“Damn, I look good.” A thought likely uttered out loud or in one’s own head a dozen times a day. How do I know this? Because I am a lurker on social media. I scroll through dozens of feeds, and over half of them are photos of men and women posing. “Look at me!” They silently … Read more
Oh, the sheer torture of being stuck in traffic when you must, must, must pick up the equipment, get to the location, deliver the crew, bring the food, and get whatever and whomever to the place they need to be, so they can shoot the scene, stay on schedule and not have the Line Producer … Read more
For those of you who have used Movie Magic Budgeting and have had to create separate cost trackers using an Excel spreadsheet– you know what an absolute pain in the ass it is to transfer information from one document to another. For those of you who have no idea what the heck I’m talking about … Read more
There were more than just the sound of waves lapping on Waikiki beach last night. More than 10,000 people attended the premiere of the first episode of the final season of LOST. I’m surprised the producers held such a public screening. With the lightening speed of social media I would bet money the details of … Read more
Surviving in the digital age as a filmmaker requires knowing the latest in lenses, cameras, shooting formats and ways to tell a story. At 83 film director Roger Corman of Little Shop of Horrors and Pit and the Pendulum fame is most definitely changing with the times. His latest venture Splatter staring Corey Feldman has … Read more
Social media experts have devised a formula for success on twitter: 70% sharing information with others, 20% engaging in conversation and 10% promotion. I’ve never been one to follow rules – it’s not that I generally work outside convention, but when I hear the words ‘should’ or ‘must’ I tend to closely inspect the source … Read more