Category Archives: Filmmaking

Jannard’s Motivation

I just read an interesting post on reduser that took me by surprise. If you read this blog, you know I love Jim Jannard and the RED digital camera company. I don’t try to hide it.
But after I read this:

With your permission, I am going to take a couple of weeks [...]

Sending your script to yourself in the mail

…is a bad idea. Unless you’re one of those people whose self esteem is linked to how much mail they get (like myself).

For anyone who is a writer or interested in the legal side of being creative, check out this post.

I am…

Recently I was spending time with some friends, and I was dressed in a certain way. I thought I looked pretty good. I felt confident. I felt good, you know.

Anyway, my buddy Alpesh stopped and said, “Hey, John, you look like a filmmaker.”

The Future of Education

I really believe that companies like fxphd are the future of education. The cost of a college education is getting higher and higher, and degrees are becoming less useful. Experience matters (in some fields) more than a degree.

Corrado

I just finished reading the collected blog of the production of the film “Corrado”. If anyone is a filmmaker, or someone who loves inspiration, guts, entrepreneurism, and general business savvy, you NEED to read this.
Produced, written, and directed by Adamo Paolo Cultraro. He chronicled the making of his first feature on dvxuser.com [...]

Small Is the New Big

I’ve been rereading Seth Godin’s book, Small is the New Big, and I love the concept!

One of the things I want to create in the film industry is a small company that can act like a “big” one.

In the current economy, being able to cut costs is important because you can make a profit with less revenue – or you can have more profit with the same revenue.

In fact, in ANY economy, being able to keep costs low is important.