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MORALE ON SET: A Director’s Guide to a Happy Production

MORALE ON SET: A Director’s Guide to a Happy Production

Oct 2, 2019 | Five For Filming

As a director, it’s your job to not only carry the artistic vision of your film, but also take care of your people. Of course, you have a producer and an AD who are also looking out for crew safety and logistical efficiency. But in day to day set life, the director...
THE ARTIST’S WAY FOR FILMMAKERS: Revisiting the Maintenance Methods of Creativity

THE ARTIST’S WAY FOR FILMMAKERS: Revisiting the Maintenance Methods of Creativity

Sep 24, 2019 | Essay

Whose creative life hasn’t been supercharged, validated and otherwise improved by Julia Cameron’s bestselling book, The Artist’s Way? If you haven’t yet had your world rearranged by this 12-week study of artistic inspiration and productivity, make like a library and...
FAILING FORWARD: How PLUS ONE fell apart and came together again

FAILING FORWARD: How PLUS ONE fell apart and came together again

Sep 17, 2019 | Interviews

Two friends, a summer of weddings, and the indie rom-com that follows their story. This is Plus One, the breakout 2019 Tribeca Film Festival winner that was sold before it even premiered and is now streaming on Hulu.  Lunacy Productions recently caught up with five...
THE ‘WRITE’ PITCH: 5 Reasons to Pitch Your Work-in-Progress

THE ‘WRITE’ PITCH: 5 Reasons to Pitch Your Work-in-Progress

Sep 10, 2019 | Five For Filming

If you’re having trouble finishing your script, here’s a wild idea: start pitching it! What? Now? That’s bonkers! Everyone knows you have to have a completed script before it’s ready to pitch. But… What if you were to make pitching a part of your writing...
TALES FROM THE SUNDANCE LAB: An introverted sound mixer finds love on the mountain

TALES FROM THE SUNDANCE LAB: An introverted sound mixer finds love on the mountain

Sep 3, 2019 | Essay

Alexandra Reinnoldt is a producer and sound technician for Lunacy Productions. This year she was invited to be a crew member at the Sundance Directors Lab, an annual retreat designed to support promising young filmmakers as they workshop their first feature films....
IT’S HARD TO MAKE MOVIES! Director Craig Johnson Discusses His First Two Films

IT’S HARD TO MAKE MOVIES! Director Craig Johnson Discusses His First Two Films

Aug 27, 2019 | Interviews

About Craig Johnson Craig Johnson is an award-winning writer/director best known for 2014’s The Skeletons Twins, starring Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig. His latest project, Alex Strangelove is a Netflix original movie, available now. Lunacy’s own Stu Pollard recently...
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