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How about a global phenomenon? Like the world is going to end and people from all around the globe are trying desperately to travel to a secret underground bunker, or there's an alien invasion, zombie apocalypse, you name it. Each segment would be about people from that particular state or...

In my personal opinion, the only way this could work is if the project is a collection of short films, all connected to each other in some way, but still a collection of completely independent short films from different directors and filmmakers from around the world. Some of the ideas here like...

Yes, but what does this have to do with you?

Traditional advertising is good if you have a product to sell, for the purposes of acquiring fans, not so much. Besides, advertising costs money, social media is free. You don't have to look for sites where the fans go no more, they're all on Twitter and Facebook. Here's a couple of articles...

Fair enough. It's just that you have talked earlier about how one of your goals is to get fans and grow a respectable sized fanbase, and social media sites are meant for that, especially FB and twitter. Microsoft word isn't really meant to be used for creating websites, you CAN do it, but it's...

The reason so many people are using blogs, is that they are easy to set up, it's easy to update them and the custom layouts make them look like "real" professional websites, not blogs. Also people can subscribe to your RSS feed, so everytime you post something new, they get a notification. Many...

So the layout is the picture + the text? How does it look on the actual website? I'm not very good at designing websites myself, but I have had good experiences using Photoshop. It's simple, you desing the website in photoshop, use the slicing tool to slice the design into different sections...

If you think your idea would make a good movie, why don't you roll up your sleeves and write the script? If you don't know how to write a screenplay and don't want to learn, then go and find someone who does. If the script is good, you can then pitch it to producers and production companies, if...

The way I have understood it, your payroll company cuts a check to your actors, takes care of the taxes, workman's comp etc. and sends a copy to SAG. I might be wrong though, I'm no expert on SAG. I have however never heard of an actor being kicked out of SAG for being late.

This is not true. You pay the actors their salary + a "deposit" to SAG, about 40% of your cast budget. You'll get it back once you're wrapped and they have proof that everybody's gotten paid. If an actor doesn't show up, that is between you and the actor, that is none of SAG's business, they...

The movie in question, The Terminators wasn't made for SYFY though, it was one of The Asylum's "mockbusters" released around the same time as Terminator Salvation, made strictly for the Direct to Video Market. And judging by that trailer for The Terminators, production quality wise I don't...

I don't think that going union will solve the problems you are having. I'm all for SAG, but there are plenty of unprofessional union actors around as well. I know some won't like what I have to say, but personally I wouldn't deal with SAG unless you are going after "names" or you're working...

Hello, I wasn't quite sure where to post this, but Filmmaking Misc. seemed like a good place. We are looking for filmmakers who either have finished short horror films or are interested in making a short horror film. The only rules we have is that it must be a horror film, and it must be a...

Because sales agents usually only sell features or tv movies. Have they talked to you about where they would be selling IC2 to? Well certainly if you feel that going SAG and hiring professional stunt guys is the way to go and you can afford it, go for it. So this investor is hoping that if...

Has the writer promised to come on your project as a writer? He will most likely be WGA so you would have to become a WGA signatory production and you would have to pay him WGA minimum rates, though most writers of that caliber won't work for minimum rates, but of course that is always...

It's great to hear that you are expanding the "IC Universe" But are you looking at these things as possible ways to make money? Because if you don't have a fanbase or an audience who is demanding these products I don't see how they're going to help you raise equity for your production. If you...

Because of the deposit, technically every contract you make with an actor is pay or play. No, the producer doesn't have to pay the remaining 90% if the project falls apart, unless of course something like that is stated in the contract. Nobody should hire any expensive name talent before they...

If you want to get pre-sales you need the following things in your package: -Genre: It needs to be a sellable genre movie, action, thriller, horror, to some extent sci-fi, family etc. Dramas etc. won't do unless you have some MAJOR A-list talent attached. -names: You need names, many of them...

I'm no TV expert, so take whatever I say with a grain of salt. In my opinion if you are making a pilot that you are trying to shop around to the networks, the most important thing you need is exceptional wiriting and great production value. Those are the main reasons a network would be...

Television is a whole different ballgame, one that I don't have much experience at. Many actors do exceptionally well in TV, Most of them worthless in movies, but on TV they can rake in big bucks. Summer Glau seems to do mostly TV, I haven't seen any of the shows she's on (don't watch much TV)...