Is it writer’s block if I should be working on the screenplay revisions for the April 27 shoot, but I’m blogging instead? It also might be another form of resistance that I’ll christen “partner’s block” for purposes of this post😊 I have my first draft, and I have input from Bruce, and now I have
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Casting For New Horror Short Filming In April
March 16, 2019 – Posted in: Creative ProcessWe are casting for the new horror short FBC Films has picked as its next project. Filming starts in April. While we were hoping to bring on some of our cast from The Battle Below, there was only one character who matched one of the actors from that earlier project, and that actor is now
New Project Selected – Filming Starts In April
March 9, 2019 – Posted in: Creative ProcessFBC Films has picked its next project, a horror series, and filming starts in April. The goal for the first shoot is to pull together a sizzle reel representing a few minutes of the arc of the series that we can then use to raise funding. Based on an idea I pitched and Bruce agreed
Project Funding Update: How We Picked What We Are Producing Next
May 17, 2017 – Posted in: Creative ProcessIn the last few months, three very different pitches came across the FBC Films radar looking for project funding – a horror movie, a dramatic film, a dramatic play. We’re participating in the play and will be sharing more about that in the next few months as we help with the rest of the project
Martin Scorsese directs Casino Ad with DiCaprio, Pitt, and De Niro
March 15, 2015 – Posted in: Creative ProcessA short film packed with star power is set to premiere later this year There are some things that people just don’t associate with short films, and casinos and big Hollywood names are just some of them. Many have come to know the short film as a genre for independent artists and NGOs fighting to
Branding, Advertising and Product Placement in Independent Films
September 11, 2013 – Posted in: Creative ProcessWill Tiao, founder of Film Finance Master Class and writer and speaker on getting your film funded, recently wrote a piece on corporate sponsorship as a means to fund your film: Can I Get Advertising Sponsors to Pay For My Film? The Role of Branding, Advertising and Product Placement in Indie Films. One of Tiao's
How Joss Whedon Gets So Much Done
August 6, 2013 – Posted in: Creative ProcessAbsolutely eat dessert first. The thing that you want to do the most, do that – Joss Whedon Ari Karpel posted a great piece in Fast Company on Joss Whedon: How To Be Prolific: Guidelines For Getting It Done From Joss Whedon. The above quote on doing the fun stuff first is just one of
I really did think that life would be like college, but it isn’t. Life is like high school. – Meryl Streep
July 23, 2013 – Posted in: Creative ProcessHow is the entertainment business like high school? Cliques and stereotypes abound. The majority adopt the same formulaic trends (though I did see and enjoy “White House Down” so I’m part of the problem). Creative people are outsiders Smart people are overshadowed by the beautiful and physically fit As time goes on, you see that
If Steven Spielberg Is Worried About Filmmaking, Should We Worry?
June 20, 2013 – Posted in: Creative ProcessI read with great interest this Hollywood Reporter piece on how Steven Spielberg himself predicts the implosion of the film industry: If Spielberg feels like it’s tough to make a film, what does it mean for the rest of us? If literary, creative, or basically any non-tentpole films need to be made for TV, what
Which Horror Movie Would Make The Best Musical
June 7, 2013 – Posted in: Creative ProcessThis tap number is what I imagine if Friday the 13th were made into a musical, and Jason had his big song and dance number. Soundrack by Anarbor and costumes by Converse! Alison Tap Senior Solo from Scott Ceniza-Levine on Vimeo. Which horror movie would you like to see as a musical?