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Notes from Shroud (Part 2) Film Insurance Does anybody like shopping around for this stuff? The first thing you are going to find is they don’t like independent film. Of course, I am a dedicated professional so this angers me, but looking at it from their perspective, I think they are tired of...

I’ve been asked by virtually everyone who has seen some part of our first film Shroud: how did you pull this off? Well, I thought I would share with you, my avid reader, how we did what we did for how little we had. Get some hot chocolate because I brought some notes from 2007-2008 on how we...

Get the camera out of the way of the scene. Lose all the amateurs gimmicks and just let the camera “observe” the action, then use camera movement to convey energy, movement, emotional motion and tension. Dolly Shots or tracking shots (originally called Cabiria movements, which I think sounds...

A film is made or marooned in the pre-production phase, specifically in the strength or weakness of its producers. A producer who is not an alpha-minded, aggressive problem solver who cannot professionally and dispassionately project manage something as daring as even a small film project has...

Whereas this is more important for smaller, independent films than for big budget studio projects, as a foundational aspect of film it is important for any level of production. In the simplest of terms Production Design encompasses all the design that goes into a movie as developed in...

Qualify your camera operators. Someone who knows how to turn on a camera and record something is not a camera operator a director can rely on. Having recently finished a feature film, I had several hurdles in editing that were the direct result of incompetent camera operation. Clear your...

Editing can either the most frustrating or the easiest process to a film, depending on how competently the film was shot. Either way editing is where you movie comes to life. And it is the most creative part of the film finishing process. There are lots of ways to edit a film and you need to...

As a career martial artist, this one is close to my heart. The two most important aspects of good fight choreography is 1) the Athletic Quotient (AQ) of your actors; and 2) the amount of time you have to train them. Recent cultural breakthroughs have enabled truly unique innovations in fight...

Just a little insight into the inner working’s of an artist’s mind. Artists do not always (though they can be coerced) operate in a linear fashion like most business people. In addition to operating in unique planes of inspirational dexterity, the artist is slavishly dedicated to that...

With Damascus in full development, we are beginning to chart out the logistical requirements of our second film. Script Writing comes as easily to me as sculpture or mathematics. I’ve never had a shortage of ideas; on the contrary, I have almost 150 script concepts, four television series and...

Fellow IndieTalkers: My name is David Jetre and I am an independent filmmaker who has completed my first film "Shroud." I believe one's work speaks louder than worlds, so I am posting information on my latest project "Shroud." Unfortunately, that has met with some resistance (and...

Fellow Independent Filmmaker Enthusiasts: Jetrefilm Entertainment's first independent Hi-Def film, the Gothic western drama "Shroud" is finished, is currently being marketed and has moved to distribution. For those of you who contacted us and expressed an interest in this film, we appreciate...