I’ve met plenty of filmmakers with a first feature script they can’t afford to shoot. Too many locations. Too many characters. Extreme waiting for someone else to say yes. Why would you do that to your career/ Contained horror is nothing new. I compare it to the Blair Witch guy back in the ’90’s.We had […]
In this post I welcome vertical filmmaking and then list seven sins that will halt your career. Some filmmakers can tell you the sensor size of every camera on the market. Ask what their protagonist wants and the conversation becomes strangely quiet as they scroll down an amazon page full of gear for sale. Others […]
Writing an email to a potential investor takes about ten minutes of your time. Being ready for the reply can take months. That gap catches a lot of first-time filmmakers and even some seasoned ones. The script is finished, the pitch deck sizzles, someone mentions a friend who “puts money into things,” and the email […]
Upcoming courses and career events for late October and November 2026. January is a wonderful hiding place. You can put your screenplay there. Your first short. Your plan to become a director. That promise to learn how your camera actually works. Then January arrives, and somehow you are still waiting. Give your ambition something more […]
Inspired by a post by Jonathan Glazier, format creator and executive producer of altmedia. For years, the television pitch had a familiar shape. You developed an idea, wrote a treatment, made a deck, perhaps shot a sizzle, and tried to persuade a broadcaster to commission it. I have watched filmmakers follow much the same path. […]
A stereotype can be useful for about ten seconds. Here are the ones I see over and over again at Raindance. And none are the principles professionals use: The ruthless producer. The shy teenager. The detective who drinks too much. Each gives an audience an immediate idea of who has entered the story. Yet then […]
Unlike its American counterparts, British zombie movies aren’t usually set in malls. Nina Romain talks to two Brit zombie-meisters who chose to have their heroes taking on the undead in UK shopping centres – despite their zombies attacking the offspring of British acting icons Attacking the UK cinema market last week, the newest Resident Evil […]
Every film begins with an idea. But ideas do not organise locations, negotiate contracts, manage budgets or persuade people to work through the night in the rain. That is the first-time producer’s job. A producer turns creative ambition into practical reality. You do not need to know everything before producing your first film. You do, […]
Everybody wants to know where the money is. No one seems to consider the questions you must answer. It is usually one of the first questions asked by a new producer: Who funds films? Where do I find investors? How do I pitch Netflix? Are there grants for my project? But money is rarely the […]
January 2005: Hot Aussie summer. I was scrolling through my emails and came across one requesting volunteers to help out on a music video. It was to be produced in Sydney and starred N’Fa, who, at the time, was the lead singer of Australian hip-hop group 1200 Techniques. The production company was Babyfoot Productions, and […]
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