The most important question you need answered in your career is “how to write an original film”. Why is this important? Because film is one of the only mediums were a copy doesn’t cut...
Writer vs Filmmaker – what are you? I think it is important to perhaps establish some form of gradient for craft. A lot of people say they are “writers”. But that just means that...
How to make your scenes work. A good scene is more important than anything else. No doubt you’ve be told that you must grab a reader on the first page. Or that people can...
Rules, Laws and Writing Gurus (ignore them). In life we crave certainty. It makes us feel secure. If you have ever studied Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, ‘Security’ is a base need. As humans once...
In this episode of LOGLINE we review submissions from Wal Friman, Harriet Miller, Aray Brown and Michael Aliotti. These four submission all support really good stories. However a logline like Wal’s can drift across...
Why should you focus on creating likeable antagonists? Because it becomes boring for your audience if you don’t. If there is nothing to like about your antagonists, your antagonists will be “one note” and...
If you are like me and most people I know, you don’t have money to throw around on camera gear that isn’t going to do what you want. You need to be careful when...
What is the difference between story and plot? This simple question is one that a lot of writers have trouble answering. Mostly because the dictionary definition is based on each word individually and not...
The BMPCC4K ( Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K ) has been one of the most written about cameras in memory. It was heralded as a future classic, providing amazing performance and image quality at...
To start with I have to confess that I am fan of the Blackmagic Design products. I currently use Resolve Studio and own the current Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4k. I originally fell in...
Minimum requirements We are going to look at the equipment setup needed to make a short (or possibly a feature) indie film. The setup we are looking at will give you the best quality...
