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What an artist, cinematographer... Annie Hall, Klute, All the President's Men, Godfather films... Said he figured out how to light/shoot the first Godfather 20 minutes before going on set. My God, how many could pull that off with that kind of success?? Amazing. -kjones

Greetings, All- Just found this by the screenwriter for Toy Story 3: http://johnaugust.com/2014/michael-arndt-on-setting-a-story-in-motion I like these DVD bonus features, would like to watch more. Care to share your favorites, strictly in the vein of storytelling on film? kj

Greetings- So I’m currently working on an hour-long crime/legal proceedings series, think MASH meets LA Law. My research shows the basic concept has been tried only a couple times, and the shows didn’t last but a few episodes (perhaps a warning signal right there). But the demand for...

Greetings, All- I'd like to set up a shot to film a horse and rider, moving with them as the horse trots, canters, etc... Something like the screenshot I've attached. My road is on the other side of a tall fence, so I have to get the camera up high. The road is about 100 feet long, and I'm...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24987804 First books I read on screenwriting, still have 'em.

Not my film, but this writer/director had pretty good luck at AFM in *pre-sales* of his next feature, which he says goes into production in February, with name talent: http://www.filmspecific.com/public/PreSelling-Indies-A-Seminar-with-Filmmaker-Adam-Cultraro.cfm Thought I'd put out the link on...

...interesting read at the "Short of the Week" website, especially in regards to iTunes: http://www.shortoftheweek.com/2013/03/04/the-changing-game-of-distribution/

Greetings, All- I'm working on a period piece that needs a huge number of extras, or at least *look* like that many... However, it's a proof-of-concept teaser running maybe 2 minutes and funded with our own money, so the budget needs to be around $5K. The piece needs to *look* like we had...

Greetings, All- My partner and I want to raise funds to make a teaser, then use the completed teaser to hopefully attract funding and make the feature film (on kickstarter or indiegogo). It's a period piece, and our initial budget deems the feature too expensive for kickstarter and our own...

Greetings- Assuming a good story and solid production values, would shooting with anamorphic lenses for the 2.35:1 screen ratio provide a big "bang for the buck," specifically in terms of marketing? I really like the looks of it and may be doing pre-pro for a teaser soon, so doing some...

(Been away from IT for awhile, hope all of you fine folks are doing well....) I'm about to hack my GH2. Do you think I can use my new-ish Macbook Pro (backlit LED screen) to really see the differences between unhacked vs. hacked footage? Also, I'm going cheap for now and using iMovie to...

Greetings, As 1st AD on several productions, I've been aggravated and perplexed by this situation: How slow the crew performs after lunch. My God (the actors seem to do far better). One shoot was so bad I wanted to "forget" lunch from that day forward and make them work until dinner (Of...

Anyone use David Mamet's techniques in this book to shoot or direct (written 20 years ago)? While I agree with his insistence in developing a shot list, other ideas seem deceptively simple. I've read it through a couple times, and get frustrated at his way of breaking down scenes, beats, and...

My film partner and I are about to shoot a 45sec spot for Poptent. For those of you who have submitted to a Poptent assignment, we could use some advice.... We both have film experience (but are relative newbies), so beyond the basics (high production values, good sound, etc.), are there any...

Greetings, All- I'm looking for a template for Final Draft, one for videos, commercials, etc. Two-column, Visual-Audio format... Don't really want to pay Final Draft $99 for their "A/V" software, and don't see one on their list of templates for download... I'm using the one Celtx provides...

So my first film got into a local festival last summer, we were quite happy. Arrived at the theatre, we're in the program, cool, cool, house was about 25. My film was shown first... on sewn-together white sheets. I left the theatre, shall we say, humbled. Anyone else had such an "auspicious"...

Greetings, All- Would really like comments and critique. http://vimeo.com/17494577 pwd: HHill03

Greetings, All- I'd been writing screenplays for over 12 years (none made), until I wrote and directed a short film, "Hollywood Hill," this last year. During the making of that film I met another writer who has written a script for a 1/2 hour, pilot Cable/TV episode. While I'm reasonably new...