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- With a grain of salt...
- question about releasing actor's reels
- AFTRA and its implications
- Low Budget Short Suggestions
- What location is best for this scene?
- band performance for music video
- whos call?
- Cutting a Teaser Trailer
- Directing: art imitating life
- multiple location dilemma
- How personal does your work get?
- Music for films
- Director's screenplay
- Rehearsing
- Director's 2-picture deal
- Musice video direction vs. film direction
- Disorganised record labels!
- Credit Cards
- Using A Gun In A Movie
- Airsoft Guns
- Casting dead people
- Are Storyboards Really Necessary?
- Power Cut Scene
- Need Cast & Crew
- where to start?
- How to handle cancer on screen.
- Zombie Movie
- James Gunn writer/director Slither Dawn of The Dead, Scooby Doo
- Do you PAY your actors for a feature?
- Permits in Toronto
- Working with Actors
- How would you shoot this AMBULANCE IN MOTION shot?
- 2 very odd issue i seem to be having
- Graying hair
- Shots in Order
- Type of camrea I have and if its a problem
- Music Video Ideas For Me?
- Repeated Complex Shot
- What should I look for in a producer?
- Shooting live band on stage for scene in short film...
- Breaks while shooting short scenes
- Does anybody here mix handheld with steady shots?
- music rights
- Ever had to chop your film down in Length?
- Is this an unprofessional casting?
- Film School
- Casting and schedules
- Slate sequence
- Low-Budget Feature - Best ways to save money -- Worst pitfalls to avoid
- Talent Pool
- Same Shot Twice?
- Where to rent a generator in LA?
- Direct & DP?
- How I did it...
- Post your casting calls
- Live interview with Director Michael Lembeck
- Live Concert Production
- Production companies for everyone
- NYC Student Film Permit
- how much would you pay for a short script?
- Any Film students in NYC?
- Actors and bios
- Directing wanting help on music copyright issue
- Has Anybody Ever Shot A Feature Over an Extended Schedule?
- Director talking while shooting
- What on earth does "motivation" really mean???
- Student-Directed Aquafresh Spot
- Background music in coverage
- Producers
- Residential Locations
- Prop Wedding Rings
- Ridley Scott on Method Acting
- Advice on cutting down length of Feature
- How to hold auditions
- Directing tips for begginer
- Proper Format for Director's Blocking on Screenplay and Storyboard
- Help with directing hordes of zombies?
- Do you have contracts for your actors?
- Is "Independent TV" An Oxymoron?
- Looking for a film noir motel room
- Becoming a 2nd unit director
- Parallel Action Suggestions?
- Release forms. Help! Any other forms, paperwork, required by distributors?
- Director's reel and resume
- Making film with NO script NO actors NO planning...
- Using the pc game The Movies for animatics?
- Explaining blocking
- What are some 'simple' jobs that support directing?
- IMDB help. Where to get started as a first time Director.
- Directing Kids
- Auditions
- Holy FREE brilliant animatics program Batman!
- Might Green Screen Be Cheaper Than Locations?
- Nice quote from the late great Jason Robards...
- Short Film Script for Sale to Directors
- Buy A Script, Write Your Own Script, Or Hire A Writer?
- Good book and DVD about PRODUCTION (help pro director to plan and shoot quickly)
- A REAL short-11 pages and One location for sale!
- Silhouette Effects
- Film festival for commercial spots
- Need a person with camers in NY
- Need a underground parking lot for scene in LA
- okay Kind of Stumped
- Adaptable screenwriter available....
- RE: Blocking tips, please help...
- Character description / auditioning
- about storyboard
- A question for students studying camera
- best way to direct a argument scene?
- Process of slating...(not sure where else to post this)
- not a good start when everyone is laughing during a horror shoot.. lol
- Studying in the US
- Do you have LIABILITY INSURANCE when filming?
- anyone renting their HVX in NYC? short film....
- TV and Film Festivals
- Putting together a short film (questions)
- Film Festivals
- licensing?
- DIY (Literally) Film
- Speech Pacing question
- What if there really was Free Stock Video
- Lesson I learned....
- Directing actors who primarily work on stage
- Zak's Guide to Auditioning Your Actors
- technical treatment
- Dealing with No-Shows (or deadbeats)
- 25 page short over one weekend.
- I'm doing my first casting call... suggestions?
- Antics 3.1 special
- Communicating camera timing with crew
- liability insurance
- NYFA 8 week workshop
- Working with a casting director
- How do you spot a good director?
- Need help for a small video
- Quentin Tarantino's First A.D live interview
- best format for editing videos
- Videography/Directing Resumes
- Bad day today...what would you do?
- 61.Cannes Film Festival!!
- RIP Sydney Pollack
- Location permits, Help Please!
- Advice on how to cope with medical emergencies...
- How are you financing your films?
- Short film to market feature script
- Other filmmaking communities/blogs?
- Suggestions for a 24 year old lead actor
- Travelling
- I just fired an 8-year-old. I'm going to hell!!!
- Shotlist Creation Process?
- SAG actors and non-SAG
- Filmaka New Contest
- Dare2direct.com
- Technical Knowledge
- SAG actors question
- Unofficial music videos
- Body parts needed for horror film
- Finding actors who will work for free
- Need an LA Filmmaker / Director
- Filming my first documentary
- Need a filmmaker
- My short film
- I want to direct a music video...
- anyone want to share their actor contacts?
- grindhouse / exploitation films
- how to get inexperienced actors to project their voice
- Building characters
- Acting forum poll
- Actors trying to take over my role, director!!!
- Feature Film; filming skyscrapers, skyscrapers, government buildings, schools, houses
- Who Likes to Stick to Just One Genre?
- Putting Together a Crew
- Anybody looking for an Indiana Jones style action flik?
- Using Sag Talent
- Makeup, does a Drama film really need it? Can I take role as makeup artist?
- Finding A or B actors? Hunt them down on IMBD best method? Call agencies?
- Cost of renting backlot at studios
- Switching majors
- I Need A Little Help
- Freelance TV directing Pay???
- Directing first professional short
- Horror Feature Available for Purchase
- Charismatic actors
- Industry Magazines, News, and Secrets
- Frame by Frame with a Bad Boys 1 Action Scene
- Highschool Students First Film
- Help with opening scene
- Another Copyright Question. Using video games, or controllers in a film without permi
- Has anyone ever shot in the rain?
- Where to go from here--
- Grant to shoot a feature
- Anybody know what an executive summary is
- Interviewing your DP
- Getting a QUICK celebrity cameo
- Cisco Film-Making Contest
- Director's Monitor
- Buying a short script -- logistics ?
- General Approach on a Music Video
- Scripts through actor's websites instead of agents
- Collaboration for serious projects
- Free clients giving me pain.
- Pheonix - Run Run Run
- Location: ask or don't ask ?
- Question about Director's pay.
- Canadian Film Centre
- Directors looking for Scripts for Festivals
- Live interview with Director of new Heather Graham, Jerry O'Connell movie
- film financing 101 - from investors, to financial brokers
- Places to hold auditions in L.A.
- Standard Demo Reel for Directors?
- Talking with multiple actors about roles
- universal pics casing department
- My DP has lost his mind ...
- How to make a wire system to hold actor, as if flying, or links to how movie stunts ?
- DVD extras with Editing features
- Questions from professors
- comments on a first video
- Directing Behind the Scenes
- Duties of an AD
- Shooting Elevator Scenes
- Cheap domain hosts for official movie websites? Yahoo or tripod?
- working with Fire
- Commercial Advice, Help, Direction, Dangers, Don't Do's...etc.
- Giant director's lens?
- Lipsyncing v. Actual Singing for music video
- Using video games in my movies
- Help with Nudity in a Sex Scene
- Getting options for editing
- Shot List for AD
- Upcoming live interview with writer/director James Gunn
- Don't be bullied... A lesson from the field.
- Hey Need help with a music video treatment with a budget of 5 grand
- How does one make directing a full time job?
- Client Testimonials?
- Directing Actors Privately or Publically
- Actors who breach contract
- Is producing a good pathway for directing?
- Interesting comment from Sidney Pollack
- The etiquette of asking strangers for money
- 4 movies that Spielberg watches
- cinematographer to director
- going from no budegt to mid 5 figure budget
- Extras crossing in the foreground
- Directors that shoot a high number of takes
- The look of Independent Film
- Directing dilemma I've got myself in
- double action-what software ?? help please
- Lined script
- Production Design books
- Tarkovski's message to us