1. What is Your Goal? Before jumping onto Twitter specifically for the benefit of promoting your next film (or film company), understand what your goals are. Are you actually there to promote your upcoming film? Are you there for other social reasons? Be specific about what your goals are. The answers – to promote your …
We welcome John Suits and Gabriel Cowan of New Artists Alliance (Bad Milo, Extracted, Static) to the podcast. In this episode, we discuss how John and Gabriel grew their company from mostly micro budgeted films to larger scale projects on a consistent basis. In this episode we cover: On attracting talent: The talent value equation: …
1. CUT THE HYPERBOLE Before the interview began Gordon said He was saying that no matter how you slice it, photography is art. There isn’t a hierarchy of realism over other styles, because in truth, “realism” doesn’t even exist. The question is how do you use the tools available to tell a story. Being “realistic” …
If you’ve checked out part 1 of our interview with Nancy, you are already familiar with the #1 note that she receives – Get to Oz faster. In this uncut podcast, we serve up more goodies, inspiring thoughts and behdind-the-scenes information from one of the top editors working today. Watch Nancy on In the Cut: …
Richard Boddington debut feature was a self financed $150,000 genre film, Dark Reprieve. The film went on to be picked up and distributed nationally by Image Entertainment. What’s great about Richard’s story is how he went about making his first film, his take aways, and then more importantly, how he leveraged that into his next …
Hollywood accounting for many is a mystery at best. Meet Steven Sills. Steven is co-author of Movie Money: Understanding Hollywood’s (Creative) Accounting Practices. He is a certified public accountant, a certified fraud examiner, a certified financial forensic, and a member of the California bar. Think CSI in the world of of Hollywood accounting. Steven was …
In the editing world you would be hard pressed to find many more accomplished editors that Lynzee Klingman. She is a terrific editor, with a huge number of credits to her name, but what it most fascinating is how she got her start. The gang here at Craft Truck had the pleasure of sitting down …
Spend an hour with Lynzee Klingman in this uncut podcast of her In the Cut interview. Lynzee is one of the worlds most venerated editors. She started here career with two Academy Award documentary picturs and then went onto edit One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Her work includes such films as A River Runs …
Maren Olson runs Traction Media. Based in Los Angeles, they do everything from developing, producing, packaging and selling independent film. Their primary business is selling films in the US marketplace. What do you look at when evaluating a project? How does budget impact your role as sales agent? Maren’s Packaging & presentation tips for the …
While Dan is a wonderful storyteller in his own right, there were some specific pearls of wisdom which came from his interview that we’d like to (admittedly) spin-off, interpret, highlight, and codify. And let’s start out by saying that none of these items is about match-on-action, frame-trimming, or screen geography. These are the big, large …
What does electronic sell through mean for you, the content creator? Recently, Comcast announced that they are entering the war of electronic sell through. And make no mistake, it is a war. 1. The Current State of Affairs: The undisputed fact is that DVD is decreasing. We all know this. It’s just a matter of …
The late Jake Eberts had one simple rule about what is means to be a producer. Before we get there, if you aren’t familiar with Jake Eberts, he is, by all standards, an icon of independent production. Mr. Eberts founded Goldcrest Films in 1977. Goldcrest was responsible for such films as Watershed Down, Chariots of …
We all have the celebs that we follow on twitter/instagram… but here are the 5 Cinematographers on Twitter & Instagram that you should be following! Matt Libatique (@MattyLibatique) He’s Matt Libatique…Black Swan anyone?? Plus he posts lots of cool ‘behind the scenes’ shots Eduard Grau Between Buried and A Single Man we know he’s got …
On Thursday, we are releasing our amazing interview with Walking Dead special effects master Greg Nicotero (see the teaser here). If you are a fan of his work on The Walking Dead, chances are you are a fan of zombie movies. Here are five amazing zombie films you probably haven’t seen yet! 1. Zombi 2 …
Recently, Ted Sarandos, Chief Content Officer at Netflix, gave a speech at the 2013 Film Independent Forum. Despite certain controversial things that were said during the speech, there were six important take aways worth reflecting on in this truly unique time for Netflix. As a preface to, Ted set the framework for this discussion by …
Amotz Zakai is a manager at Echo Lake Management. He gives some pretty cut and dry information on what he would do. If you are starting out in film, this podcast gives some practical advice on how to get started in film. Managers vs. Agents On the role of private equity: My #1 Rule: Links …
Go to see a movie in the theater this weekend! I know it’s hard… Between Netflix, Amazon, and iTunes you have a world of films at your fingertips, and you don’t even have to leave your couch.
The guys at Before the Door (a partnership between Neal Dodson, Corey Moosa & Zachary Quinto) have been tearing up the independent film scene over the last couple of years. Their first film Margin Call, needs no introduction. It has become the poster child for the new independent VOD, Super VOD model; you name it, …
Well, Walt’s dead. Not that we couldn’t see it coming. But the same thing goes for that wonderful world of light-transformed-celluloid. I haven’t seen the numbers but I don’t need to. Eastman-Kodak went TitsUp last year. Fuji stopped making stock 2 years ago. More and more projects are being shot Digitally, so much so that …
What is a platform?: A platform is anything that “you”, the creative author, stands on to be heard. In this context “author” might literally mean writer, but it can also mean just about anything else – be it a director, an editor, a music composer – the author is the creative force. The obvious platforms …