TAX PREP FOR FREELANCE FILMMAKERS: What Is a Loan-Out Company and Do I Need One?
DISCLAIMER: This article does not serve as legal advice. We highly recommend working with your CPA to figure out what is best for your situation. My name is Derek Sepe, and as a freelance production sound mixer, I have my own small business LLC or “Loan-Out” that I...
THE ARTIST’S WAY FOR FILMMAKERS: Revisiting the Maintenance Methods of Creativity
Whose creative life hasn’t been supercharged, validated and otherwise improved by Julia Cameron’s bestselling book, The Artist’s Way? If you haven’t yet had your world rearranged by this 12-week study of artistic inspiration and productivity, make like a library and...
TALES FROM THE SUNDANCE LAB: An introverted sound mixer finds love on the mountain
Alexandra Reinnoldt is a producer and sound technician for Lunacy Productions. This year she was invited to be a crew member at the Sundance Directors Lab, an annual retreat designed to support promising young filmmakers as they workshop their first feature films....
TAKE YOUR TIME, DO IT RIGHT
This post is based on material from producer Stu Pollard’s popular Film Independent seminars. Visit our new online education portal, lunacyu.com, for more comprehensive film production and financing resources! When it comes to raising money, consider the long...
