Daily Dose: Harnessing Creative Constraints, “Russian Roulette”
Ben Aston’s latest short film demonstrates the power of creative constraints.
Daily Dose: Productivity According to Joss Whedon
Co.Create inspires us with its interview with writer-producer-director Joss Whedon: how to be prolific.
Daily Dose: The Potential of the Character Portrait in Documentary Film
As documentary filmmakers, sometimes we overthink what our next films should be about. Enter: the character portrait.
Daily Dose: Life As an Indie Filmmaker, “The Elevator Pitch”
The climb to the top. Are you an indie filmmaker? Then you know there are days that our industry feels like some sort of cruel but actually very funny cosmic joke. Which - aside from being strong and flat out fun filmmaking - is why Simon Rynink's, Zak Klein's,...
How to Make a Short Horror Film the Right Way
David Sandberg’s short horror film, “Lights Out”, illustrates the terrible power of silence and waiting in visual storytelling.
Do the Work: Filmmaking as a “War of Art”
Your screenplay won’t write itself. Your film won’t shoot itself. So Do the Work, Steven Pressfield encourages us in his book “The War of Art”.