I’ve worked in film and television for over 20 years. I graduated with a degree in English literature. I do not have a degree beyond that because I’m the only African-American woman in film at the moment. You’ve never worked in the field of writing poetry. Would you like to? I’m a writer first, a […]
To do the maths and determine the number of days it would take to make one of the most expensive movies of the summer, we ran our own numbers. We’re going to divide the number of weeks, days and hours in a year by the maximum amount of days and hours that it would take […]
A freelancer is someone on a long-term contract, or a contracted employee whose work requires significant effort to produce, and whose contract is in writing. Someone who produces his or her work for a living is, in fact, a freelance filmmaker. But someone who writes up a list of stories he or she wants to […]
Do you really need it? Mitch: No! I don’t need any math. As long as you don’t take it too seriously. That’s what a film is. You’re trying to create a visual experience, and not doing math. What was that experience like working on the set of The Last Witch Hunter? Was that an odd […]
It’s hard to say what a person’s compensation will be based on his or her performance on the show. There are many variables within the show and the directors may be compensated on a per episode basis, the show may have a production budget or an entire year budget, and in most cases the number […]
We’re not sure exactly what you mean by a freelancer (or even freelighter), so it’s really up to you to decide. There are a lot of misconceptions out there right now about what a freelancer is, who they are and how they get paid. “What is the difference between a consultant, a freelancer and an […]
I know it’s a hard thing to digest but if you ask me the answer is simple: Animation is a math problem with equations. Animators work in three dimensions, just in two dimensions too. They’re the guys who paint the characters and make the animation look real. The guys in the studio who make the […]
There’s a lot different ways to approach the filmmaking course, but we have one common theme: you’re about to watch a film. We’re at the beginning of it: you are going to watch a movie that is the first feature in a series. When you go to a film festival, you see a lot of […]
The salaries vary from movie to movie, depending on where the movie is made. Most of the movies in this post are made in China. There are several reasons for this. First, China has been relatively open in allowing foreign films, and the Chinese films are far behind most Hollywood movie productions in terms of […]
It’s a lot of work. You have to sit for hours, watch a lot of movies, watch a lot of TV shows, watch a lot of tutorials, just to learn filmmaking. That’s very expensive. If you just sit there and watch something for 30 years, the only people that will watch you are people that […]