Working with Actors is one of the top Directing Skills. Actors play the characters who the audience relates with. The better the performance and the star quality, the more relatable…
The shoot is the most intense part of the filmmaking process. A Director should be prepared to get asked about 1000 questions on each shooting day. This can be stressful…
A Film Director needs to prepare diligently for a film shoot. The areas that a Film Director is involved in, during preproduction is as follows. Casting and Rehearsals with Actors…
Tip 5: Find the Best Crew Size for your production. The best Crew size varies from production to production. I have shot a micro budget short films with 7 Crew and I…
Tip 1 - A Film Director must Prepare Prepare Prepare. Film Directing is divided into four distinct seasons. PreProduction The Shoot Post Production Film Festivals and Screenings Today, lets…
Tip 2 To Direct Like a Pro – Cast like a Pro. When we teach on our Film Courses, we always have a full night of casting as one of…
Tip 4 Network – Surround Yourself with the Best Team Networking is one of the most important Film Maker Skills. There are two types of networking. Networking to meet financiers distributors and…
Tip 3 – Every Shooting Day, Prepare A Shot List It amazes me if a Film Director chooses to wing it on Shooting Day. That means do minimal preparation and…
Three Tips for finding the Best Locations- Casting - The Core of Your Film Locations, and finding them for a film, is one of the easiest parts of preparing a film production…
Casting - The Core of Your Film If the Screenplay is the blueprint for your film, casting is the core. Audiences are drawn into high quality stories; however, they connect…
How to write a professional Screenplay. Part 2: Checklist before you start to write your screenplay. You have totally worked out your story, step by step. You have all the main…
I would like to go into detail about making, directing and producing a professional film. There are 12 steps that one needs to pay particular attention to when creating a…