Filmmaking Articles and Advice from Film Consultant Peter D. Marshall
Posted in Announcements on Jan 14th, 2010
SIPPIN’ SHORTS SOCIAL L.A.
Luminave Films & Mental Eclectic invite you to a night of short films & networking.
If you live in the LA area, join us to watch short films created by filmmakers who have taken their careers into their own hands. The films are preceded & followed by networking time with the filmmakers and [...]
Posted in Online Films on Nov 14th, 2009
“Do you love scripting and shooting movies? Do you have a movie that has a spellbinding storyline but not quite sure how to market it? Well, you have probably heard about YouTube.com and their phenomenal success hosting virals on their web site. It started out very small, on a shoestring budget, and grew over just [...]
Posted in Independent Films on Jun 29th, 2009
“Last year seven friends and I turned-around a short film project in about 14 hours (from conception to delivery), with nobody other than Anu and I working more than 6 hours on it (that’s how long the shoot was, including rehearsals and dinner). It was literally no-budget filmmaking. The entire project was made on volunteer [...]
Posted in Film Festivals on May 6th, 2009
Read this article from Portable Film Festival
“Wanna play cinematic tour guide?
We want you to show us around a place that means something to you – whether it be the place of your birth, or where to get the best greasy late night hamburger in town; somewhere far away and exotic, or something down home and [...]
Posted in Filmmaking Tips on Apr 16th, 2009
Read this article from Max in Hollywood.
“For years I thought that as long as I wasn’t being paid to make movies I wasn’t allowed to call myself a filmmaker. But after reading Robert Rodriquez’ book ‘Rebel Without a Crew’, I knew that was just silly. He starts his book by saying that every person who [...]
Posted in Filmmaking Tips on Apr 13th, 2009
Read this article from Uncompleted Works.
“For those keeping score, I attended a DCTV/Shooting People event “How Not to Make a Short Film” with Roberta Munroe former Sundance Film Festival programmer. Here are my notes from the event. I’ve tried to faithfully re-create my chicken scratch. Enjoy!”
Passionate Comments from John Hughes on the blog post: “Audio [...]
Posted in Filmmaking Tips on Apr 1st, 2009
This article is from Freedom Artistry.
“The following article explains the process of making a movie, but it can also be applied to a short film. It goes very in depth about each stage of filmmaking; including Development, Pre-production, Production, Post-production, and Distribution/Exhibition.” Read article.
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Posted in Film Festivals on Mar 13th, 2009
This article is from Coffee Shorts.
“As Coffee Films we’ve been in a lot of film festivals and they’re a great way to get your work seen by a real audience, watching your film with other people who aren’t your friends and family really teaches you a lot about how your film is getting read and [...]
Posted in Independent Films on Feb 25th, 2009
This article is from Fierce Mobile Content.
“Calling mobile technology “an opportunity for emerging filmmakers to have a platform,” two-time Academy Award winner Kevin Spacey headlined today’s Mobile Backstage event at Mobile World Congress 2009 in Barcelona, adding that wireless handsets not only represent a channel to launch the careers of aspiring directors, actors and writers [...]
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