Extras work – you might be edited out
Long hours spent waiting around for the film crew to prepare the scene before the real cast appear and show us their years of acting training – that‘s an extra’s day’s work. To survive as an extra, the main rule you need to clearly remember is – don’t look at the camera. If an extra [...]
Continue reading...What does a gofer do on set?
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Essentially, the gofer goes for this and goes for that. Anything required arranging on set can be the gofer’s responsibility. The real name for the position is production assistant, also known as a PA. If you are good at fetching coffee, copying screenplays and moving both crew and equipment to specific locations which might be [...]
Continue reading...Without the boom, the movie fails
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Without the technically proficient boom operator, the movie will struggle to pass the real deal. When people’s voices drift in and out of the scene as they move across the stage, you know the boom operator wasn’t trained properly and the production team have failed to over-ride the problem in Foley. Boom operators work with [...]
Continue reading...Getting paid for your screenplay
Monday, April 16, 2012
When a producer agrees to buy your screenplay, that is when the producer says yes, it’s not really a complete yes until you receive a contract. Even then it requires both parties to sign the document and have it witnessed to be complete. Until the check clears the banking systems, you won’t know if the [...]
Continue reading...The Hunger Games (2012 movie)
Thursday, April 5, 2012
3 stars*** The build up to The Hunger Games movie was probably too much for delivery to be accurate. It could never live up to the expectations placed by the extensive novel’s readership. Unfortunately, it fell quite a long way short of all anticipation. The film might be as much about inequality and class divide, [...]
Continue reading...Why the lack of music at the Academy Awards?
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
As the years roll on, there are fewer and fewer songs listed in the category – Music (original song) – why? This year’s Oscars™ listed just two songs: “Man or Muppet” from “The Muppets,” music and lyrics by Bret McKenzie “Real in Rio,” from “Rio,” music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown; lyrics by Siedah [...]
Continue reading...Remember your lines to extend your career.
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
For an actor, you live or die in your performance, by your ability to learn your lines. For a stage actor this means learning an entire performance. For the television or movie actor you only have to learn sufficient to get you through the day’s filming, with cue cards at hand for those with short [...]
Continue reading...Being Sold – indie movie
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
When you put yourself up for sale after being made redundant, you might not expect worldwide coverage, but Being Sold is the idea behind this high quality UK movie. It won best Film and Best Actor at the 2011 London Independent Film Festival. It was filmed in just two days in the South of Manchester. [...]
Continue reading...The winning film – Gone Fishing
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Winning over 40 international festivals and awards, Chris Jone’s film – Gone Fishing – continues to show newbies how to get film making right, first time. From his website: Gone Fishing is the Academy Award Shortlisted, multi festival winning, short film made by author of the Guerilla Film Makers Handbooks, Chris Jones. The DVD is [...]
Continue reading...New way to distribute your indie movie
Monday, March 12, 2012
Photographer Nick Trupin has found a great way to distribute his documentary ‘In-sight.’ He’s signed up to Distrify.com, a relatively new online distribution service. On his website, 779, he explains how he has found a way to have his 38minute street photography film make him money, providing funds to boost his next project. Filmmakers Peter [...]
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