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I have never been one who relinquishes control easily. So if the director controls the stage, I will be the director. However, as the director I sometime have to make hard decisions, like who will be the main actors (or actresses in this case) in our film. The first actresses that came to mind wereContinue reading “Actresses for Hire?”

Just like Stephen Rea I would love to own a movie camera, but for the purpose of this film project our access to film cameras is limited. One piece of technology that we do have access to, however, is our cell phones. Most modern cellphones have excellent photo quality, are light weight, and user friendly.Continue reading “Tools of the Trade”

Pretending the camera was not there was one of the biggest struggles we faced on our first day of filming. Having little to no experience in acting I did my best to both remain in character and not look into the camera despite what was going on around me. Following our shooting schedule Addie andContinue reading “The Beginning of the End”

And just like in life sometimes plans need to be made before we face a busy day. This is why before we begin filming on Thursday I will be story boarding key scenes that we plan to include in our title sequence. Story boarding will allow us to ensure that we film the shots thatContinue reading “Story Board”

My hope is that as I continue to create this movie that it begins to take on a spirit of its own as Cage the Elephant’s songs do. Now that I have shared our shooting schedule I thought I would begin sharing what we plan to include in out film, starting with sound. Our planContinue reading “Cage the Sound”

If there is no producer, there is no movie, so I need to find a production company. My ideal production company would have experience producing independent films, specifically independent films that are drama comedies. In order to find a production company that meets this criteria I first researched famous independent films, finding 25 to takeContinue reading “A Production Company”

Church gives good advice that I should remember in this process of creating our film. There will be failures, but we can not dwell on them or we will miss appreciating the achievements. In one of my later posts I mentioned how directors Tyler and Michael had to film a proof-of-concept to acquire funding andContinue reading “How to Attract $$$ (aka a Production Company)”

When I am researching behind the scenes of great movies like The Peanut Butter Falcon, I am also very happy when I am working. In this post I will be completing my case study on The Peanut Butter Falcon by discussing how it came to be distributed. Distributing On March 9th, 2019 The Peanut ButterContinue reading “The Peanut Butter Case Study pt.3”