Filmmaking Articles and Advice from Film Consultant Peter D. Marshall
Posted in Director's Chair Ezine on Nov 12th, 2009
On Saturday, November 7, Trilby and I had a “Meet & Greet” with several filmmakers in Los Angeles at the Santa Monica Playhouse. Most of these filmmakers were subscribers to my free filmmaking ezine, “The Director’s Chair.” It was wonderful to see the filmmakers who showed up and to realize that, even with all our [...]
Posted in Director's Chair Ezine on Jun 28th, 2009
The feature article this month is called “Prodding the Drunken Elephant” (The Film Editor’s World) by Rick Benwick. “What we learn as Editor’s of movies is that we develop a very close relationship with the film image. Each movie production shoots and hands us many hours of material. We look at this material first as [...]
Posted in Director's Chair Ezine on May 3rd, 2009
The feature article this month in “The Director’s Chair” is called “Metamorphosis Filmmaker” by Keith Aronowitz. “I am one of those insane people that decided to fund their own film. Okay, maybe not insane, but it was just something I decided to do, or rather felt I had to. I am glad I decided to [...]
Posted in Director's Chair Ezine, Film Making Resources on Jan 6th, 2009
This article is from the website misteridigital.com The number of members in the film camera department depends on the kind of film being shot. Big-budget feature films usually have a larger crew than a low-budget film, TV commercial, or music video. It also depends on whether the production is union or non-union. The typical camera [...]
Posted in Director's Chair Ezine on Nov 25th, 2008
The November issue of The Director’s Chair filmmaking ezine was published today at http://www.actioncutprint.com/ezine.html The feature article this month is called “The Entrepreneur Movie Director/Producer” by Solomon Mac-Auley. “I have spent the last three years or so researching, studying and trying to understand why we as artistes don’t do well in business. I found out [...]
Posted in Director's Chair Ezine on May 19th, 2008
The May issue of The Director’s Chair was published on May 19/08. The feature article this month is “How to Get into the Music Video Business” by Jamal Johnson. Jamal started in music video production over 12 years ago first doing music videos for independent artists in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia, but after [...]
Posted in Director's Chair Ezine on Apr 28th, 2008
This month’s Feature Article in “The Director’s Chair” film making ezine is called “A Conversation with Cynthia Wade” by Stephanie Riggs. With her short documentary film “Freeheld” winning the 2008 Academy Award for Documentary Short, Cynthia Wade has brought the hot-button topic of same-sex marriage equality into everyday households. The film chronicles Detective Lieutenant Laurel [...]
Posted in Director's Chair Ezine on Jul 6th, 2007
The Director’s Chair is a free monthly ezine published by Peter D. Marshall. First published in April 2000, The Director’s Chair has over 2000 subscribers and is read in over 100 countries around the world. Take some time now to check out back issues of The Director’s Chair and then sign up for your own [...]
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