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Lone Banana, welcome to the world of our very own Aspiring Mogul! I recommend you read a bunch of his posts here: all the advice (and good advice it is) has been offered - over and over and over. Reading more of his posts will answer (or not) your questions "What is it that you want to do...

I'm sad that people don't know famous, successful awarding winning older films. Not that people find that area within obscure and favorite. That I find fascinating. The idea that most people don't know about "Dances With Wolves" is fascinating to me. The thought that most people don't know...

It's brutal here in Los Angeles. The last three of five Lyft rides I've taken the drivers are people in the business who have hardly worked at all this year. I have gotten three gigs since the IA strike ended. I'm surviving because I do live theater. That IA local wasn't part of the Motion...

I'm fascinated by what folks (Nate 😁) here think of as "obscure" and think "most people" don't know about. Dances With Wolves? I guess older movies like the Wilder films mentioned are movies most people today don't know about. Fair in general but sad for a film forum populated by people who...

Star Trek is an excellent example. On the 60's TV series, due to budget,we never see the full fleet of ships. And it didn't matter. We were invested in the story. As the stories expanded into movies and other series we saw more ships; supply ships, harbor repair ships, barges, and so on. But...

A screenplay is action and dialogue. That paragraph has no action - nothing that the camera can film. So it must be spoken.

Cast and crew have high expectations of an indie director/filmmaker - no one is expecting a master at the craft - but cast and crew expect a high level of competence. Perhaps that's not realistic - but it's they way it is.

He means there are a LOT of other directors trying to be noticed so you need to be really good. So, five years after he said that is your film available? Have you made any more movies?

Megalopolis was terrific. It sure feels like Coppola cut this WAY down to get it into a manageable running time. I can't quite understand why critics are so down on it but I get why the general movie going audience isn't going for it. I IS kind of a mess and certainly self-indulgent, but a...

I'm proud to note that (so far) I know all the movies mentioned. I have Man Bites Dog on VHS (and saw it in a theater). Haven't seen The Drop in a long time but I remember really liking it. And Last Starfighter is a favorite of mine. Preston's last film. I went to the premiere of Something...

One of my favs. Did very poorly when it came out in '88. I saw it because I had (have) a crush on Catherine Mary Stewart and the bad guy was Adan Ant. I have it on VHS and the only DVD/Blu-ray I've seen is a German release. Obscure enough?

In general you do not set up shots in a screenplay. You are the storyteller not the director. 1 and 2 is a Point of View or POV so you can write: The view from the cockpit of the landscape below. And: POV from the cockpit of the runway as the plane touches down. But, again, you really...

The Substance was crazy. Fargeat full-on channeled Cronenberg and I loved it. Going to see Megalopolis in IMAX tonight.

AcousticAl recommended a Benriach: The Sixteen so I'm getting a bottle this week But now that Fall has hit I'm enjoying my ol' stand-by - I.W.Harper with a splash of seltzer.

I'm not an audio person but as a director and sometimes producer I have worked with many. If your post audio budget is 6K and you can't go any lower then that's where your start when talking to a sound editor. That person is going to ask you the questions AcousticaAl has asked. So be prepared...

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