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And just an FYI, Wikipedia WILL deny your article if they feel it doesn't have relevance (a la IMDB). So while our film's trailer has a few thousand hits and there have been a few press articles written about it, IMDB won't let us go up until there is a full review (the movie isn't finished)...

SAW (2004) and Sling Blade (1996) are other examples of features that were spawned by short films. As for fake trailers, Hobo With a Shotgun is the notable entry there, that got started as a fake trailer. The other story that falls between the two is "Panic Attack!" which was a like 3-4...

And a lot of readers won't bother to read a first time writer's 130+ page spec. They figure if it's that long then you did something wrong and it's overlong. Now that I've written a few other screenplays (with good results) people seem to be more willing to read the 130+ page one. I learned...

All that aside, a $35 copyright from the US Copyright office will solve any problems. Or register it with the WGA ($20-25). That way, show it to everyone. If something pops up that looks like your script in a few years (this has happened less than 20 times with documentation) and you can...

The fact that it's video has nothing to do with the terrible cinematography. THAT is what makes everything look cheap and weird. With that said, I'm a big fan of this movie, but you have to realize that Sushi Typhoon makes all their movies for about $100,000. It's equivalent to Asylum in...

I do have more to say, specifically to address Joe Citizen, I'm in general agreement on some terms, but I have to go shoot and then I have a meeting later tonight, to further monetize films we've already given for free. Sorry for seeming combative. Analyzing all this is morbidly interesting to...

But that's the thing. Where do you draw the line? I've worked at movie stories for 5+ years and haven't had to pay for a rental (which is why, to me, piracy has been superfluous, if I did it, they would remain unwatched, as I tended to the backlog of 14 rentals a week, which was tough on its...

That’s the point, I believe people do, and in my own experience, I’ve made money from that opinion. That’s the point I’m expressing. No. But here’s the flaw in your logic, in my opinion. I’m GLAD people in Japan and Russia and Serbia, and everywhere that is a torrenting hotspot is seeing my...

Pretty interesting. Kudos, most Scottish films I watch I can't understand them at all. Irish and Scottish films are the hardest for Americans to understand, but I've gotta say you have that licked. Well shot, interesting story. My main criticism would be you were far too relaxed with the...

Exactly. Anything that can be done in camera on set, do it then. There are fixes in post, always, but that's all they are, fixes for not having done it perfect in camera. And hey, often these fixes are great, but they don't compare to the real thing. At the same time, don't waste half a day...

After giving away 600 digital copies. When we had given away 0 digital copies, we had sold 10, mostly friends. Sorry you feel that way. My personal experience is the exact opposite. I've gotten more exposure and made more money releasing our films through "piracy" channels. It's not piracy...

If you get paid once, he gets paid once. If you keep getting paid for the film, he keeps getting paid for the film. An agent is there to make the deal for you. Therefore, most likely, he'll be involved in any deal you make. Since this is his job, you will pay him. If he gets you a gig...

Yeah, it's like asking how much a car salesman makes each year. It's always going to be slightly different because the products are always different, to different buyers. Typically though, a sales agent will take a percentage of a purchase price. It just depends what kind of deal you had with...

There are thousands and thousands of movie sites on the internet. Find the ones that apply to your genre (kung fu, comedy, spoofs, etc) and send it to them. If you can't do that, you need to re-evaluate your entire strategy.

Most likely he's the only investor, or he never prepared a return on investment for them. This is akin to auditing someone's garage sale. There's so little in it at this point, no one cares. Actually, it's called free advertising. We released a film a few years ago, and started selling...

Don't do it, that's my advice. I, like everyone else, laughed at the Fields quote "Never work with children or animals", until I did both. If you have to do a "teen" something, cast the youngest looking 18 year olds you can. I shot a pilot with around 20 kids (all of them 11-17). It was a...

Don't worry, if you're asking all of these questions, and you don't know well enough to go find the answers out for yourself, then you'll never be a screenwriter. Same with your abuse of language. Won't fly. So you don't ever have to worry about that.

Yeah, even with a full time job most people still have 2 days off. Write all day those 2 days. If you can't sit to write, then simply put, your writing will never get anywhere.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1542344/technical They used a bunch, but most of the scenes in the opening were 7D and 5D, I could tell that from watching it. Everything else was Moviecam and then the Redlake Y5 and Silicon Imaging SI-2K mini. On a movie like that, especially the opening and...

And really, anything over $1,000, even amongst friends, should have paperwork involved. It's not worth the money to get a lawyer unless your film is over $10,000, and usually in that case one person has put up the money, and typically they're helping to make the film so they are actively...