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If You Are New to Filmmaking …

Jun 17, 2022 | Magda Olchawska

There is one unbreakable rule of filmmaking; if you want to be a filmmaker, you must make films. You can study books, films, and videos, but if you don’t put all that knowledge into practice, you will never know what works and what doesn’t in the filmmaking process. Luckily, we live in times with easy…

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Independent Filmmaking in 2018

Mar 28, 2018 | Magda Olchawska

Below you will find a list of what I feel an indie filmmaker should be thinking or somewhat reminding themselves in 2018. 1. The Internet has been a Godsend tool to revive indie filmmaking, offering indie filmmakers direct road to their audience. However, you still need to build your audience/following, and that takes time and…

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Case Study of a Short Film: “The Man With The Spying Glass” part 2

May 09, 2016 | Magda Olchawska

Case Study of a Short Film: “The Man With The Spying Glass” Production Finally, after all this pre-production work it is time for the production. The first big problem for us occurred a week before the production. The camera operator got another job, and we had to start shooting a day before we had scheduled to…

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Case Study of a Short Film: “The Man With The Spying Glass” part 1

May 06, 2016 | Magda Olchawska

Case Study of a Short Film: “The Man With The Spying Glass” part 1 Below is the case study I created by my last short film as well as my general experience as a filmmaker on this production. “The Man With The Spying Glass” is a self-financed short film. Production: 3 days Post-production: 7 weeks Length:…

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