Film Editing: The Creative and The Technical
Getting your film in the can is a major accomplishment that gets you one step closer to a final product. What you’ve accumulated, however, is nothing more than a plethora…
Directing Darkness Hunting and Everything I Learned from My Second Feature Film
Besides being eternally grateful for being able to make a second feature film, what else should you do from the experience? Learn. I learned so much from directing my first…
Darkness Hunting: Preparing for the Shoot
Once you gain knowledge and experience from your first feature film, what should you do for your second one? The answer - go bigger! I learned a great deal from…
Writing Darkness Hunting and How the Story Came to Be
What's the best kind of place to visit and research before you write your screenplay about a notoriously haunted location? Well, a notoriously haunted location, of course. After the long…
Directing The Devil’s Instrument and Everything I Learned from the Experience
What is one of the most important things a beginning director can learn from the experience of making their first feature film? Trust the actors. Directing is a difficult job.…
The Devil’s Instrument Pitfalls and the Creative Solutions that Solved Them
Without a constant barrage of problems to solve, human beings would have a hard time living up to their potential. There is a lot that goes into the making of…
What is Sound Design and How Do You Do It?
Sound design is many things; one of which is being the heart of every film. Sound design is all about creating a sonic world for your film to inhabit. The…
Casting The Devil’s Instrument and What I Learned from It
Who is going to be your new best-friend when you go to cast your next independent feature film? Modeling and Talent Agencies. If you are ready to start casting for…
The Post-Production Process and How I Go About Doing It: Part 2
If film post-production could be summed up in one word, it would probably be a toss-up between editing and processing. I’m going to pick up where I left off in…
The Post-Production Process and How I Go About Doing It: Part 1
What is the most overlooked and least understood part of the filmmaking process? It would have to be the last leg of the race, or post-production. Once production is complete…