Film Directing and Film Making Tips for the Independent Filmmaker

This article was written by Sandeep Dasika.
“Film, in today’s world is probably the broadest and most creative opportunity in mass media communications. Films, which are a blend of creativity and technicality, are an important media form not only from the entertainment point of view but also for communication and information. Film-making includes feature-films, documentaries, newsreels, [...]

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This article was written by Jason Brubaker.
“In case you haven’t noticed, becoming a professional filmmaker requires persistence, tenacity and an unyielding ability to overcome obstacles and keep going, even when doing so seems crazy… I wanted to share a little tool I have been utilizing for years.
The tool is called the Filmmaking Success Mindset. The [...]

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This article was written by Jojobean.
“What is the nature of the relationship between the video game and film industries? The media landscape has changed incredibly since the early days of Atari and Nintendo. As video games have increased in number, quality, and audience, the lines dividing games and films has blurred. Today, the video gaming [...]

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This article was written for Cause CT.
“Charities have resources and constituencies. But they are typically terrible at storytelling, the very element they need to grow their constituencies and resources. All around are “starving artists” with the inexpensive digital tools and talent to tell their stories. Film schools, let alone professionals, are producing film projects that could [...]

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This article was written by Kaniel Loughran.
“When the economy takes a dive, Hollywood is always there to pick up the pieces. But with the current trend of recession, can blockbusters continue to turn a profit?
It is considered, at times, that with the steady decline of the U.S. and world economies the ticket sales in the [...]

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This article was written byAngelo Bell.
“Every year tens of thousands of artists embark upon the task of making an indie film. Why not? It’s a glamorous industry full of celebrities, studio deals, exotic locations and big paydays. At least that’s what the “how to” books claim. Film analysts at Variety, Filmmaker Magazine, Moviemaker Magazine and [...]

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This article was written by Sid Kali.
“For those readers thinking, “Doesn’t talent count for anything when making a movie?” Absolutely, filmmaking talent has a lot to do with how good a movie turns out. If there was an experiment where five filmmakers were given the exact same script, locations, money, cast, and crew to make [...]

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This article was written by Marke Andrews.

“After last year’s fireworks at the Whistler Film Festival over how new media is killing traditional film and television, a new, more positive mood surfaced at the first day of the 2009 Film Festival Forum.
At a Thursday-afternoon session under the upbeat title “The Age of Collaboration,” a panel from [...]

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This article was written by John Reiss.
“Much has been written about the current crises in independent film. Studios run by corporations increasingly view their specialty divisions as a hobby, and have been eliminating them one by one. DVD sales are down. The internet is struggling to monetize.
However, it is an exciting time because it is [...]

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With the boom of the World Wide Web or what is commonly known as the internet, age old Hollywood is undergoing a drastic change with the strong emergence of the independent film makers.
Internet teamed along with the digital technology has paved way to several new markets for the films. Also it offers plethora of phenomenal [...]

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