by Harvey Puttock | 11 August, 2020 | Acting, Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career, Producing, Promotion, Marketing and Distribution, Web Series
Patrick Ladonis is a producer, writer, and actor who has been creating and holding space within the film industry since 1996. He is a multi-hyphenate triple threat in the industry. He was cast in the film “A Time to Kill”, alongside Sandra Bullock, Samuel...
by Nitin Gupta | 8 August, 2020 | Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career, Technical Craft
We all know that cinematography is not just about assembling the right gear and gathering technical knowledge. It is the art of skillfully conveying the story visually. Even if the story is conveyed through a song or dialogues, able cinematographers know how to...
by Alyssa Abel | 6 August, 2020 | Directing, Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career, Producing, Screenwriting
Those who work as creatives aren’t new to remote jobs. There’s a stereotype that you’ll find Los Angeles coffee shops filled with screenwriters — and that’s often factual. But COVID-19 has presented a unique concern for several film industry...
by Elliot Grove | 5 August, 2020 | Community, Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career
The 2020 public health crises has impacted everything we do. And in few other industries than the creative industries, and specifically filmmaking. You’d have to be pretty isolated not to notice that there are thousands of people calling themselves filmmakers. Is...
by Alina Burakova | 4 August, 2020 | Acting, Directing, Documentary, Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career, Producing, Promotion, Marketing and Distribution, Screenwriting
One of America’s most successful novelists, Stephen King, once famously said that talent is cheaper than table salt. According to him, a lot of hard work separates successful individuals from the merely talented ones. Why is a talent not enough to send people into...
by Raindance | 29 July, 2020 | Book Review, Directing, Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career, Screenwriting
The excerpt below is a snippet from the distribution chapter of Still Filmmaking, the Hard Way. It advocates for the need for independent filmmakers to change their way of thinking in regards to distribution, particularly the stigma associated with self-distribution...
