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I have been successful with grants with one of my projects and unsuccessful with another. The one that did well received five different grants plus private funders. The reason it did well is because it was a documentary, the unique subject matter and the social justice issue it covered. I...

I use both FCP 7 and CS6 cloud. I have not ran into any problems whatsoever with FCP 7 and AE. When I work with FCP and AE I stick to ProRes. If I am working Premiere with AE, I stick to animation exports from AE. Both workflows are smooth.

This is amazing and so informative. Cutting trailers is such an artform in itself. One of my editor friends who has cut many great films said he will never cut his own trailer. How many times have we seen a movie based on a great trailer and find that all the best stuff was in the trailer...

One of the reasons offline editing was so necessary before was because raw files and high quality codecs were such render hogs and color correction was done on film reels. Now, most of the stuff we work on starts at ProRes 422 HQ and ends at ProRes 422HQ. It's online from start to finish. I...

Rejected. I have been rejected from all the top ten festivals. If it were a teen dance, I would be the ugly girl sitting all alone. It was a long shot, so now I'm going for the not so big ones.

Even though you will be relying on interviews to tell the story, don't forget lots of ambient sounds & customers interactions with the staff. Sometimes it's hard to know going into the shoot, but try to have an idea of what you want to start and end your documentary with by the time the day is...

I'm with Sweetie. It looks like a rolling shutter problem. When you use that camera you may want to avoid the heavy movements and try some sticks.

I say this with love, but it's not the edit station but the monkey pushing the buttons. I say monkey because anyone who edits supervised sessions will start to feel like a trained monkey after a while.

I do this kind of producing, so here is how I would look them in your area, if I were you. Since you are in Seattle, look up your film commission, motion picture alliance or film society. Research the members by looking up their film history. Request references. Go to resources such as...

I always like the nonsical names that stick with you like, "Bad Robot" or "Running with Scissors"... film is about the only industry where you can get away with just about anything. Make it count and I bet people will remember you.

How many days is the shoot? In my neck of the woods, a line producer is about $750 p/d. For an ultra low budget film you can probably pay about $150 p/d. Go for the best line producer you can afford. They will save save save so much time and money if they're good.

If you want to make money, pick a social justice issue or environmental issue and you will increase your chances significantly to receive grants, distribution and screen at festivals. I cannot tell you how much PR I have received on mine, just because of the subject matter.

This is a really important topic to cover but I think you need to let people know about the filmmakers too. You are asking for a lot of money, so what does that money go to? Is this your first film? Who are the key players? Best of luck!

Just make sure they know all the terms of their contract. Be specific on details about hours of commitment, compensation, transportation... When you do your casting make sure they have a headshot and a list of credits. Do not even bother if they do not have experience. We did a casting for a...

Hi Aaron I watched the clip again and I think you need to tie the influence of art with the history of apartheid from the beginning. We don't really know what the story is about until half way in when you begin talking about art. When I watched the film, I thought we were going to talk...

I will watch it again tomorrow and write some ideas down for you.

If this is a student film then you have a really bright future ahead of you. Great shot composition. Regarding editing the story, i feel there was a missed opportunity to really grab the viewer from the beginning. The first minute is crucial. You need to give your viewer a taste of whatever...

It goes over the concept of Sluglines. If you understand the purpose of a Sluglines from a production standpoint then you can apply it to any situation. For the OP he should write it as he envisions it and the director may or may not change it based on his shot list. The writer can make it an...

This link is very helpful on those types of details and why they are important http://www.lineproducing.com/index.php/structure

The agencies I have worked for requesting animated storyboards used H.264. Keep the aspect ratio the same as your FCP project and it should look great on any laptop or dvd, which is most likely how they will present it to the client.