I had originally written this as some advice to a young filmmaker who’d asked what being a producer is. The…
Since moving my blog over to the new domain, I’m sure some of you might be wondering what happened. Click…
The short film has in the past received short shrift. YouTube and other sites have changed all of that. Digging…
Business plans may be a new thing for you. They may be old hat. But writing them and getting them down right is an art and science.
It takes strong tenacity and an unwillingness to quit, but it can happen. It wasn’t so long ago that I was just another face in the crowd of horror fans. Then I crossed the line into writing horror, then filming it. It’s a thin line that’s easy to cross, but it takes courage.
It’s been an incredible and nailbiting last 48 hours. We’ve seen a massive jump in backers for Veronica’s Haunt, to the point now that we’re over the halfway mark.
This is another one of my prognostications of the future of film, but I’ll keep it brief and focused on one particular aspect of the moviegoing experience.
In which I foolhardedly forecast the near-term future of filmmaking from the social, technological, development, investment, and legal aspects.
Crowdfunding might be the thing you’re looking for. It is an alternative film investment strategy that is much more straightforward and does not require a heavy burden of cash. But it can have lasting consequences for many years past the normal shelf life of the original film.
