Ok, so indie filmmakers these days are just finding out if Sundance and Berlin and SXSW film festivals accepted or rejected their films- and for those who unfortunately get rejection letters, it is time to move down to Plan B (or C or D or X) and apply to other lower-profile film festivals in ...read more
As most of you already know there is little, if any, glamor in filmmaking. (Fabricated studies have shown that for every 10 hours of ass-busting hard work you put into a shoot, there's about a minute of glamor somewhere on the back-end.) Many times my students have complained about the difficulty, ...read more
On the next Double Down Film Show we’ll be breaking down the real skinny on working as a P.A. with our special guest, 2nd A.D. Jason Altieri (Ray, The Devil's Rejects, The Box) who will be sharing some of the many tips he learned the hard way in his self-formulated “P.A. Manifesto”. Whet...read more
In little over two weeks, James Cameron's sci-fi epic "Avatar," which the director has been working on since 1995, will arrive in a burst of 3-D-enhanced splendor. Before then, MTV News readers will get an unprecedented opportunity to pick Cameron's brain as we partner with Facebook to present "Avat...read more
Green productions, or green film is a concept that has gained a lot of ground in the past few years. The idea is that a film or video production does not have to be as wasteful and environmentally damaging as they usually are.At first, your knee-jerk reaction might be “But green is so much more ex...read more