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Olympics Beijing 2008
Opening ceremony – outstanding! How many times did you say ‘wow!’? Firstly, apologies guys, this one beats all previous openings. How will the Brits beat that in 2012? What would you have produced with the sort of financial plan used in that wonderful opening ceremony? The budget just for the fireworks alone would be sufficient [...]
Continue reading...Will top actors bring money to your movie?
25. July 2008
You’ve no doubt been so concerned with your low budget independent movie and the amount that you’ve allocated for your star roles. Is it enough? Will it bring the people to the cinema? What if I had another ten million for a star name, will that make me more than the extra ten million back [...]
Continue reading...Film reviews
30. May 2008
I’ve been asked why there have been so many film and movie reviews on this blog recently when so many readers have been expecting updates on the progress of the short film. They want to know if the screenplay is ready yet and is pre-production complete? Well, no. The experts say you should study films [...]
Continue reading...Treatment writing
3. May 2008
This is how I start my treatment thinking. I need to answer these first six questions first. 1. Who 2. What 3. Where 4. When 5. Why 6. How Then I need a rough plan of what happens in the story. Start The middle The ending All stories have a three phase plan if they’re [...]
Continue reading...Logline complete
2. May 2008
Finally, after many hours of turmoil, the logline for the short film is ready. It’s … well of course I can’t say yet, can I? I have to wait until the treatment is ready and the script completed and I’ve registered the copyright before I can release the logline. I can’t risk someone stealing my [...]
Continue reading...Only in the movies
11. April 2008
From: www.martweiss.com please tell us where they got this from so we can credit the writer. We did try to email to get permission, but it’s not working there. If we are asked to take this post down for good reason, we will do straight away because we respect copyright. During all police investigations it [...]
Continue reading...Making the short movie plan
3. April 2008
So, there’s a plan. I’m through with thinking about the movie; now it’s time to write. Even though it’s only going to be ten minutes long, the film needs to be planned precisely to ensure each second of those ten minutes gets used well. There won’t be any time to go off track and have [...]
Continue reading...Sell the script and make the movie
12. March 2008
Some people have the view that you should sell your script before you have it written and sell the package to a distributor before you make the movie. I can see the sense in these plans. It provides you with the money when you need it. If you have the money in the bank (at [...]
Continue reading...Blank canvas and writer’s block
11. March 2008
It’s great having writer’s block when you want to start designing your next film. You have a great big blank sheet of paper (or computer screen). You have nothing to stop you from writing anything. Writing anything is a good way forward. You need to brainstorm all of your ideas. You can brainstorm by yourself. [...]
Continue reading...First things first: pre-production.
10. March 2008
We’ve all heard of it, but what exactly is it, in film and movie making? It’s doing your homework, which is a responsibility and liability on the producer. The producer needs to find the money to fund the film; this will enable him to set his budget to know if they are heading for a [...]
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8. August 2008
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