One of the greatest weaknesses of first-time, low-budget indie filmmakers also happens to be one of their biggest strengths –enthusiasm....

Before you make the jump into making feature films, I highly recommend you lend yourself as a helping hand on a legitimate movie set. Go...

One item that will save you a lot of money in pre-production, during production, in post-production, and during the film’s distribution...

The first time I ever spent money on “film education” was when I took the Dov Simens course in 2014. As a high school dropout who went to...

Before you start breaking down your script and build a budget – you need to know what kind of movie you are making and how you plan to...

Knowing how to “do stuff ”in the world of film is a valuable asset that could end up saving you a lot of money, give you an edge when...

This website was created with the low-budget, indie filmmaker in mind – and if you are one, you are most likely an expert in one or more...

The question of whether it’s wise to spend all that time and money on film school could be answered by a simple question: What’s your...

Favorite Screenwriting Books • Screenplay by Syd Field • The Art of Dramatic Writing by Lajos Egri • Making a Good Script Great by Linda...

There is a vast wealth of true stories, fiction novels, films, and plays circulating around the world-wide-web that are currently in the...

The question of whether it’s wise to spend all that time and money on film school could be answered by a simple question: What’s your...

Over the past few years, I’ve been working to improve my compositing skills via VFX apps like Adobe After Effects, so in 2018, my close...

In 2018, an actor friend of mine introduced me to a play that performed in when he was in school. The fella who wrote the play suggested...

The reason I rant and rave about the importance of mastering the craft of screenwriting is that I think that it opens all the right doors...

I mentioned the importance of silent films in earlier chapters, but I want to take this opportunity to again remind you that there can be...

Many first-time screenwriters try to establish characters by giving them lots of dialogue, I’m actually guilty of that as well. While...

Unless you live alone and have the discipline to tune out the distracting elements of your day-to-day living, I recommend you try this...

There’s a big difference between a rough draft and a first draft. Your rough draft, in my opinion, is the draft that no one is ever going...

Every good movie ever made has a strong theme, and that theme is the story’s DNA; it’s the overlaying idea that defines and drives your...

I cannot tell you how many times I’ve walked down the street, headphones on, music blasting, and when a new song began to play, I...