Almost every student film or early short made by a filmmaker is plagued with the same underlying issue. They don’t hold the audience’s attention. And it’s not due to a lack of production value. These days, a student short can…
Directing & Producing
How THE WHITE LOTUS Achieves Its Distinct Tone
One of the hardest but most crucial parts of your job as a director is controlling the tone…
5 Genius Filmmaking Tactics From ADOLESCENCE
Everyone is talking about the new Netflix mini-series Adolescence, which consists of 4 episodes, each shot in a…
The Battle Of Filmmaking
We talk so much about how hard it is to make films, but not enough about how hard…
Every Filmmaker Needs A Competitive Advantage
The mainstream film industry is as bleak as it has ever been – at least from a business…
How To Make A Feature In One Day…
It’s entirely possible to make a feature film in a single production day. We’ve seen it pulled off…
Avoiding The “2 Year Filmmaking Trap”
The average feature film takes about 2 years to complete from first draft to final distribution. Most filmmakers…
3 Feature Films To Develop Right Now
So many filmmakers suffer from “analysis paralysis” and as a result never make a single feature film. With…
Making A No-Budget / No-Crew Short Film In 3 Hours On The Sony A7S III
Last week I made a bite sized short film called “Echoes On The Shore”, which was shot in…
A Formula For Failure As a Filmmaker (And How Inversion Thinking Can Help)
One way to improve your results in just about anything (including filmmaking) is by using Inversion Thinking. Humans are far…
Applying Leondardo DaVinci’s “Sfumato Technique” In Filmmaking
500+ years ago, Leonardo DaVinci pioneered the Sfumato technique, which changed the art world forever. In Italian, Sfumato means “to evaporate like…
Does Anyone Actually Watch Micro-Budget Films?
The most common pushback I get from aspiring filmmakers is that micro-budget movies don’t get seen. So there…
