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Don't Wait for Somebody to Make Your Movie, Do it Yourself: The Award Winning...
The future of filmmaking belongs to the people who can do every fIlmmaking job. Some would say that Jim Cummings' journey to winning this year's SXSW Grand Jury Prize for best narrative feature...
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How 'Wild Nights with Emily' Revealed New Truths About the Life of a Famous Poet
Even the most passionate Emily Dickinson fans may be surprised by Madeleine Olnek's new biopic. According to Madeleine Olnek, the director of Wild Nights with Emily (which had its world premiere at...
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'You Have to Think on Your Toes': The Nightmarish Adaptation Behind...
Believe it or not, modernizing a 300-year-old folktale has its challenges. While the story of Bluebeard is one known to many Europeans and South Americans, according to Elizabeth Harvest director...
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6 Tips on Creating an Indie TV Series (and Getting It Picked Up)
"They are really hungry for fresh, new voices.” It’s a good time to make a low-budget series because plain and simple, not everyone has made one yet. “If you have a specific voice, your shot of...
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Interested in Making VR? Here's a Crash Course for Filmmakers
It's not too scary: translate your filmmaking skills into the language of 360. Sure, VR looks interesting, but who has time to learn a brand new medium when you’re still perfecting the craft of...
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Here's Why Indie Filmmakers Should Consider Virtual Production
What kind of films would you make if your tools matched the speed of thought? It can be frustrating for a filmmaker to have an imagination full of amazing stories and no budget to tell them with. What...
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'Pet Names': How Carol Brandt Packed a Dramatic Punch into a 4:3 Frame
In 'Pet Names', budgetary and creative constraints facilitate strong storytelling. In a world overrun by VFX-heavy blockbusters, quiet indies can make a loud statement. Such is the case with Pet...
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What's the Future of VR? Pioneer Nonny de la Peña Has Some Ideas
"Godmother of VR" Nonny de la Peña discusses the future of immersive journalism and VR technology. Nonny de la Peña, the "Godmother of virtual reality" and founder of the Emblematic Group, has...
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Environment as Emotional State: Andrew Haigh and Charlie Plummer on 'Lean on...
Shooting on-location and with minimal takes helped elevate a story of a boy and his horse. Andrew Haigh's familial tale of love and grief, Lean on Pete, will certainly be cited as one of 2018's best...
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How the Directors of 'Prospect' Built a Utopia in Pre-Production
The SXSW award-winning directors built a beautiful world with a shoestring budget and their own bare hands. What would you do if you were tasked with building an entire universe on an...
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When Non-Linear is the Best Way to Structure a Documentary
What if you have an amazing story to tell, but it doesn't work as a traditional documentary? Take a cue from Hervé Cohen's immersive web-doc to see what happens when you let the viewer decide how to...
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‘Neurotic Quest for Serenity’: Creating a Comedy that Drops Apatow Off in OCD...
What do three friends in the entertainment industry do when one of them becomes insanely famous? Create a meta-comedy that takes global celebrity culture head-on. Paulinho Caruso and Teodoro Poppovic...
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Why Now is the Time to Make Your Short Doc
Three SXSW filmmakers discuss why this may be the golden age for documentary shorts, and how theirs got made. < This episode of the No Film School podcast welcomes a great roundtable of three...
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Here's What a Festival Programmer Looks for in a Short Film
Essential tips from SXSW's Senior Programmer Claudette Godfrey. We’ve discussed many different tactics for getting your short films into film festivals on this podcast, but at SXSW last month we...
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Rian Johnson of ‘The Last Jedi’ Shares ‘The Only Advice That Matters’ for...
Having gone from a $500K feature to 'Star Wars', Rian Johnson knows a thing or two about the hero’s journey. No matter what you think of Rian Johnson’s take on the Star Wars franchise, most filmmakers...
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How to Make the Jump from Short to Feature with Award-Winning Director Jim...
The 'Thunder Road' director's newest venture will teach filmmakers how to control every aspect of their project, from ideation to self-distribution. Jim Cummings' career is a case study in DIY...
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How to Make a Short Film for Only $4.50
And have it be successful too. What is the least amount of money you think you could spend on the production of a short film (from pre-to-post-production) and still get into a major festival? If you...
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Bill Murray Joins RBG and Mr. Rogers as a Documentary Hero—Here’s How it...
Filmmaker Tommy Avallone’s journey to self-discovery led him to straight to screen comedy legend Bill Murray. With the summer box office success of Won’t You Be My Neighbor and RBG, kindness has...
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SXSW 2019: Meet the Film and Episodic Feature Premieres
Check out all of the announced films and features for SXSW 2019! It’s that time of the year again! Film festival season 2019 is about to be in full swing. With Sundance just around the corner, SXSW is...
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Don't Watch the Latest Trailer for 'Love, Death, + Robots' in Public
Are you ready for some super hot, robot-centric, sex content? Back at the beginning of 2019, we learned that David Fincher and Tim Miller had joined forces for a new anthology series from Netflix. It...
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