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How to Make a Good Film - A Pep Talk for Fellow Bad FilmmakersMaking a feature is hard work, and it's easy to screw it up and even easier to get discouraged. Maybe you're one of those filmmakers who has an embarrassingly bad romantic comedy "calling card" wasting away in your closest (or, more likely, on your hard drive). -
GameMaker Product ReviewI always wanted to make video games, but I struggled with learning programming. Thanks to GameMaker, I didn't need to. -
How to Pick Your Nose: In Defense of Nosepicking, the Unjustly Maligned HobbyParents, educators, and the medical establishment have disparaged nose-picking for years. It's time to stop the hate.
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Movie Review: Mutual AppreciationI was worried when I heard that Mutual Appreciation was about a struggling musician. Films about artists tend to really be about nothing at all. Thankfully, Mutual Appreciation is the rare exception to that rule.
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No-Budget Filmmaking: Work with What You've GotThe first film I ever worked on was an ambitious project, a period piece with over eighty speaking parts, just as many locations, numerous trick shots and 150+ pages of script. It took over six years to complete. Oh, and one more thing: it stunk.
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No-Budget Film Making: Equipment CostsToo often, people see filmmaking as a kind of investment. And should that film fail to secure distribution, or, indeed, make it into a festival (as many do), they feel like they've lost money. But they're looking at it the wrong way.
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Movie Review: Funny Ha-HaI first saw Andrew Bujalski's "Funny Ha-Ha" over two years ago on the Sundance Channel. I've watched it a few times since then, and every time-- every single time-- I come away from it with something new, something different, something extraordinary.
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How to Not Sell a MovieMost independent filmmakers operate under the delusion that if you make a good movie, it will get into festivals, win awards, and get distribution. It's a very appealing, very American idea, but it is a fallacy. I know, because for a long time, I fell for it, too.