Lights Film School is currently looking for independent filmmakers who want to share their filmmaking experiences with our students and blog readers. We’ve interviewed filmmakers in the past (example) who have helped shed light on some very interesting ideas and creative solutions to the problem of not having access to large sums of production money. [...]
Archive for January, 2010
Independent Filmmaker Mistakes: Lack of Depth
Welcome to our second installment of “5 Common Mistakes Made by Independent Filmmakers”. Today we’re going to discuss the topic of depth as it relates to films and documentaries. There is a sense of flatness and 2 dimensionality in many independent films that hurts the perceived production value of the film. This is caused not [...]
5 most common mistakes Made by Independent Filmmakers:
Over the next 5 days we’re going to be adding new blog posts outlining the most common mistakes made by independent filmmakers. Today our post covers… White Walls Over the years we’ve been asked by our students what the “1 thing” we think they need to improve in order to make their films stronger. Well, [...]
Sample Screenwriting Review
We’ve recently been asked to provide a sample critique that our students get from our teachers. Below is the the first review one of our students received from one of our teachers on their first screenwriting assignment. For privacy reasons we are not publishing the film title or the script, but you can read the [...]
