If you shoot video as a freelance filmmaker, chances are high that you've had at least one client nightmare, so I thought I'd share this very funny spoof on the art of training your clients. It's an ebook/audiobook entitled How to Be a Better Client by the creative studio ID29 who clearly have an...read more
I purchased a pair of Go Pro Hero Cams a few months ago, but apart from a few videos of short scooter trips through Manhattan I didn't get a chance to really give them a good workout until my man, Pete Chatmon, got a loaner from Porsche to shoot a series of promo videos...then it was on. I honestly...read more
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
Classes, books and DVD's are all good resources to help you learn the craft of filmmaking. And you already know that I believe you ultimately have to do it yourself, before all those lessons even gel. But the very next best thing to doing it yourself is watching someone else do it - up close and per...read more
This is the first of a series of 6 promos we're creating for NYU's Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music at Tisch School of the Arts (aka "ReMu"). It's the first official project I've co-directed through Pete Chatmon's new media and advertising company, Double 7 Boutique.The clients wanted a hi...read more
On the next Double Down Film Show co-hosts Anthony Q. Artis and Pete Chatmon will be running down their list of 20 Things Filmmakers Should Never Do. We all know that there is no specific magic formula for success in filmmaking. Those that have achieved their goals have done so using a wide r...read more
The PlaceSaturday, March 27, 2010 - Our first-ever Indie Film Boot Camp was a huge success! Tickets sold out and we played to a packed house at DCTV's 3rd floor studio.There was a wide representation of the filmmaking community with all ages, races, sexes, and experience levels represented. Our you...read more
Indie Film Bootcamp (Promo 1) from Double 7 on Vimeo....Come find out March 27th at:Indie Film Boot Camp - NYC. ...read more
Filmmakers, What is Nobody Telling You? It’s a hard fact that some of the most valuable filmmaking knowledge is not really covered in most filmmaking classes and seminars. The insider tips, tactics and techniques that we deliver in this seminar are all things that you will eventually learn if you ...read more
On the next Double Down Film Show it’s all about the M-O-N-E-Y.We all have a story to tell, but none of us has the money. Using Co-host Pete Chatmon’s indie film, “Premium”, as a case-study, we’ll go through some of the most elusive aspects of the fundraising process and share practical ti...read more