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Directing
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I've been busy shooting a new project and getting ready for Christmas, so blog's slowing down a little for the holiday season, but before I pour another glass of eggnog and make merry, I wanted to pass on this educational and inspirational post of filmmaking words to live by courtesy of Terry Gillia...read more
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While sitcoms have been dying out, the last decade has seen an incredible growth in original quality tv dramas on cable from Mad Men to Dexter to The Walking Dead, these hour-long dramas have become the sole reason for many of us to keep paying outrageous cable tv bills. While many networks have...read more
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One of the things we pride ourselves on with The Double Down Film Show show is that we talk to tomorrow’s indie filmmaker’s today, such is the case with one of our early guests, Writer/Director - Alrick Brown, who is back to discuss the incredible rise of his first feature, Kinyarwanda, ...read more
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- Tags: AFFRM, Alrick Brown, Kinyarwanda
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Six notable auteur directors: Michel Hazanavicius, 44 (The Artist), Steve McQueen, 42 (Shame), Bennett Miller, 44 (Moneyball), Mike Mills, 45 (Beginners), Alexander Payne, 50 (The Descendants) and Jason Reitman, 34 (Young Adult) discuss their craft, working with actors and what makes for a good dire...read more
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(Photo: Lance Gross in "The Last Fall") On our 80th epic episode of The Double Down Film Show we run through the unique journey of self-taught Writer/Director, Matthew Cherry. In the span of just a few years Matthew went from NFL Player for the Jacksonville Jaquars to Production Assistant to direc...read more
- Anthony
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- Tags: Matthew A. Cherry, The Last Fall
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On the this episode of the Double Down Film Show multi-hyphenate actor/writer/producer/director Al Thompson of ValDean Entertainment will break down the web series game and how actors and content creators can take charge of their own career and cut out the middle man. Al has been a feature...read more
- Anthony
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- Tags: Al Thompson, Johnny B. Homeless, Lenox Ave, Odessa
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(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
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It’s all about Production Workflow on this episode of the Double Down Film Show. In another one our special "keynote addresses", we’re going to walk you through all the physical steps of production from load-in to returning the equipment. We'll share with you all of our insights, practical tip...read more
- Anthony
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- Tags: Film How To, Film Production
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On this episode of the Double Down Film Show, we’ll have a round table conversation with the above-the-line team of the hot new 70’s web series, Queen Hussy. Wednesday, October 5th, 9pm E.S.T. In this special in-depth case-study, Creator/Actress - Hannelore Willams, Director – Pete Chatmon a...read more
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I generally stopped reading physical newspapers more than two years ago and instead get all my news from the online versions of the papers I like to read. Apart from the savings, environmental and clutter issues, the best part of the online news sources is that they offer more in the way of video,...read more