Back when we were in high school, our creative ambitions generally reached no further than simply coming up with the coolest-sounding Livejournal username that our Snapple-stained Old Millennial brains could…
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So you have your script, your crew and maybe even some of your cast lined up. Great! Your production is really starting to come together. Now, you just have to…
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“I have a homework assignment for you guys: Go to the mall, and just look at all the prices.” Costume designer Samantha Kuester (Any Day Now) came into the Film Independent…
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Narrative Feature Writer/Director: Emily Dell Producer: Elizabeth Dell Budget: Around $700K Financing: Private Equity Production: 24 days/Los Angeles/July 2007 Shooting Format: Super 16mm Screening Format: HD Story: A story about…
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For film lovers, even those who are fairly well versed in the business, the credits that roll at the end of all films—everything from Short Term 12 to The Avengers—can…
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On May 5 Film Independent at LACMA hosted a screening of the season eight finale of the CNN travelogue series Parts Unknown. The episode was particularly special, with host Anthony…
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In last week’s Case Study Class held at Film Independent, writer/director Evan Glodell and producer Vincent Grashaw discussed their passion-fueled and often unconventional process for completing their ultra low-budget and…
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Dramatic Feature Writer/Director/Producer: Marc Fienberg Budget: $2 million (approx.) Production: 25 days, Oct–Nov 2007 Financing: Private Equity Shooting Format: 35mm Screening Format: 35mm World Premiere: 2008 Ft. Lauderdale International Film…
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The following piece originally ran on the website Dear Producer and is being shared here courtesy of that website’s editor Rebecca Green, a Film Independent Fellow and Creative Advisor. Excerpts from Dear…
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In this special guest post, indie filmmaker Kyle Kenyon takes us behind the scenes of his 2019 web series Schmotts, which continues to be programmed—and win awards!—at film festivals worldwide….
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We thought it might be fun to have a change of pace, during this awards season, and accelerate into some high-octane automotive action! In this special guest post our friend,…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/how-to-create-a-car-chase-with-action-realism/
The following piece originally ran on the website Dear Producer and is being shared here courtesy of that website’s editor Rebecca Green, a Film Independent Fellow and Creative Advisor. Excerpts from Dear…
https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/dear-producer-sue-yeon-ahn-and-the-wild-wild-west-of-commercial-filmmaking/