Filmmaking Articles and Advice from Film Consultant Peter D. Marshall
Posted in In The News on Jan 18th, 2010
This article was written by Brooks Barnes. “Paramount Pictures, looking for new ways to turn its old movies into cash, especially as DVD sales continue to decline, is creating an online video clip service that will allow users to search hundreds of feature films on a frame-by-frame basis. Feeling “the need for speed,” as Tom [...]
Posted in In The News on Dec 21st, 2009
This article was written by Patrick Goldstein. “It’s not even the middle of December yet and, according the Associated Press, Hollywood has already set an all-time box-office record, with domestic theatrical revenues having passed the previous record — 2007′s $9.68 billion — with a possible $10.5 billion mark easily in sight before year’s end. All [...]
Posted in In The News on Nov 21st, 2009
“The recent firings and hirings of studio executives at Disney, Universal and elsewhere point to a widespread corporate panic amid sharp declines in DVD sales.” Read this article from LA Times. The Ten Commandments of Filmmaking How to Work (and Survive) in the Film and Television Industry by Peter D. Marshall
Posted in In The News on Nov 13th, 2009
“My goodness! If one were to believe all the news reports, it would appear that the entire motion picture industry has just fallen into the Pacific and sunk slowly beneath the waves. Gee gosh golly, what’s wrong with everybody? Last I heard, Variety and the MPAA were telling everybody that everything was okey dokey. OK, as [...]
Posted in Personal Observations on Nov 11th, 2009
“Cut your spending. Save your money. Many of the revenue streams that have gushed into your industry for decades, some for nearly a century, are about to dry up. This will likely mean a period of belt tightening like you’ve never seen before. The end is coming for DVDs, traditional movie rentals, and yes, much [...]
Posted in Personal Observations on May 31st, 2009
Read this article from Zia Records. “With the crumbling of the studio system and the Production Code, there came a generation of revolutionary filmmakers. These we recognize as the mavericks of the late 60’s and 70’s: Scorsese to Malick to Hopper to Cimino and so on. All these cats, who would be credited with altering [...]
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