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Sunday, January 8, 2017

Episode 6 - Post Production

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Welcome to the final segment of the series.  Post-production is what to do after shooting is completed.  1) Editing software - I use...
Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Episode 5 - Actors

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Sometimes when I write a film script, I have certain actors in mind. These are people that I know and have worked with before. So my sto...
Friday, October 28, 2016

Episode 4 - Location

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Location! Location! Location! As a filmmaker, I am continually inspired by my surroundings. Often, a location will give me an idea for ...
Monday, September 26, 2016

Episode 3 - The Screenplay (Part 2)

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Welcome to Episode 3 of Making a Short Film. This segment is part 2 of writing the screenplay.  For me, writing the screenplay is the b...
Saturday, September 10, 2016

Episode 2 - The Screenplay (Part 1)

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If you've never written a screenplay, my first suggestion is to watch one of your favorite films and take notes on the following:  ...
Sunday, September 4, 2016

Making Short Films - Episode 1 - The Story

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As a short filmmaker (well, not really that short - I'm 5 foot 5 inches tall) - I thought I'd post a blog series on what I'v...
Wednesday, August 3, 2016

Searching for "5 Flights Up"

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Recently my lifelong pal, Alison, and I were looking for a DVD of the movie "5 Flights Up" starring Morgan Freeman and Diane Ke...
Friday, July 29, 2016

The Film Club Project

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Ever since we won the Cheyenne Shoot-Out Filmmaking Festival in 2011, Susan V. and I have been tossing around the idea of organizing a fi...
Friday, July 22, 2016

Novel and Screenplay

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I had an interesting conversation with my son yesterday about writing screenplays. Lucas is a husband, father and genius software develop...
Thursday, June 16, 2016

TV Dads

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In honor of Father's Day, I would like to give a "shout out" to all the wonderful TV Dads from my childhood.  These dads were ...