In a nutshell, you can’t. I would have preferred to start off doing animation, but it’s not my style. I’ve always lived on the edge, and the only time I’ve ever felt a lot of pressure to conform was when I was working on the “Hulk” movie and people started pressuring me about my appearance, […]
The short answer is “it depends”. And it depends on a lot of things. One of the most obvious things is the budget. You can get by making shorts for free in a couple of thousand in a few key areas. A big budget would only pay for a couple of days’ work, and there […]
There is no right or wrong way to become a filmmaker. But in this day and age, we all need to be able to identify and learn from our mistakes. One of the hardest components of becoming a filmmaker is being on the cutting edge of everything. You may find yourself being called upon to […]
In 2011, the average salary for a film director was $71,200, according to the Entertainment Software Association. If you work full time, you need an average of $102,800 to live on and the average of the four income brackets, $60,600, are worth between $60,200 and $80,600. In 2013, the average salary for directors was $76,300, […]
Why do you have to be a great storyteller, no matter what level of artistic skill you show? I’ve written an article about how you want to tell stories that aren’t about plot and where you don’t need to spend the most money. It’s called “Get over your “Storytelling Is About Plot” Problem,” and it’s […]
On the same day, we put together an infographic of the US economy and gave every one of you a chance to use it. As a reminder, here’s the graph that shows GDP vs population growth for all time in the US (source): And here is some information for filmmaking: 1. The average salary for […]
Well, it depends on how you look at the story. But the key to directing the kind of storytelling that really drives up the value of a movie lies in the director’s ability to build tension. And the kind of tension that gets your heart racing and pushes up the price of a movie is […]
The answer here is simple. It’s a question that the answer depends on the job. You can make a good salary on a video editing job. The trick is whether or not it’s your passion. If it’s not, you’re doing something stupid. If you’re in love with your video editing job, here are nine ways […]
You can become a script writer pretty easily. The first step, of course, is to do a lot of reading. Read some stories, read other people’s stories, read other writers’ stories. See some of the writers who have written great, interesting stories. See if there are people who have written similar stories, that you could […]
I’ve been making documentaries since I was young, but it took about seven years before I realized there was something inside me that I wanted to make movies about. My first feature film was the 2001 documentary, “American Graffiti,” and I’ve been making movies for five years now, though only recently have I started making […]