Elliot Grove illustrates 8 pitfalls that prevent filmmakers from realizing their potential. As your filmmaking career starts to grow, it’s crucial that your actions don’t strangle it in its infancy. By avoiding the mistakes that so many filmmakers make you have a far greater chance of succeeding well beyond the first 2 years of the Read MoreRead More
Stephanie Palmer identifies a few cliches that pretty much demonstrate you don’t know what you’re doing. 1. “High concept” If your idea is high concept, it’s obvious. If it’s not, saying it is won’t help. 2. “Very unique” If it’s “unique” or even “very unique” it usually means that you haven’t done enough research to Read MoreRead More
There’s a lot of mistakes novices make in their first film outing – stuff that isn’t always readily apparent when your on the outside looking in. Here are 16 common pitfalls that filmmakers (even seasoned ones) make. 1. Their Scripts And Screenplays Don’t Tell Stories One of the most common failings with films submitted to Read MoreRead More
Evan Luzi covers the 7 dumbest things you can do as a noob on a film film set.Read More
Writing inside a genre means you will have specific requirements for feel and characterization. Carson Reeves explores the biggest systematic mistakes writers make writing in their genre:
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Every script written by a new screenwriter probably contains at least 5 of these mortal sins. Avoid these bad habits at all costs:Read More
If you’re working in the video/film industry chances are you’ll be doing so as a freelancer. Here are 10 critical mistakes that freelancers often make: …Seeing as we are all human (well, presumably whoever is reading this post anyway), we should recognize that mistakes happen. They even have that saying, “To err is human…,” which Read MoreRead More
