money)
What exactly does a Producer do? Are they just a means to finding the money? Or is the art of the Producer something much more intrinsic to the creative development of a cinematic project? This episode of Motion Sketches explores the role [...]
