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I was just a little confused about the genre.

I would not make a faith-based movie no matter how untapped the market is because it goes against what I believe is best for society. I think religion is unhealthy so I don't want to promote it. Basically the same reason I wouldn't make a Nazi propaganda film no matter how much I were getting...

There are plenty of airsoft guns that are cheap, based on real models, and have comparable weight to them. Just paint the orange tip black. And if you're worried about gun nuts spotting a fake, don't show the barrel size up close. Honestly, if you're shooting something low budget... is having a...

I want to add some blurbs to my trailer, and I have some nice quotes by a couple of well respected industry people that were said to me privately in email after watching the film, but not in a publicized review. Is there any sort of legal problem with using their name and/or organization? Let's...

thanks for the help so far... other people have reported an almost inaudible electrical hum on their SSDs, but mine is relatively loud. It's like a faint 56k modem. haha the lady who borrowed my drives said one of them she tried to format herself, but the 2nd one all she did was plug it into...

disk utility is listing the cable (made by Apricorn), but not the hard drive itself, which usually is listed in a sub category. Seems weird.

If anyone is good with hard drives, here's my issue: I rented out my Blackmagic cinema camera and SSDs to someone. When she came to pick up the camera I did a quick demo to show her everything was working fine. I told her I already formatted the drives using Disk Utility so they were ready for...

Also, feel free to answer here as well, but it would be good to put on your website a section about who you (you guys) are as people, behind the scenes. What are your backgrounds. It's nice to know who you're doing business with. Another one of my concerns would be the fact that I live and work...

I don't know exactly how to phrase this question since I'm only just now starting to dive into distribution for my feature (http://everthemovie.com) but are you interested in a kind of non exclusive distribution deal? So I could let you promote my film for a portion of the sales, but I would...

If you want to go from a few shorts immediately to the director's chair of a big budget production you need to know someone high up in the industry who believes in you. there's no way around that. and even then, this is extremely hard to pull off, never really happens anymore. You need to build...

I disagree with this. The thing is you almost never see those types of mistakes in hollywood films because they DP or director wouldn't allow such a mistake, they would simply do another take because that was clearly a mess up. But on an indie set where there's no money for more takes, that's...

Some of my opinions on this: First I will make a distinction between fully handheld, verses using a shoulder mount or some stabilization method whether it be steady cam, handles or whatever. I don't think there should ever be an instance when you go FULL freehand because of the shakes and...

I haven't read all the responses to this thread so I'm sure someone else mentioned this, but just make sure you have a REASON for each camera set up and shot. Why are you putting the camera there? what does it say about the tone of the scene? the character? the pace of the film? When in doubt...

Sounds like your grain problem is too severe to remove. If it were me, I'd turn all the footage black and white, up the contrast, and ADD grain. Call it a stylistic choice :)

My very first introduction into filmmaking was a 48 hour film festival. It was an immense amount of hard work, but it was also fun, and I met a lot of great people. It was a spectacular learning experience and acted as a crash course into the industry. I don't think any of us were trying to make...

Using software that makes a dash instead of a period will tip off that you are not using the professional industry standard software which might give the reader a bias against you. It's stupid, but just the way it is. I would recommend changing them by turning them into Actions (which you can...

I don't disagree with you that art of all types (including film) is subjective, but I don't understand the aim of the video. I think competition in film has all sorts of positive purposes... - Film festivals act as a form of curation. It's like an art gallery for films. Both the artist, and...

I don't know about the industry as a whole, but I think the solution as a filmmaker trying to stay successful is to make lower and lower budget films. The article mentions films under $5,000,000 but I don't think that's being realistic enough. I would say don't even write a script that'll cost...

There is no single answer here because the gear you need will depend on the type of film, and your definition of "professional indie film." All I can give you is my own personal experience making my first feature film. I spent about $6,000 on gear, and another $6,000 for the rest of my expenses...

Maybe the crew knew the train was coming and was prepared to be out of the way, but the woman realized they had left the mattress on the tracks and tried to pull it off last minute. Doesn't explain the others injured however.