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• Stupid Pet Tricks - The Road To Hell Is Paved With The Intent To Submit To Festivals

  by temerson January 14, 2009
  I love how the newest fad for getting people to act in or crew independent movies is to release a line in the vein of "we intend to submit this film to all major festivals/Sundance/TriBeCa/etc."  Check out craigslist.com or mandy.com if you don't know what I'm talking about.  If you're making a movi...

• Looking For Work?

  by temerson January 14, 2009
  If you are looking for work, here are a few sites that advertise for production companies and jobs in the industry all over the country and throughout the world:[link="http://www.mandy.com"]Mandy.com[/link][link="http://www.craigslist.com"]Craigslist[/link][link="http://www.entertainmentjobs.com"]En...

• The Film Industry Is A Skyscraper

  by temerson January 13, 2009
  The Film Industry is a SkyscraperThink, if you will, on this analogy: the film industry is like a Skyscraper.What do I mean by this? Let me explain. Our Industry is like a skyscraper and we it's inhabitants. We enter on the ground floor and all seek to climb as high as we can, all of us secretly or ...

• The Difference Between Smart and Genius - Hiring Friends

  by temerson January 13, 2009
  On old proberb advises, "A smart man learns from his mistakes.  A genius learns from the mistakes of other men."  On that note, I think that it is important to share some mistakes that I have made in the past, in the hopes that other people learn how NOT to do things in this industry.With that, my f...

• Tallgrass Film Fest 2008

  by temerson January 3, 2009
  So, the Tallgrass Film Festival in my hometown of Wichita, Kansas rolled around again this year.  While I chose not to attend as anything more than a filmmaker this year, I realized that I missed the challenges and drama of producing a top-notch film festival.  Yes, I worked for the festival for fiv...

• Back In The Saddle Again

  by temerson January 3, 2009
  So, I guess this is my first blog on here.  Wow!  I'm not really much of a blogger, but I figure it's a good way to keep a diary of my adventures in film making all over again.Yes, I've been a lazy ass lately.  Took a year and a half from any serious work to go into - *gasp* - politics of all things...

• The AD Gets The Shaft

  by temerson January 29, 2007
  Many times, in student films, you'll see a Director of Photography, a Sound Supervisor, a Director, a Writer, Grips, PAs, possibly even Stunt Coordinators. However, you will continually find two things lacking: craft services and an Assistant Director. The first one is easy to solve - go buy yummy f...
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