It’s easy to confuse quality and value in the filmmaking process. When you buy a really well built car, you are buying quality. Quality manufacturing. Quality parts. A great car should delivery you great quality. But, it’s not necessarily great value. Spending $75,000 on a car which may be manufactured superbly will cost you more …
Quick thanks to Bill for asking this question: “@CraftTruck: Anything you'd like to see from us?” Some numbers for this: "Spend this much on your short film – http://t.co/gNdQMFff95" — Bill Pace (@ScripTeach) December 11, 2013 How much should you spend? If you read the original post it wasn’t specific and intentionally so. Not that we wanted …
1. What is Your Goal? Before jumping onto Twitter specifically for the benefit of promoting your next film (or film company), understand what your goals are. Are you actually there to promote your upcoming film? Are you there for other social reasons? Be specific about what your goals are. The answers – to promote your …
Feature films have a half-life. Short films have an even shorter half-life. Understand the value of what a short film is. If you are in film school, it’s a learning tool. If you are trying to break into feature films, it’s the opportunity cost of your time and money. The time that it’s taking away …
We welcome John Suits and Gabriel Cowan of New Artists Alliance (Bad Milo, Extracted, Static) to the podcast. In this episode, we discuss how John and Gabriel grew their company from mostly micro budgeted films to larger scale projects on a consistent basis. In this episode we cover: On attracting talent: The talent value equation: …
Remember the tent pole movie with that “A” list cast member that flopped. I’m sure you can name a few… What was the true value of that cast? The studios think that the are protecting their downside by hiring top recognizable talent. But are they really? Great talent in a bad story is still a …
Everyone is talking about the golden age of tv. But what about the golden age of ads? Twenty years ago, television wasn’t nearly as good as it is today. Of course, there were great shows, which shall go unnamed here, but compared to such shows as The Walking Dead, Breaking Bad, Battlestar Gallactica, Mad Men, …
If you want to sell your script you have to get someone to crack that first page. If you get a chance to do an in person pitch before someone picks up your script then you have a chance to “pre” sell the material. People are constantly looking for context. That’s why the default it’s …
Richard Boddington debut feature was a self financed $150,000 genre film, Dark Reprieve. The film went on to be picked up and distributed nationally by Image Entertainment. What’s great about Richard’s story is how he went about making his first film, his take aways, and then more importantly, how he leveraged that into his next …
Hollywood accounting for many is a mystery at best. Meet Steven Sills. Steven is co-author of Movie Money: Understanding Hollywood’s (Creative) Accounting Practices. He is a certified public accountant, a certified fraud examiner, a certified financial forensic, and a member of the California bar. Think CSI in the world of of Hollywood accounting. Steven was …