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Good article. And sobering. We're launching our crowdfunding campaign tomorrow, so I've been knee deep all of the things he's talking about. I'm really just writing the following, not to nit pick, but to point some things out for people who are crowdfunding in the future. Some of this, he...

Nice! Like the Overlook Hotel carpet background! :D

You need to define what successful means to you. And this will change as you grow as both a human being and as an artist. So, how do you define success? Once you define success, then try to work backwards from that goal, to see all the steps you will need to take to reach it. But don't...

Jaws 2 - "Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water." Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - "Not that it matters, but most of it's true." Worst: Devil - "From the mind of M. Night Shyamalan."

I have written both ways. I'm a playwright as well and almost all of my plays have been written solo. However, the current feature I'm doing was written with two other people, one of them was my wife. It was an interesting experience and we didn't have too many creative differences along the...

Jumping off of this point, I think I remember reading a certain article at the time of the Veronica Mars, Zach Braff and Spike Lee Kickstarter tsumani. This article predicted that one of the big problems that these high profile Kickstarter campaigns are going to face in the future is simply...

Hi Jordenzarka, Yes. You will see the difference immediately once you focus on the other person. You have the mannerisms down well enough, but ,at times, I felt like you were trying to imitate Russel Crowe, more than be this character in this situation. Best of luck!

We have an attorney in MA for our independent film. We have a flat fee deal, to set everything up, handle all the SAG, production stuff, etc. I just called a bunch of entertainment attorneys from Boston to New York, (we got names from references from other filmmakers and also through listings...

Another good tongue twister: "You know you need unique New York."

I would actually like to see a little more clarity in your intention in the scene. Right now, you are concentrating a little too much on showing us the tics and the introversion of the character. You are making the scene too much about you. What I mean by clarity of intention is, very...

To follow up on some things Phantom Screenwriter said: Aside from the Facebook page, register a domain and set up a very simple website, or have the domain point to a blog for the film. Get a cover photo up on that Facebook page! You are already posting, that is great. Invite every single...

I'm working on the details of the production schedule and budget for the feature film I'm making with my wife and a good friend, an excellent cinematographer here in Boston. We produced and wrote a short film together that had a really good festival run. And decided to take the next step into a...

Acting for film is extremely rewarding, but it is not for everybody. Even actors who may have performed onstage for ten years might find they don't like film acting and all that is required of it. Actors who have done a lot of film or video work tend to be very enthusiastic and supportive as...

Also, I'll just suggest to try very hard to think of ways you can do the dialogue scene without over the shoulder shots. OTS is often necessary and if you have great actors with a lot of character in their faces, it can be great. However, try to not always use OTS. Can the two characters be...

Hey, thanks for uploading this. I really enjoyed #4 and it was great to see the behind the scenes. I was wondering about the audio, because in fine art museums like that, even just scraping footsteps can sometimes echo very loudly. Cool project. Best to you!

Finishing up some revisions right now. Hitting save and hitting the hay. My writing partner and I were up late last night with revisions as well. Making good progress though. Knocked almost of 10 pages off our feature script over the last few days. Improved some scenes as well, and really...

Here is the actual scene from your first posted example. Notice that at a certain point in the scene, (:42) when Bond asks her an important question, the angle shifts a bit to square her up more directly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnlsoaZ5xMo

Wolf of Wall Street 8.5 A relentless ride through the mind of one hell of a charming sociopath with massive appetites for everything except humanity. Scorcese feels very engaged in this one. It was actually much funnier than I thought it was going to be. People can say what they like...

My two cents. Looking at the images you first posted, before I read your description, this was my immediate thought: An indie sci-fi in the vein of Upstream Color or Primer. Especially with the title and the second image.

Yes! Do both. When you send the film out into the world of festivals, it is nice for the film to have its own home on the web.