PLUS ONER: How the PLUS ONE Team Gets It All in One Shot
In this followup to our last conversation with the team behind Plus One, we get an in-depth account of the logistical planning and choreography that goes into the oner—a technically challenging but stylistically exciting bit of blocking and camera work. If you’ve ever...
PUBLIC RELATIONS OVERVIEW: Five Tips for Assembling Your EPK
Your film has a story! Where it came from, why it matters, or who came up with it in the first place (while stranded in a Maryland blizzard, for instance). Public Relations is the art of telling that story, through source material, documentation, and data—all compiled...
RENAISSANCE DISNEY: 5 Filmmaking Lessons from Disney’s Mulan
The term “Renaissance” has been used by fans to describe the awakening and reinvention that brought public and critical interest to Disney Feature Animation in the 1990’s, starting with 1989’s The Little Mermaid and ending with 1999’s Tarzan. No matter what aspect of...
YOGA ON SET: 5 Mind-Body Habits for Filmmaker Health
Does the word “yoga” invoke images of people in leggings sitting on mats and chanting? Grant us a minute, if you will, to stretch your imagination on this topic. When we talk about yoga, we’re referring to a practice, a mindset, an attitude—not simply a set of...
WRITE LIKE A PRO: How Our Screenwriting Experts Overcome Common Hangups
There are times when writing can be exciting, effortless, and fun. And then there are all the other times: when you don’t know where to start, or can’t remember why you started, or when you’re buried so deep you don’t even know which way to dig to get yourself out....