Get a grip! Well, you better if you want to make a movie or television show. Grips are the foot-soldiers in moviemaking. Yeah, if you’re doing something real low-budget, you can move all the equipment yourself. But if you’re on a professional production, the grips are the guys that get the heavy work done. Grips work […]
The internet has certainly taken its toll on most art forms–film, books, and TV shows among them–and there is increasing worry that the movie industry is equally vulnerable in its own way. Questions abound concerning the internet’s role in the movie business. Has the change already occurred? Will movies be around any longer? Are movies […]
Knowing how to network online is an important step to getting a job in the entertainment industry. Unfortunately, there are many young hopefuls who plan to make it in the entertainment industry, and every company everywhere gets swamped with letters, resumes, and portfolios, so most companies choose to hire people they know, or people that […]
HOW TO BECOME AN ART DEPARTMENT COORDINATOR? Becoming an art department coordinator typically involves working with an art department and eventually gaining the experience and understanding needed to move up into a coordinator position for a film studio or production company. The coordinator typically works between the rest of the art department and the executives at a studio […]
Q: What do you call a person who performs a stunt in front of a live audience (and not in a film or TV show)? A: A daredevil. Daredevil is defined as a person who does dangerous things and takes risks, usually in front of a paying audience. Stuntman is defined as a person who […]
The art department working on a film is one of the key elements of pre-production for just about any movie, and especially for major blockbuster films with extensive action set pieces and special effects. The work and planning that the art departments of these movies do make the rest of the movie easier to create […]
Hollywood is the place where everyone goes to score big, become famous and become rich. However, most people who work in Hollywood do not get any of these things. Besides acting, the highest paying film careers go to producers. A producer can be many things. A producer can be a writer, an investor, an idea […]
Almost everyone has at least one idea for a movie, and being the self-centered species we are, this idea usually has something to do with our own life experience. That’s fine if you’ve lived a fascinating life, but remember the old Hollywood credo: just because it happened to you doesn’t make it interesting. The first […]
Who is the Head Electrician on a Film Set? The gaffer is the head electrician. This means that they are in charge of all the lighting personnel. How they got this name, I have absolutely no clue – but rumor has it that the name gaffer predates the sound era in a time when electricity […]
Art department in movie terms means the section of a production’s crew concerned with visual artistry. Working under the supervision of the production designer and/or art director, the art department is responsible for arranging the overall look of the film (i.e. modern/high-tech, rustic, Victorian, etc.) as desired by the film director. Individual positions within in […]
Many filmmakers who begin their journey for financing their idea or script don’t realize that you can film your project from just a few thousand dollars to several million. Obviously, with films now budgeting out for well over 100 million, these amounts are but a pittance compared to what it could cost. Several projects did […]
Finding financing for independent films can be difficult, though there are certain steps that can be taken and some tips on how a new director can find potential investors for a film project. Traditionally, filmmakers worked with major studios to help provide the necessary investment of money for the equipment, crew, and everything else needed […]
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