Film School Secrets: Insider Advice for Aspiring Filmmakers Learn Filmmaking as Creative Professional, Not a Starving Artist

“The Onion” has a band of satire that is second to none. Usually they take on political figures or world events. But today they featured a video sarcastically making fun of the plight of thousands of content creators and aspiring filmmakers who don’t understand how to build an audience for their creations. The video is titled “Web Series Reaches 100 ...

Over and over and over again, I see aspiring filmmakers focusing on the wrong thing. On the one hand, I am delighted when I see someone skip film school, grab their own camera, and just start shooting. But then, people get really obsessed with something that has absolutely no bearing on your success as a Director: the camera. One of my favorite ...

For the past 2 years, I delighted in sharing no BS insights into the film business in a small course called “Film School Secrets”. My team and I helped hundreds of students from around the world get on real film sets and begin planing their careers in a practical, powerful way. However, I realized that while the course was superior ...

A couple of days ago, my girlfriend brought over one of my favorite movies ever that she took out of the library. The movie? “Quick Change”. An early 90s gem starring Bill Murray, Geena David, and Randy Quaid. The concept is pretty simple. A guy dressed as a clown robs a bank. It’s the perfect crime… except the clown and ...