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Film School 101: The Shot list
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 […]
How to make a movie starts with locations
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 […]
How to make a movie
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 […]
Film Distribution, Development and Beyond (Part 1)
What Film School should tell you. Good Film distribution really starts with good development. By Kelly Schwarze – Filmmaker and Author of “What Film Schools Don’t Tell You” Before we get into the essence of film distribution, I want to talk about development, because screenplay development is where most projects fail from the start. Many […]
Where to start as a filmmaker
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. […]
WHAT FILM SCHOOLS DON’T TELL YOU by Kelly Schwarze
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 […]
Your teaser trailer could look like a Hollywood blockbuster
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 […]
Every Sandwich Counts! Keep your cast size small!
When you are making a micro-budget movie, every sandwich counts! Now, obviously what I’m referring to is money. More mouths to feed, the more things cost. Over the years I’ve had the opportunity to make several feature films that have gone off to win awards and score major distribution. One way that I can attribute this […]
Micro Budget Filmmaking. Make your own Hollywood!
Micro budget movie making is king! Like some of you reading this post, I had grand dreams of being a Hollywood superstar. It was my aim to direct multi-million dollar movies, and to be placed in the same conversations as my heroes, Spielberg, Coppola and Rodriguez. But as I approached my mid thirties something dawned on […]
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