How Much is Your Soul Worth?
Jerks who pay are still jerks. You don’t have to be a slave to a paycheck, y’know.
Category: Philosophy
Child of tip – philosophy
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Low-Budget Filmmaking Tip #146
And if you’re winning at Powerball, you can hire people to make movies.
You know those stories about a filmmaker who maxed out every credit card and spent all their savings and retirement in a mad gamble at success? In those stories, just as this debt is about to rebound back, the gamble pays off, the movie is wildly successful, and everything turns out great?
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Low-Budget Filmmaking Tip #145
Plus, it adds adventure to your life!
Find those people who — when presented with a problem — ask “How can we make this work so we can keep moving forward?” Those are great people to have on set. Cultivate those connections.
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Low-Budget Filmmaking Tip #141
Nobody likes a Chatty-Cathy
Storytelling and dialogue are not the same thing. If no one gets the story, it’s not because there isn’t enough dialogue — it’s because the story doesn’t make sense. In fact, if you think you might need more dialogue, you probably need less.
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Low-Budget Filmmaking Tip #135
Unless you’re in the middle of the Giggle Loop™.
It’s not necessary that you weep at your sad scenes and laugh at your comic scenes, but if you don’t with some consistency, maybe you might want to think about rewriting them.
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Low-Budget Filmmaking Tip #123
And then get back to work on the next one.
Make a big noise when you finish something. Celebrate, dammit — finishing a movie is a Significant Event!
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Low-Budget Filmmaking Tip #120
“It’s pretty nice work, considering the source…”
You may run across people who try to discourage you. They may not even mean to do it, but whenever you talk with them, you’re discouraged. Your best defense is the following mantra: “Just get the shot.” Most of the folks who are discouraging are really trying to discourage themselves. Don’t buy into their limitations.
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Low-Budget Filmmaking Tip #106
A rising tide lifts all ships.
Share cast and crew links with your gang. For example: http://www.mandy.com/
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Low-Budget Filmmaking Tip #100
Plus, celebrating is fun.
If you find out it’s someone’s birthday, take five and congratulate ’em, as a crew. Birthdays are fun.
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Low-Budget Filmmaking Tip #77
And this isn’t some European movie, now!
Always know what emotion you want your audience to feel, for every character, for every scene, and at the end of the movie. This is your compass, and as long as you follow it, you’ll always stay on track.
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