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Do a little research in your area, and find places to post notices. For instance, in Michigan, there is this posting site. When you post, make your project sound as engaging as possible and make the characters sound interesting. Try to be specific about the dates and what you will provide...

By the way, Jasmerrin, Watched your trailer and just donated to your Kickstarter. What a fun concept! Congrats. :)

I agree with a lot of what has been said here. Just to add to the casting notice tips. Make sure you make your film sound as compelling as you can. If you make it sound like a film people will definitely want to see, you will have no trouble attracting talented people who want to be in the...

I think at the independent film level, every project is a little different. But locations are a prime concern for the low budget film. For instance, Ed Burns has many times said that he starts with locations, actually before he even writes the script. He goes through a list of locations he...

Birdman, I've posted this in another thread, but thought I would post it again in light of IndiePaul's comments. This is a photo of our office after we had spent a few months outlining our feature script. This work was all done before we ever started typing a page.

As an example, here is an action sequence from the spec script that was sold and eventually became the movie Three Kings with George Clooney and Mark Whalberg. Notice that you can feel the momentum, and although it has little asides here and there, they help you get the feel of what is happening.

This is good though. This is what I was talking about. Writing the fight scene blow by blow concisely, not in any elaborate detail, but enough for the reader to see the fight happening and go on the journey.

Birdman, Don't worry about things that are out of your control. It will go a long way towards helping you in your career. You cannot control if somebody buys your screenplay or not. And even if they buy it, guess what, you can't control whether or not they actually make a movie out of it...

Hi Birdman, Remember, in my example, I'm specifically talking about an action sequence. My second example of how to write the scene brings the reader on the journey of the action. The sentences are short, they are not elaborate, and they don't have belabored description in them. For...

I'll add this to the discussion, too. Some indie filmmakers might say, "well, I'm not trying to sell a script to Hollywood, I'm making the film." Remember, even if you are making your own film from your own script, you need the screenplay to be written well because you are going to be giving...

I will say that the 1 page per minute screen time is fairly accurate when you are talking about dialog. In fact, it is almost on the nose. If your film is, say, an interpersonal drama in which characters talk quite a bit, you might find that the page count is within 5-15 pages of the run...

Although you are not asking specifically about audio, but I would also point out that sometimes corporate flourescent lighting can create a hum in the audio that is a little distracting depending on the location on how you are recording your audio. Perhaps some sound specialists on the board...

You can put them in the special thanks. But putting them in the credits can be confusing, expecially if they have been completely cut. As an actor, I can agree with Doghouse, it would be awkward to be fully credited in a movie I got cut from. Although, of course, if the movie went on to...

Just donated. Sounds like a very interesting project! Best to you and your team.

Congrats!

Hello! Welcome and best for your festival ventures!

Outlining can be a valuable tool. For our latest feature, we pretty much outlined the entire movie with index cards before we started typing. We thought through scenes sequences, etc. It was a long and arduous process, but IMHO, if you do this before you start to write the script, it will...

I thought I would pass along this interesting post on the Ms. In the Biz site. This filmmaker, who has had great success with Kickstarter in the past, is not tracking as well with her current project. She opens up with her numbers and tries to draw some conclusions, causes: Including...

Nice! Yeah. Camera on dashboard keeps the trails much cleaner. The wet road add a great reflection.

Oil droplets on water, with a multicolored background. Tripod in the backseat. Driving very slowly. 10 seconds at f 8.0. Very bumpy road.