Know Your Crew: The Camera Crew
The next in our popular series highlighting key members of the film crew will focus on the camera crew. The director-cinematographer relationship is one of the most important on set….
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Future Filmmakers Showcase Coming October 24: Everything You Need to Know
Back when we were in high school, our creative ambitions generally reached no further than simply coming up with the coolest-sounding Livejournal username that our Snapple-stained Old Millennial brains could…
VIDEO: What a Location Manager Does… and Why You Need One
So you have your script, your crew and maybe even some of your cast lined up. Great! Your production is really starting to come together. Now, you just have to…
Know Your Crew: Behind the Seams with Costume Designer Samantha Kuester
“I have a homework assignment for you guys: Go to the mall, and just look at all the prices.” Costume designer Samantha Kuester (Any Day Now) came into the Film Independent…
CASE STUDY: B-GIRL
Narrative Feature Writer/Director: Emily Dell Producer: Elizabeth Dell Budget: Around $700K Financing: Private Equity Production: 24 days/Los Angeles/July 2007 Shooting Format: Super 16mm Screening Format: HD Story: A story about…
Do You Need a Unit Publicist? Yes! Here’s Why
For film lovers, even those who are fairly well versed in the business, the credits that roll at the end of all films—everything from Short Term 12 to The Avengers—can…
Dear Producer: Sue Yeon Ahn and The Wild Wild West of Commercial Filmmaking
The following piece originally ran on the website Dear Producer and is being shared here courtesy of that website’s editor Rebecca Green, a Film Independent Fellow and Creative Advisor. Excerpts from Dear…
Anthony Bourdain and Co. Dish on Their Cinematic Parts Unknown: Rome Episode
On May 5 Film Independent at LACMA hosted a screening of the season eight finale of the CNN travelogue series Parts Unknown. The episode was particularly special, with host Anthony…
Dear Producer: Talking Shop with 2020 Producers Award Winner Mollye Asher
The following piece originally ran on the website Dear Producer and is being shared here courtesy of that website’s editor Rebecca Green, a Film Independent Fellow and Creative Advisor. Excerpts from Dear…
Mistakes and Mustaches: How My Friends and I Made a Hit Two-Hour Web Series
In this special guest post, indie filmmaker Kyle Kenyon takes us behind the scenes of his 2019 web series Schmotts, which continues to be programmed—and win awards!—at film festivals worldwide….
How to Create A Car Chase With Action Realism
We thought it might be fun to have a change of pace, during this awards season, and accelerate into some high-octane automotive action! In this special guest post our friend,…
FROM FLAME-THROWERS TO FESTIVALS: BELLFLOWER CASE STUDY CLASS
In last week’s Case Study Class held at Film Independent, writer/director Evan Glodell and producer Vincent Grashaw discussed their passion-fueled and often unconventional process for completing their ultra low-budget and…