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This is basically what I ended up doing. I couldn't rig the kino to the ceiling so I just extended the C stand really high, then had the LEDs on the floor shooting upward around them. It made for a cool effect, but you're right about it not being enough light. Luckily the warehouse had their...

I should have posted this sooner because the music video I am directing is in... 7 hours, but any quick last minute advice might help! I'm shooting the band's performance tonight inside a warehouse type building. It's way over lit, so I plan to turn the building lights off, and I rented a Diva...

This is just my initial reaction to reading the title of this post, but when I see the title "Executive Producer Needed" I automatically think "ok, someone is asking for money" A far better approach might be just using the general term "Producer." The reason is because someone coming on board...

Thank you for the advice. The reason I said "agencies and studios" is because even though the studio exec is a personal friend, her company has a very strict "no unsolicited scripts" policy, so she suggested I send it through an agent, manager, or lawyer. Then she told me if I didn't have access...

One of the sources who'll be reviewing my treatment is a studio exec that happens to be a friend of mine, so I know she'll make an exception and at least read it. Are reference photos a good idea for the treatment?

Does anyone have experience writing a film treatment? I've found articles online about what is supposed to go into one, but since those articles sometimes contradict each other, I'd like to see actual examples if possible. I'm about to make one that will be sent out to agencies and studios and...

When it gets to shooting script stage it doesn't become a NEW script. It's still the same old spec script, just the latest draft of it... and they add scene numbers if they're not already on there. The opposite of a spec script is not a shooting script. The opposite of a spec script would be a...

Your "loglines" are WAY too long. These are more like short synopses. Loglines should be about 18-25 words long. You need to make it clear who your main character is, with a defining characteristic about him/her, and present a singular problem that they'll need to overcome, while leaving it...

There are plenty of feature films that do not have any music in them, or even just very little bits of music that you can work around. There's also a famous episode of Buffy the vampire slayer called "The Body" where Joss Whedon intentionally left out any score. It gives it an extra really...

Do you already have a reel? Might need to do a bunch of student films or low budget indies, if not. I'd imagine it would be a lot easier to get a job as a colorist if you can show your work.

Not sure why there would be a site with people listing their spec scripts. That would be a good way to get your idea ripped off. People tend to keep spec scripts private unless showing agents or friends for feedback and notes. The closest thing I can think of would be The Black List, which is...

Anyone here know a lot about the Writer's Guild or anyone here that can put this contract language in clear terms for me? http://www.wga.org/uploadedFiles/writers_resources/contracts/min2014.pdf Basically I'm trying to figure out how much I could expect to get if, let's say Netflix, options...

Are you specifically talking about digital film scores that are meant to re-create orchestral music? or just digital in general? Because there are tons of digital scores that are obviously digital synths and things like that. If you're talking about digital orchestral music, that's a little bit...

This is exactly what my sound team told me, and why they took on the job for so cheap. They had a gap of time until their next big project was going to start so they took on my film since it wasn't going to be an intensive type of job, due to its nature.

How much were you planning on paying for the whole post mixing package? (hiring someone to mix with the headphones, paying them to re-tweak the mix in the studio, plus the cost of the studio time? The reason I ask is because I was able to find an Emmy award-winning post sound team to do my...

I can't answer that question for OP, but what I can say, as someone who entered the competition, is that a private email was sent out recently disclosing the total number of entires and it's looking really promising.

After logging in, the interface is a bit confusing. My Vimeo link seems to have been saved, but after submitting my 4 questions and hitting send, they are not there anymore when I log in. Also, if we haven't paid yet, is our spot still saved for the competition? Will you remind us that we need...

I already signed up for the feature film competition, cant I also sign up for the short competition?

Read my post again. How was he supposed to know they were actually going to screen his film without confirmation from the festival itself? You can't trust 3rd parties like FilmFreeway or Withoutabox to be correct, especially when you need to buy a plane ticket and hotel lodging. It would have...

Ahh I see. Even that one is not associated with Arclight Cinemas, which is a well-known established theatre chain company. Sounds like Arclight Films is trying to capitalize on a familiar name, assuming they were established later.