When you are learning filmmaking, it is very important to get on Big Film Sets that are shooting movies or television drama or are commissioned by the Streamers. That is Prime Video. Hulu and Prime Video or any other streaming service. You will  learn professional protocols. You need to learn how crews operate, how a director directs and how a film set works at the top level. Then you can adapt that experience to your film set and make your shoots more effective and the films you shoot, more successful. How do you get on top film sets? Become an Extra: This is the easiest way to get on ..read more

Why you need a really good trailer and poster for your film When marketing your short or feature film, there are two essential items you will require. The Trailer The Poster. You will need a poster and trailer for entering film festivals on Film Freeway website.  Also, you will need a Poster and Trailer for approaching Film Distributors and promoting your film and your press kit. These are essential items.  This will take work and depending on the film you will need to invest time over a calendar week to complete both. Most people have day jobs so you will have to work after ..read more

Many filmmakers place their limited budget totally into Film Production. They ignore the equally important part of the process. That is finding your audience and marketing. Therefore only about 10000 people see their film when it should be one million people. Emerging Filmmakers place all the effort into making the film, but due to the dislike of sales and marketing, place no effort into finding an audience. Today, I want to focus on some very inexpensive marketing for film festivals. When you complete your short film or feature film, you need to place your film into windows. Short Film ..read more

On Thursday there were so many people in the line at the city newsagent. Even with exceptionally poor odds, each person hoped that they could win the $100 million jackpot. Afterall if you are not in, you cannot win. Right? 

 In the end, one man from Sydney won the prise and walked away with $100 million. He was in deep shock and said that he would continue working in his job, Yeah Right.  Nearly half of the population of Australia bought a ticket for Thursday’s draw. Amazing. I happened to be one of them. I bought 8 Tickets for $10, just for fun.  So today, just for fun, I want to ..read more

Once you have made a successful Short Film, many filmmakers then set their sights on a Feature Film. How does one make this happen? How does a Filmmaker green light a film.   You may choose to hang around and attempt to raise millions of $ as many people do. This rarely works out unless you know a lot of rich people who are happy to help with donation investments.  Alternatively, a champion Film Financier decides that you are the up-and-coming hot filmmaker and finances you.    This can happen to the person who makes an amazing short film, writes an incredible feature ..read more

When you are starting out as a beginner filmmaker, it can seem daunting. As we have 5 Month Film Schools in Sydney and Melbourne and have run them for 27 Years, we have met a lot of beginner filmmakers. We have seen the beginner that has transformed into a successful filmmakers and they definitely have similar traits such as the following.  They have decided that they want to be Filmmakers. The Really good ones are possibly obsessed with movies and high-quality shows. They want to make Films and they take steps to make this happen now They enrol on different Filmmaking Courses or enrol ..read more

Writing Screenplays can be a very enjoyable process, where you are the inventor of the Story. Over time you will find the best way for you, to write a screenplay One thing for sure is that the more screenplays you write, the better you will come. So many great writers said that they had to write several full length screenplays before they write a really good screenplay. Oliver Stone for example wrote seven screenplays before he wrote his Oscar winning screenplay Platoon. Sylvester Stallone wrote five screenplays before he wrote Rocky. Lucky 5 became his ticket to Hollywood star ..read more

Working on you own and in isolation can prove to be a tough challenge for Filmmakers. That is why Experienced Filmmakers like to go to supportive events in the filmmaking Calendar. Many like to go the Film Markets such as The AFM (American Film Market) or Cannes Marche happening now in the South of France or the Producers Guild of America special events. The reason for this is that you meet other filmmakers and executives and network with the business end of the Filmmaking Spectrum. All great filmmakers have had a champion who supported their metoric rise. James Daly with Oliver St ..read more

The Last 7 Days is the most important part of Preproduction. Seven Days out from shooting is when most of the preproduction happens.  Why is that?  The simple answer is Deadlines. Deadlines force a filmmaker into action.  Sometimes a week out from shooting there seems to be an insurmountable amount of work to do. Sometime its 70% of preproduction. The big temptation for filmmakers, prone to procrastination, is to postpone the shoot. Never do this.  Always keep to the schedule and your deadlines.  The reason for this is that confidence from fellow cast and c ..read more

Why do you need a strong focused mindset? It is essential primary ingredient you will need, to get your film made. Without a strong directed and focused Mindset, it is very challenging to produce and make a film. If you can recall a time when you really needed to succeed at a project, it generally has the following elements. Determination  Focus Presence of Mind Deadlines  To make a film you will also need the following:  1 Determination: You need to decide that you are going to achieve the goal of Making a film. This film could be 10 minutes or 14 minutes or a Micr ..read more