We all tend to associate the term “filmmaking” with Hollywood, movie stars and red carpets, but filmmaking has evolved dramatically into a multimillion dollar content creator service industry that helps all sorts of businesses, individuals, economies and professions. Over the last decade, small businesses and major corporations alike have discovered the power of video. In […]

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Your little brother’s piano recital, that elementary school play your neighbor invited you to. Both presentations of hard work you feel dreadfully obligated to attend. Should you feel that way about attending film festivals? Before I dive into this highly controversial topic and make some new enemies, please let me make myself clear. This is […]

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Star Power. The Fool’s Gold of casting your film. While it is true that talent is a precious resource to casting your film, there is more to casting the correct actor than just the power behind their name, or the glimmering mystic of their outward appearance. Actors bring more than just themselves to set. They […]

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Learning how to be a filmmaker starts with you leaning how to say no to the BS! There is an old adage out there about how to be a filmmaker, and it starts with the myth that you have to “take one on the chin” in order for you to pay your dues. This is […]

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Just because you have a green screen studio in your living room, doesn’t always mean you can place your talent anywhere… At least some place that looks realistic! There is a ton of bad green screen work out there. Surprisingly enough, most of it can be improved by planning a few basic items. One of […]

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Imagine spending four years of your life drilling for oil. After an egregious amount of work, you are left with thousands of barrels of crude oil. What do you do now? How do you refine this process to get gasoline? To end with a product that can actually take you somewhere? Have you ever heard of […]

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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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