Elia Kazan once famously said that “casting the right actors accounted for 90% of a movie’s ultimate success or failure”. While there have been giant leaps in technology for films since this quote, it still rings true today. Who is in your film can...
I recently cast for my short film memorama, and learned some interesting things I wanted to share. It turns out that a few of the actors I cast are SAG/Aftra affiliates, and this can present a problem for a non-SAG film. As a newbie in any type of union productions, I...
I may be going a bit overboard here, but I enjoyed what I am about to reveal so much, I could not help but share. As an aspiring screenwriter, one of the best ways to learn your craft is to read hundreds and hundreds of screenplays. It’s essential to learning...
This weekend, I scouted one of the main locations for my upcoming short film, ‘Memorama’. It is a simple house in New Brunswick, NJ, not to far from Rutgers University. Depending on your script and shot list, you can be looking for many different things on...
This post is strictly for filmmakers, specifically of low budget films, but can be adapted to any professional environment for marketing purposes. As I mentioned in my post, 9 Essential Steps for Pre-Production, getting someone to photograph and video behind the...
I always marvel at how many different approaches filmmakers take to pre-production. Some can’t live without storyboards, some can’t work with them, and recently social media has come into play. Here is the process I take once I have a written script and...
