How To Pitch Your Film Idea To Investors Like A Total Boss
When comes time to pitch your film idea, most industry pros agree you’ll need a killer script, a realistic budget, and a cast …
Some Practical Thoughts On Distributing Your Film Digitally
When I published my article on leveraging VOD sales to finance your movie, I had no idea that a simple internet marketing formula for filmmakers would be such a polarizing issue. I can’t tell you how many Los Angeles based movie producers responded negatively through email. One guy even told me my grammar sucked.
Essential Filmmaking Advice For The Modern Filmmaker
In this filmmaking article, LA Producer Jason Brubaker provides filmmaking advice for the modern filmmaker.
The Best Screenplay Contests For Serious Screenwriters
In this screenwriting article, we explore the 10 best screenplay contests according to Hollywood executives.
Screenwriting Advice: Write The WORST Scene Ever!
I’ve been privileged enough not only to work as a screenwriter for the last twenty years but to talk to many other screenwriters …
5 Free Screenwriting Tools for Emerging Screenwriters
Whether or not you’re writing the next Hollywood blockbuster or backyard indie, putting words on a blank page is not easy. Great screenwriting …
Five Steps to Get Your Film Project Produced
So you’ve got a script for a film project and you are EAGER to get it made. You know THIS is the story …
The Minimalist Guide To Marketing A Movie
Filmmakers aren’t like normal business people. Marketing a movie is not considered part of the normal day-to-day process. But in other industries, marketing is just an aspect of business. This makes a lot of sense. In the old days, your success as filmmaker depended on your ability to create an unproven product. And if your product (or in this case, your movie) did well with audiences, it was picked up, marketed and sold.
72 Awesome Resources for Distributing Your Film (For Indie Filmmakers)
When it comes to distributing your film, you’ll quickly find a bunch of fuddy-duddies telling you that you need to win a major …
How To Sell Your Short Film On iTunes
You can now utilize Distribber to sell your short film on iTunes. Read this film distribution article to find out how to get your short onto iTunes.
Top 3 Reasons You Won’t Make It In Hollywood (And What To Do About It)
In this filmmaking article, we explore the 3 reasons you won’t make it in Hollywood (and what to do about it!)
Got A Movie Idea? Here’s What You Need To Know
Before you stand up and proclaim “I have a movie Idea!” it’s important to know if your niche movie audience can financially support your idea. Read this.
How To Make A Living Filmmaking So You Can Quit Your Day Job
In the past, filmmakers made a movie, got lucky and ended up with a BIG paycheck with incremental increases on the back end. These days filmmakers need to think about their movies in ways akin to how traditional investors think about dividends from bonds – once you make the investment, it’s a long term game!
Warning: Most Film Distribution Deals Suck Big Time
Film distribution deals work to benefit film distributors. If you don’t believe this, read over your distribution agreement and follow the money. If …
Need Indie Film Funding? Here’s 5 Questions You Need To Answer
Finding Indie Film Funding is one of the most challenging aspects of getting your movie made. Answer the 5 questions for indie film funding.
How To Make A Living As a Filmmaker
In the following filmmaking podcast, I share some thoughts on how we might actually make independent filmmaking profitable again. Specifically, I compare the filmmaking production process to any small business. And I share my thoughts on VOD (video on demand) distribution – and how this sales channel finally gives every filmmaker the opportunity to create multiple streams of movie income.
How To Generate Movie Ideas That Sell
These days everybody has film ideas. The thing is, ideas do not carry much value. It is execution. How can you tell a good idea from a bad idea? And what do you do once you have a good idea?
Filmmaker Newsletter: Get 65 Filmmaking Tactics
If you’re looking for an eZine For Filmmakers – you’ve come to the right place. I have put together a resource that delivers some awesome filmmaking information – and now is your time to join the fun.
How To Deal With Film Festival Rejection Without Crying
The 2009 Sundance Film Festival is just days away. And as such, it’s the time of year filmmakers start thinking about their own projects.
How To Manage Fear Of Failure In Filmmaking
Learning how to manage fear of failure in filmmaking is essential for your success. Yet for some reason, you’re stuck. What if you …
WriterDuet Offers Free Screenwriting Software So You Can Write Your Script
If you’re a screenwriter, you’ll need some professional screenwriting. In this article, filmmaking stuff offers links to free software and resources.
5 Tips For New Screenwriters Who Want To Avoid The Trash
When I read screenplays for a producer, many of the screenplays I read were unprofessional. In this article, I list 5 tips for avoiding the trash can.
I Wrote My First Screenplay, Now What?
If you just finished your first screenplay, congratulations! Writing a script is a super cool accomplishment. But don’t go crazy. Just because you have …
Why Finishing A Crappy First Draft Is Essential For Screenwriters
Screenwriting is starts by writing a crappy first draft. And the real writing begins in the rewrite. This is because nobody writes a …
The Price of Hollywood
Filmmaking in Hollywood is a tough career. What price will you pay to become successful in Hollywood?
Pick Your Peers And Level Up Your Filmmaking
If you want to level up your filmmaking career, you need to pick your peers wisely. I’m speaking from experience when I tell …
How Not To Get Screwed By Filmmaking Partners Who Suck
A long time ago, I worked on a short movie with a guy. Long story short, I found out the guy was being untruthful about money. He had hired one of my friends to build our movie website. When confronted, he told me some sort of story that was completely stupid and untruthful. Because he was a “friend,” I gave him the benefit of belief and dropped the subject.
How To Become A Successful Filmmaker (Without Going To Film School)
Many would-be filmmakers waste valuable time trying to make everything perfect, when the true secret to becoming a successful filmmaker involves simply assessing your resources and making the movie you can make now.
The Secret To Filmmaking Success
Could you go to “networking events” and try to find folks to help introduce you to the appropriate contact? Yes. But just as easily you could pick up the phone, call your prospective contact’s place of business and try to get him or her on the phone to make your pitch.