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Exactly right. And this whole notion of a "line to the director's chair" is frankly just an outdated myth, anyway. While a film (or stage) set is largely structured like a military hierarchy, and many positions DO lead to eventual promotions, the director is really an exception. That...

That's exactly right. I've dealt with hundreds of them, and NEVER has a distributor said, "I haven't even seen a trailer for your film, but if I like it I'll pay you $X and make it available on X platforms." Not once. I suspect that those who are giving the OP such a hard time have never...

richy has resurrected an old thread, but Kubrick's work will be discussed for as long as Shakespeare's has. There has never been another film maker like him, and probably never will be. Am I biased? Possibly. My company name is an homage to the man. Non-established film makers have a very...

Bottom line: in both disciplines, it is the director's responsibility to translate a written story into a visual and aural form, and communicate it effectively to an audience. Actors are one of the tools (arguably the MOST important tool) in which to do that. Learn how to properly use your...

You stand and walk toward them, confidently and without sudden moves, lest they get spooked. :lol: But seriously, the answer is yes and no. How about that for clarity? Acting for the stage and acting for film are the same, philosophically, but different, technically. Philosophically, an...

Absolutely. I adore directing plays because I am able to work with actors, uninterrupted, and without technical concerns. It is extremely valuable. However, there are great differences in the two disciplines -- don't enter into it with the notion that it will be any easier than film. But it...

Totally agree, Dready. :yes:

Amen! :cool:

I've made nearly 400 purchases from eBay, and probably 50 from Amazon. Only got screwed once on eBay, and PayPal reimbursed me 100%. But, like Alcove says, read the seller's policies before bidding.

Hadn't considered this. I like. :cool:

A good discipline in filmmaking - whether writing or directing - is to begin each scene at the last possible moment, then end it one beat early. I don't know who originated this concept, but I certainly strive to practice it, and my manager reminds me of it constantly. Where did your story...

I agree 100% with Rik. When I started writing scripts, I used to capitalize all kinds of crap because all the professional scripts I read had all kinds of crap capitalized. But most of those were shooting scripts, not unproduced specs. Now it's strictly slug lines, first appearance of a...

Without marketing, nothing goes anywhere.

:bang: curse my life Princess, your screen name could not be more apt. :P

I predict frame rates will soon be irrelevant. 3 primary reasons for believing this: 1. Original FPS rate is indistinguishable on YouTube and most other online content providers, so younger viewers give less and less of a crap. 2. The new generation of TV monitors interpolate frames to...

:secret: psst -- it wasn't alcove... :)

Does it have to be that movie? There are many, many old films that have crossed into the public domain. Using a clip from one of them requires no clearances or licenses whatsoever.

Personally, I think Clerks is still KS's best film. In fact, it's the only one of his films I'd be interested in seeing again. Like The Blair Witch Project, it's proof that a truly unique concept, competently executed has the potential to overcome any technical and/or budgetary limitations...

FWIW, when I first started editing my feature on FCP back in 2009 I experimented with a number of different codecs, comparing them to each other. I'd shot on HDV, and had no prior experience with computer-based editing or knowledge of codecs. Without question, ProRes stood out from the rest...

Writing on spec when you're Christopher Nolan is a wholly different matter than writing on spec when you're, for example, me. With his track record, every studio in Hollywood will clamor to read anything he writes and pay top dollar to buy and produce it if it's even halfway decent. On the...