LOW-BUDGET FILMMAKING: How Much Does It Really Cost To Make Your First Feature?
Fellow indie filmmakers continue making micro-budget feature films. Glen Schultz (Red Trail 90) says he did it with $10,000. Mark Duplass (The Puffy Chair) suggests you only need $1,000. Those figures notwithstanding, keeping costs low can set you up to turn a...
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...
TALES FROM THE SUNDANCE LAB: An introverted sound mixer finds love on the mountain
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....
ORIGINS OF INSPIRATION: 5 Creators and the Films That Inspire Them
What do Scream, Jaws, and Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner? have to do with one another? They all inspired Jordan Peele in the writing of Get Out, the Academy Award-winning screenplay that lent a fresh voice to an ongoing discourse about race in America. That got us...
QUALITY WINS THE DAY: Ross Putman Talks About Championing New Voices
About Ross Putman After graduating from USC’s School of Cinematic Arts, Ross Putman started his career as a development executive before transitioning to independent film production. The company he co-founded, PSH Collective, went on to produce the Sundance...