Your Filmmaking Stuff for Saturday, March 23

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Filmmaking News Quick Update: Carole Dean, president of From The Heart Productions, author of the best-selling “The Art of Film Funding” as well “The Art of Manifesting”, and Tom Malloy, actor/writer/producer and author of "BANKROLL: A New Approach to Financing Feature Films," are looking to help 7 more filmmakers on how to best use their minds and their talents to bring their projects to fruition. Find out more by going here: http://www.bankrollthebook.com/filmcourse.htm   Please feel free to share your thoughts and comment on any of the filmmaking stuff.   - - -  Stop Filling Your Closet With Camera Gear When I was starting out as a filmmaker, the only way to be taken seriously was to shoot on film. I remember saving up all summer to purchase an Arri BL 16mm camera and a few rolls of film. The idea was to shoot a film, get it processed, transferred to video, edited and possibly [...]    Read more and comment: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FilmmakingStuff/~3/sNTvAcQ4H2Y/   - - -  How To Overcome Doubt And Make Your Movie As a filmmaker, sometimes the biggest obstacle to overcome is your own negative self-talk. In today’s guest filmmaking article, independent filmmaker Dimitri Morantus provides tips for ignoring naysayers and pushing forward to make your movie. Making Movies In An LA Minute My father once told me that he wanted to be an actor and that [...]    Read more and comment: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FilmmakingStuff/~3/WF8Fh9Iub1U/   - - -  Future Proof Your Film Film distribution is changing. In addition to the major marketplaces, there are about 200 platforms (and growing) where you can feature your movie. The common thread between all these marketplaces is, they want technically sound, profitable content. If you have been been reading Filmmaking Stuff for any length of time, you know how much I [...]    Read more and comment: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FilmmakingStuff/~3/qkks0M96-B4/   - - -  The Biggest Filmmaking Mistake The biggest filmmaking mistake I ever made was waiting for someone to give me permission to make my movie. It’s true. After college, I spent a whole lot of time sending out resumes to production companies. I thought the only way I could be taken seriously as a filmmaker was to work for a major [...]    Read more and comment: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FilmmakingStuff/~3/U2-vmoDjDAo/   - - -  Get Press To Cover Your Movie Projects If you asked me how to get press to cover your movie projects ten years ago, I would have told you to hire a publicist and rent a hot air balloon. The old mandate was to always have something newsworthy to say or refrain from sharing with the press. Thanks to social media sharing, what [...]    Read more and comment: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FilmmakingStuff/~3/qaJBbyAzbnI/   - - - Get out there. Take action and make your movie now!   Happy Filmmaking,   Jason Brubaker Filmmaking Stuff Brubaker Unlimited LLC Filmmaking Stuff provides resources for filmmakers, including articles on film finance, screenwriting, production, marketing and film distribution, as well as interviews with Hollywood producers, directors, screenwriters and filmmakers. If you are a filmmaker or an industry professional with something to share, you are welcome to submit an article to Filmmaking Stuff. Click Here Does your local Film Festival have Panel Discussions? Jason Brubaker is happy participate. His primary topic is Video On Demand distribution. Click Here	POPULAR Attend Film School Don't Ask, Don't Get My Story Price of Hollywood
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Your Budget

Your Movie Budget
A few days back we talked about script breakdown, schedule and how that will give you a ball park idea of your budget. The reason you need this now is because you'll need to understand the scope of your movie, especially when you're pitching to potential investors. The other reason you'll want to ball park your budget is because you may not get all the money you need and you will have to know what you can cut or alter.   Story continued here: http://www.filmmakingstuff.com/filmmaking-lesson-10-cut-your-budget/ Happy Filmmaking! Jason Brubaker Filmmaking Stuff About  Filmmaking Stuff  Filmmaking Stuff provides resources for filmmakers, including articles on film finance, screenwriting, production, marketing and film distribution, as well as interviews with Hollywood producers, directors, screenwriters and filmmakers. Write For Filmmaking Stuff If you are a filmmaker or an industry professional with something to share, you are welcome to submit an article to Filmmaking Stuff. Click Here Ask Jason Brubaker To Speak Does your local Film Festival have Panel Discussions? Jason Brubaker is happy participate. His primary topic is Video On Demand distribution. Click Here	FILMMAKER TOOLS   POPULAR Attend Film School Don't Ask, Don't Get My Story Price of Hollywood
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Your Filmmaking Stuff

Here is your Filmmaking Stuff!
Please feel free to share your thoughts and comment on any of the filmmaking stuff.   - - -  What Is Your Film’s Competition? Everything. As a filmmaker, unless you’ve got a pocket full of superfluous cash and you’re setting out to make a one-off passion picture that never needs to earn its budget back, film is a business. And as is the case with all businesses, you need a plan that includes a thorough understanding of your market and [...]    Read more and comment: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FilmmakingStuff/~3/CqHzH1Y1Zb0/   - - -  Filmmaking Beyond The TMZ I’m a filmmaker. This is going on my 3rd year making films. I live in Long Beach, California which might as well be Siberia as far as film making is concerned. It definitely is not in the TMZ zone. Before I made a movie, I had no filmmaking experience nor attended any film school classes. [...]    Read more and comment: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FilmmakingStuff/~3/U0bxl8vMcpg/   - - -  How to Crowdfund an Oscar Winning Movie Crowdfunding has become a successful strategy for filmmakers to raise money to make their movies. If you were paying attention, you probably noticed that the 2013 Oscar ceremony awarded two films that benefited from Crowdfunding. And I believe we can finally say that  Hollywood has jumped on the crowdfunding bandwagon. In March 2011, Andrew Napier [...]    Read more and comment: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FilmmakingStuff/~3/oPOe9PlxXWw/   - - -  Maintaining Image Quality With Your Documentary Capturing moments in life, and all that plays into making the moment true to its existence, can be nearly impossible when shooting with a camera. You can only get so much from so many different angles using even the best high-end cameras. This was paramount when shooting my latest documentary, SEADRIFT vs. The Big Guy. [...]    Read more and comment: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FilmmakingStuff/~3/qKDUK2YaV2s/   - - -  Battle Online Movie Piracy With Piracy Pollution Whenever I give talks related to movie distribution invariably somebody in the audience will ask me my thoughts online piracy. And my response is always the same.  If somebody wants to pirate your, they will figure out how to do it. At one of my last talks, an enterprising filmmaker raised his hand and asked [...]    Read more and comment: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FilmmakingStuff/~3/N7KUBgAcKwI/   - - - Get out there. Take action and make your movie now!   Happy Filmmaking,   Jason Brubaker Filmmaking Stuff Brubaker Unlimited LLC Filmmaking Stuff provides resources for filmmakers, including articles on film finance, screenwriting, production, marketing and film distribution, as well as interviews with Hollywood producers, directors, screenwriters and filmmakers. If you are a filmmaker or an industry professional with something to share, you are welcome to submit an article to Filmmaking Stuff. Click Here Does your local Film Festival have Panel Discussions? Jason Brubaker is happy participate. His primary topic is Video On Demand distribution. Click Here	POPULAR Attend Film School Don't Ask, Don't Get My Story Price of Hollywood
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