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In a time when independent filmmaking is more accessible than it’s ever been, the intimidation factor is still the number one thing that holds creatives back from taking the big le...
A few years ago, I met a filmmaker carrying roughly $250,000 in student loans from USC. I couldn’t stop thinking about it. How do you launch a creative career with that kind of wei...
You already know how to meet deadlines, solve problems and work with people. Here is how to bring those skills into filmmaking. Perhaps you run a business, manage projects, teach,...
Look, we don't have to tell you that making feature-length movies can be expensive. It's simply impossible not to incur some cost if you're asking people to work on something that...
How to film content the easy, hands-free way.
If you want to make movies, you need filmmaking persistence. There’s really no way around it. Things are going to go wrong. Financing will fall through. An actor might drop out. A...
Last week I started a new spec. It was a genre that I haven't worked on since, like, 2017, and it was immediately hard. There were days I felt like I was making stupid choices, and...
I’m in the thick of filming a passion-project that’s headed for the festival circuit, yet I still want fresh brains and sharp eyes around me. Two key gaps remain: â...
A first-time director stares at a spreadsheet at midnight, coffee gone cold, trying to figure out how a $180,000 dream The post How Indie Filmmakers Fund Their Passion Projects app...
On every small crew I’ve worked on, nobody has just one job. The person breaking down the script is also building the... The post From Script to Set: How a Micro-Budget Feature Ran...
In Who’s Watching, writer-director Tim Kasher turns the camera itself into a storytelling device, blending found footage, surveillance imagery, documentary-style filmmaking, and tr...
CineLog is a film pre-production tool that keeps the script, breakdown, shot list, storyboards, shooting schedule, and call sheets in one project, on every device the crew carries....
The editing suite is only one part of making a film. Scripts, casting, location scouting, production documents, reviews, festival submissions, publicity, and... The post 10 Online...
For decades, filmmakers have been asking the wrong question.Is 35mm more cinematic than digital? Is 70mm worth the expense? Should we shoot open gate?For me, these debates all over...
September feels more like a new year than January. January brings resolutions. September brings sharpened pencils. There’s something about the end of summer that makes us want to l...
Okay, we know it’s practically a joke by now that directors have their whole thing about, “You’ve got a camera in your pocket! Your phone is high-quality!” It's something directors...
You’re likely surrounded by cameras every day. Doorbell cameras, driveway cameras, license plate readers, etc. Writer/director James Mulcahy noticed and saw an idea for a feature.W...
The path from festival screening to commercial production used to take years. Tenzin Dalha appeared at Toronto in Jennifer Peedom’s Apple-backed “Tenzing” and within weeks […]
There is a version of filmmaking that exists in textbooks, classrooms, diagrams, and carefully planned shot lists. Then there is the version where you’re racing against the clock,...
When filmmakers commission a poster from us at COLONFILM, one recurring problem arrives before the design begins: the stills are too small. Someone is investing in artwork for thei...
Making a film is hard. Making a film in one of the busiest cities on the planet comes with its own challenges.If you've faced those challenges, from permitting a city park to findi...
Filming a movie in a foreign country could be one way of adding some uniqueness to an independent film. Filming The post How Independent Filmmakers Can Plan a Successful Internatio...
The right overseas location will transform the look and scale of a film entirely. The streets of an actual city, The post What Filmmakers Should Consider Before Choosing an Oversea...
I recorded the most important voiceover in my film on a crappy laptop mic in a hotel room in Southern California. I had a rough script for a pivotal fire truck scene, a turning poi...
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