LA Film Fest Spotlight: How the Overnighters Got Made
The Overnighters is part of this year’s Los Angeles Film Festival Summer Showcase and we couldn’t be happier. The award-winning documentary from filmmaker Jesse Moss starts off by exploring how…
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Know Your Crew: How the Script Supervisor Keeps It All On Track
The job of a script supervisor was devised around the ten arbitrary things that nobody else on set wanted to do. Aprill Winney, an indie film veteran who is a…
Know Your Crew: The Camera Crew
The next in our popular series highlighting key members of the film crew will focus on the camera crew. The director-cinematographer relationship is one of the most important on set….
Future Filmmakers Showcase Coming October 24: Everything You Need to Know
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…
VIDEO: What a Location Manager Does… and Why You Need One
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…
Know Your Crew: Behind the Seams with Costume Designer Samantha Kuester
“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…
CASE STUDY: B-GIRL
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…
Do You Need a Unit Publicist? Yes! Here’s Why
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…
CASE STUDY: PLAY THE GAME
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…
Presenting Film Independent’s Future Filmmakers Class of 2025
“Look around you, you may find in your peers your collaborators.” These are the words of advice award-winning writer and director Amman Abbasi gave during his keynote at the annual…
How to Make a Film for Under $100K
A film made under $100,000. Impossible! Well, no. A daunting task, sure. But yes, good films CAN be made for what we’re dubbing the “Ultra Micro-Budget” price range. Yes, it…
How to Create A Car Chase With Action Realism
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,…