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PUBLIC RELATIONS OVERVIEW: Five Tips for Assembling Your EPK

PUBLIC RELATIONS OVERVIEW: Five Tips for Assembling Your EPK

Nov 19, 2019 | Five For Filming

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: Lessons We Learned Rewatching The Lion King

RENAISSANCE DISNEY: Lessons We Learned Rewatching The Lion King

Aug 22, 2019 | Five For Filming

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 1990s. We started revisiting these innovative filmmaking techniques with Aladdin, and will periodically...
ORIGINS OF INSPIRATION: 5 Creators and the Films That Inspire Them

ORIGINS OF INSPIRATION: 5 Creators and the Films That Inspire Them

Aug 1, 2019 | Five For Filming

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...
STICKER SHOCK: 5 Surprising Expenses That Could Bust Your Indie Budget

STICKER SHOCK: 5 Surprising Expenses That Could Bust Your Indie Budget

Mar 8, 2019 | Five For Filming

One of the best ways to stand out in the film business is to make a successful low-budget movie. Like Paranormal Activity, shot for only $15,000. Or Get Out, made for $4.5 million. Or Split for $9 million. Or A Quiet Place, $17 million… Hold on! This is starting...
SATURDAY MORNING FILM SCHOOL: 5 Film Lessons From Your Favorite Cartoons

SATURDAY MORNING FILM SCHOOL: 5 Film Lessons From Your Favorite Cartoons

Nov 6, 2018 | Five For Filming

We filmmakers often look to other cinematic works to get inspiration: the acting of Lily James, the directing of James Cameron and the writing of Cameron Crowe. We look at successful projects like Black Mirror and Black-ish and Orange is the New Black. And we study...
CREWING UP: The 5 Qualities To Look For When Hiring Your Crew

CREWING UP: The 5 Qualities To Look For When Hiring Your Crew

Aug 7, 2018 | Five For Filming

Hiring your crew can be the most important decision you make as a producer. A dynamite team that is talented and motivated can elevate your material and make your job easy and fun. But bad attitudes are contagious. Taking on the wrong person, even in a minor role, can...
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