Filmmaking Articles and Advice from Film Consultant Peter D. Marshall
Posted in Independent Films on Feb 25th, 2010
This article was written by Jennifer M. Wood.
“After introducing now-iconic indies like Steven Soderbergh (Sex, Lies, and Videotape), Quentin Tarantino (Reservoir Dogs), Wes Anderson (Bottle Rocket) and Kevin Smith (Clerks) to mainstream success in the late ’80s and early ’90s, the Sundance Film Festival became the world’s greatest showcase of low-budget moviemaking. In more recent [...]
Posted in Independent Films on Oct 27th, 2009
“Your first movie is the toughest. Even more so when dealing with smaller budget movie projects. It’s a creative fight where you’re nose will get bloodied and you’ll learn what humility means. To go from movie idea to treatment to script to completed movie is an accomplishment at any level. I make movies under the [...]
Posted in Independent Films on Oct 26th, 2009
“Independent filmmakers making smaller budget movies outside of Hollywood without the safety net of a studio or name stars face limited distribution options after they complete their movie. Most major movie distribution companies do not acquire the rights to completed movies that do not have bankable stars in them.
Lots of independent filmmakers cannot afford to [...]
Posted in Independent Films on Jul 4th, 2009
“Yes, it’s that time again here at the FilmSensei.com for a brand new batch of independent filmmaking tips. For today’s indie filmmaking tips I’m going to go back to the beginning and talk about the making of “Bite Me, Fanboy.” To be more specific, I’m going to talk about everything I wish I knew when [...]
Posted in Filmmaking Tips on Jun 19th, 2009
“Some of them are obvious or secret or genius or lame. But they came out of the mouths of the experts at last weekend’s “Produced By” Conference during panels devoted to the financing, production, and distribution of independent films and documentaries. Here are the 35 tips compiled by a DHD stringer…”
Read this article from Deadline Hollywod [...]
Posted in Independent Films on Jun 12th, 2009
Last week, Ted Hope posted a speech he gave at The New York Foundation For The Arts, entitled The New Model For Indie Film. It’s all great reading, but this brief passage from the outset is what has stuck with me the most:
I know that back in my early days — when I gave up [...]
Posted in Independent Films on Jun 6th, 2009
“After wandering around at how small productions are being made I noticed a few things. Let’s start with rentals…. Small productions using large production houses, what a waste of money. The large production houses have mystified film-making and people believe that you need all the large film equipment to make a film, or music video. To me, it’s [...]
Posted in Independent Films on Apr 30th, 2009
Read this article from One Degree.
Since I work in social media, I can’t help but feel that it’s transforming everything. Everything. (OK, well, maybe not Tom Waits.) But, really, isn’t it? It’s certainly changing the world of filmmaking.
I’m passionate about movies, both watching and participating. But the “traditional” system is quite flawed. From an audience [...]
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