Candid Advice

Denzel Washington Breaks Down the Key to Achieving Your Filmmaking Dreams
- Acting, Candid Advice, Career Advice, Motivation and Inspiration
- May 12, 2014
(photo: Black Enterprise)I know it's been a long minute since I last put up a blog post here. I actually have a few dozen things I've wanted to write about and share for some time now, but had my nose to the grindstone completely revamping and updating the brand-new 2nd Edition of my first book, Th...read more
- Anthony
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- Tags: Denzel Washington, Inspiration
PEEP THIS: The Digital Evolution Will Be Green Screened (Actually, EVERYTHING Will Be)
- Candid Advice, Cinematography, Stunts and Special FX
- February 28, 2013
Thought I'd share this cool video I came across via Doddle that helps shed some light on the current Hollywood discussion du jour about major VFX (Visual Effects) houses going bankrupt. I think it's a fascinating - if scary - development in the ever-expanding "Digital Evolution". Notice I didn't s...read more
- Anthony
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Ira Glass Shares His Storytelling Secrets
- Candid Advice, Interviews
- July 31, 2012
My absolute favorite show of all time is This American Life ...and that's saying a lot, because This American Life is primarily an NPR documentary radio show, not a tv show. (Although they did do some video episodes of the show as well on Showtime.) However, I would put T.A.M. up against just abo...read more
- Anthony
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- Tags: Ira Glass, This American Life
PEEP THIS: First Time Filmmaker F*ck-Ups (You Know You've Done Some)
- Candid Advice, Film Books
- February 16, 2012
Check out this funny (but sadly all-too-true) trailer from my fellow Focal author Daryl Goldberg promoting his new book, First Time Filmmaker F*ck Ups. I can definitely relate to some of these, but I won't say which ones. How 'bout you? Be honest, you've done at least one of these things along ...read more
- Anthony
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- Tags: daryl Goldberg, First Time Filmmaker Fuck Ups
The Jerry Maguire-like Mission Statement that Every Filmmaker Should Read
- Candid Advice, Career Advice
- January 25, 2012
So I just came across this remarkable memo courtesy of a tweet by filmmaker Chris Jones of Living Spirit Pictures (also author of one of my favorite filmmaking books not written by me - The Guerrilla Filmmakers Handbook ). The memo - really a mission statement moreso than mere memo - is from Disn...read more
- Anthony
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- Tags: Jeffrey Katzenberg
Spike Tells It Like It Is to Young Filmmakers
- Candid Advice, Career Advice, Directing
- October 31, 2011
(AP File Photo) Just saw this posted by our friends at Shadow and Act and had to share also. This man is one of my inspirations. Shortly after seeing "Do the Right Thing", I officially switched my major to filmmaking and never looked back...Listen and learn. ...read more
- Anthony
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- Tags: Spike Lee
Indie Film Boot Camp Clip: Raising Funds and Pitching…Effectively
- Candid Advice, Education, Fundraising, Indie Film Bootcamp, Instructional DVDs
- October 24, 2011
Wondering what type of practical real-world info is in the Indie Film Boot Camp 6-DVD Set? Ask no more, here's a sneak peek: Description: What good is a great idea if it never gets off the page? Raising money is the hardest part of filmmaking at every level, nevertheless, we all leave re...read more
- Anthony
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Matt Parker and Trey Stone Guest Lecture a Class at NYU
- Candid Advice, Panels and Conversations
- September 12, 2011
Yet another reason I love working and teaching in the Film/TV Dept. at NYU. - You never know who's going to pop in. Last week, Matt Parker and Trey Stone (South Park, Book of Mormon, Team America, etc.) made a surprise visit to a group of freshman in our "Storytelling Strategies" class as part of...read more
- Anthony
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- Tags: Matt Parker, South Park, Trey Stone
Things You Should Know: 5 Lessons for Young Female Directors by Elena Rossini
- Candid Advice, Women in Film
- July 25, 2011
If you are not directly of the establishment of Hollywood and don't look, act and come from the same pedigree as the people in power then you are at a disadvantage. And if you happen to be an ethnic minority or a woman - or even worse - an ethnic minority woman, then you are at a severe disadvantag...read more
- Anthony
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- Tags: Women in Film
Tahir Jetter – Filmmaker Serves Up Film School Reality 101
- Candid Advice, Career Advice, Education, Film School
- June 8, 2011
One of my former NYU student employee's turned filmmaking colleague (as they often do) just wrote an exceptionally insightful article on whether or not one should go to filmschool and how to make the most of the experience. I spend a lot of time counseling young people on this very same issue and ...read more
- Anthony
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- Tags: film school, NYU Film School

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