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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...
You can name every shot type, from a medium close-up to an over-the-shoulder, and still freeze when it's time to decide where the camera actually goes. That hesitation is often wha...
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...
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...
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,...
We get a lot of emails here at No Film School, and recently, I got one asking for a few tips on making an indie horror film.Well, I have never done that!But luckily, I have a lot o...
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...
Earlier this year, Oscar-winning DP Greig Fraser shared some time with Kevin McCarthy on the On Film… With Kevin McCarthy podcast to unpack Project Hail Mary, but talked about ever...
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...
People are always trying to crack the code of how to make it in the entertainment industry. And it's true, it's a world that does seem to operate under an invisible framework you o...
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...
There is so much to think about when you're prepping a film. You have to do the obvious things, like cast your roles, list your shots, and find and lock your locations. Camera test...
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The greatest asset anyone has on a set is time. You can't spend hours perfectly lighting a shot or getting the exact take you imagined. You just can't, because time is money, and y...
In this post I welcome vertical filmmaking and then list seven sins that will halt your career. Some filmmakers can tell you the sensor size of every camera on the market. Ask what...
You always want your opening sequence to grab attention. How can you set up your story and hook the audience, all in one go? And how can you do it on a low budget but still get tha...
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...
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...
Lighting can be beautiful, but it often comes down to a formula that you can copy yourself in your own cinematography. Lighting tutorials love a formula. Key here, fill there, neg...
I am of the mind that you can get lessons in directing from any movie you watch. Good or bad, there are things you can latch onto to decide how you want to do things, and visuals t...
Sir Rildey Scott is nearing 90 years old and still directing movies in his own way. The director, who is never short of opinions, In an interview published by filmmaker Patrick Tom...
Writing an email to a potential investor takes about ten minutes of your time. Being ready for the reply can take months. That gap catches a lot of first-time filmmakers and even...
You've got the script. Maybe you know where to get a camera. You have somewhere that will let you shoot. Now you need someone to say your words on camera, and maybe you know an act...
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...
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