Category: Interviews

The first thing in film school 101 is the shot list. By Kelly Schwarze – Filmmaker and Author of “What Film Schools Don’t Tell You” Film school 101 and the camera shot list:  Consider a shot to be what a word is to a sentence. Sure, you can just randomly mash your hands upon a…

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Filming Locations are Everything. By Kelly Schwarze – Filmmaker and Author of “What Film Schools Don’t Tell You” How to make a movie and the finding locations:  Setting is more than just a place on a map. It’s a tone, its the creation of a whole new world that your characters interact in, suffer in, watch…

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Knowing how to make a movie starts with the script breakdown. By Kelly Schwarze – Filmmaker and Author of “What Film Schools Don’t Tell You” How to make a movie and the art of the breakdown:  Ever wonder “how to make a movie?” Well, it’s not an easy thing to answer. Planning your first feature…

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Where to start as a filmmaker can be overwhelming. The average indie filmmaker finds themselves wondering where to start. They often agonize over the resources that they lack. However, the key is to ignore all of that and start anyway.   When I first decided I wanted to be a filmmaker, I remember the challenges I had.…

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Film school is fantastic at teaching students how to use cameras and write screenplays… But they fail to teach people what types of movies to make, how to keep budgets low, and secure profitable distribution.  Each year, hundreds of people graduate film school wondering how they’ll make a living in the industry. Many students flush…

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The one thing you can learn from Hollywood is how to make an amazing teaser trailer. The industry has it dialed in. In fact, movie teaser trailers have become so well-crafted, that people will line up for hours and pay to watch a movie just to see the release of a new trailer.  (i.e. Star…

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