preproduction: week 2 review
– my office said i can shoot my film there over the weekend. i’m very excited because that was one of my biggest concerns for this film. they haven’t signed…
preproduction: week 1 review
i’m starting my next movie! i’m feeling a mixture the panic and doubt (why am i going to put myself through this again), and also excitement (yay i get to…
idea set, preproduction begins
this weekend, my goal was to choose one of two ideas i had for my next short. after thinking about it some more and and reviewing the feedback i got…
my day at the newport beach fest
so i went down to the newport beach film festival on 4/21. i got there at 10am to see a panel of screenwriting. there were 5 writers there, including Steve…
outputting final cut to digibeta
i needed to get my film on digibeta for the exhibition copy of the newport beach film festival. i called one place and it would have cost about $200 –…
notes from lecture on writing and directing
i went to an excellent lecture last night. the film independent’s director series – From Script to Screen: On Writing and Directing. the panel consisted of: John August (writer of…
new york times article – Where’d You Go to Film School? In My Bedroom
read it here. one quote i liked – “What’s lacking in so many films from people without a film-school education isn’t the technical expertise,” he argued. “It’s the ability to…
sundance shorts
even if you’re not in salt lake city, you can still watch most of the 2007 sundance shorts online – http://festival.sundance.org/2007/watch/index.aspx i think many of them are also available for…
why make a short film
even working industry folk have to go through the process of making a short film. alex epstein, screenwriter and author of the excellent book Crafty Screenwriting, talks about his decision…
film school – yes or no?
there’s an interesting post at DV Guru listing 10 reasons to go to film school and 10 reasons not to go to film school. i didn’t go to film school,…