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 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…
The Paperwork All Film Distributors Will Ask For
What is one thing that all film distributors will ask for, other than the film itself? The paperwork. After your film is complete and you go to make a deal,…
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…
Stories From the Set of The Devil’s Instrument and What I Learned from the Experience
What's the best thing about being on a film set, other than the fact that you're making a feature film? The stories that you accumulate along the way. There is…
Those Pesky Ideas and All That I Know About Them
Why did I decide to write about ideas and everything that I know about them, even though this extremely ambiguous subject terrifies me? Because a whole lot of people, including…
The Production Process and The Rules That I’ve Learned to Follow
What do most people think of when you mention making a feature film? Why, production, of course. There is a good reason why most people think of production first when…