Creative unlocker. At your disposal. I direct and write films. Two-decade experience. Fifteen films. Sold high concepts. Corporate consultant.
Dear Film Students, the next Free Film Seminar will take place on the 22nd of October. The Seminar is free and open for all subscribers (free and paid) of this website. To register, please find the Zoom link below. In this seminar, I will cover a range of Indie filmmaking
Video Lesson
Using Metaphors is a powerful way to extract your ideas.
Procrastination
"I don't like living here, even though everyone is very polite and nice, nothing happens in this village of no decisions."
Video Lesson
In this post, I'm sharing a quick video on an piece of edit I did for a documentary I'm working on. Here, I use from 'the inside out' technique. I start close, and gradually...
Skillshare
As a paid member of my website here below you can find free links to my film classes on Skillshare.
Writing Tools
It is unnecessary to fall prey to this predictable dilemma. Suddenly feeling like you cannot create, has nothing to do with your talent or your ability, it is a foreseeable sequencing of irrational, and impersonal thoughts welded together by unearned authority over your mood and talent.
The Creative Path
Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936was an English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist. He was born in India, which inspired much of his work. He wrote one of my favorite poems about vanity.
The Creative Path
When we want to produce a creative piece of art, a story, a film, it's easy to talk ourselves out of it.
Traveling Soul
The ground inside the home was made out of uneven stacks of mud. The family that had invited me in didn’t have anything but offered me what they had. The offering was some kind of food, but it was impossible to know what it was made out of.
Writing
Blake gave us all a tool. Like the child in H.C. Andersen's story, Blake pointed to the Emperor to tell us that he didn't need to act all that fancy. Save the Cat didn't only demystify scriptwriting, it allowed us to see with childlike eyes so we could all go deeper into the magic world.
Financing
The Catapult Research Grant is the newest expansion of Catapult Film Fund’s on going commitment to support nonfiction films and filmmakers.
Writing Blog
I have a sound recorder in my hand and I’m pointing it into empty space close to a train track. This space will be filled with thunder within a few moments. I maintain my posture like a statue waiting to be woken up. Noise creeps up from a horizon,
Creative Process
This obstacle of being self-concious serves an obvious purpose, it's intention is to stop you from putting out bad stuff into the world. This is of course a layered obstacle, it is a realm of elements, because we are not talking about perfectionism.
Writing Blog
Let's pretend. You're a great writer. Pretend for 1 minute. Actually sit down, time it. Pretend to be the best writer in the world. (method) Act it. If anything stops you from doing this, it'll show it's face, and you'll
Filmmaking
As many of you know, this is a solo-show for me, I love teaching and sharing knowledge - and here you can donate an amount of your choice to support the cause - a pre-THANK YOU is in order. OptionsBuy me Coffee $3.00 USDor Latté $5.00 USDDouble Capuccino
Filmmaking
For the past month, I've been doing four sessions each Saturday with students. I listen, give you tasks on projects you're working on, give you advice and feedback. Here, you can purchase a copy of each of the 4 webinars. * If you buy one seminar (3