Do you have a script or treatment ready before the shooting commences? If yes, make sure it is accommodating to your budget, if not, don’t start shooting but work on your script/treatment until it’s ready. Do you have a budget set aside for your production? I know that often people say that they are working…
List of 20 Films to Watch from Monster in the House Genre
“MONSTER IN THE HOUSE” is one of the scriptwriting genres coined by Blake Snyder. According to Blake Snyder “it has two working parts: a monster, a house. And when you add people into that house, desperate to kill the monster, you’ve got a movie type so primal that it translates to everyone, everywhere.”. To find…
Go Slowly
I know how precious the ideas are. From my experience of making films and videos I know how terribly those ideas can be executed if not enough work is put into pre-production or because in the haste and heat of the moment, wrong decisions were made about the casting, the crew or even the script….
“Mindfulness with Goldie Hawn”
The Little M. just finished class 2, and throughout the whole year, he was very restless, unfocused and all over the place very often. We don’t have a TV at home, and the Little M. doesn’t watch movies or play games on our phones so his restlessness couldn’t be blamed on too much exposure to…
List of 10 Things You Need to Learn Before Leaving the Film School
Learn how to write different types of pitches (from an elevator pitch to a complete pitch) and how to pitch your projects to others using them. Learn how to write a treatment and what the difference is between a treatment and an outline. Learn as much as possible about film festivals, start attending festivals while…
“Parents Wake Up!!!”
Parenting isn’t easy and most parents I know will tell you that. Anyone involved in teaching or parenting will also tell you that kids are not like they used to be. Children became more demanding from their parents and the environment while at the same time more hyped up with short attention, restlessness and impulsivity…
How to Breakdown Your Script?
Script breakdown is needed to do your budget correctly; to know how many cast & crew members you need or what props and costumes each scene will require. It is done to make the director and his creative team, as well as producers, live easier. When I’m a director of the project, I sit down…
“Roots and Uprooting”
When I was born, I lived with my grandparents for some time before my parents, and I moved out to our flat where we stayed for another ten years. I finished grade five when, out of the blue over the summer holidays, my parents decided to move the whole family to a tiny, full of…
“Are You Where You Want to Be in Your Life?”
As children, we all have hopes and dreams. Some of us follow our dreams, others don’t, and some find other dreams to chase. At times it is incredibly hard to stick with your dreams for many different reasons: personal, logistics or financial. I’m one of those people who stick with dreams and tries her best…
Working with Children Actors
I do have to say I was pretty nervous when I decided to work with a child actor. A lot of my scripts have children characters written in, but since it always takes such a long time to go from the script idea into production, I never gave a second thought about do’s and don’t’s…