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LOW-BUDGET FILMMAKING: How Much Does It Really Cost To Make Your First Feature?

LOW-BUDGET FILMMAKING: How Much Does It Really Cost To Make Your First Feature?

by Lunacy Staff | Jan 22, 2020 | Five For Filming, Greatest Hits

Fellow indie filmmakers continue making micro-budget feature films. Glen Schultz (Red Trail 90) says he did it with $10,000. Mark Duplass (The Puffy Chair) suggests you only need $1,000.  Those figures notwithstanding, keeping costs low can set you up to turn a...
RENAISSANCE DISNEY: 5 Filmmaking Lessons from Disney’s Mulan

RENAISSANCE DISNEY: 5 Filmmaking Lessons from Disney’s Mulan

by lunacyu | Nov 12, 2019 | Five For Filming, Greatest Hits

The term “Renaissance” has been used by fans to describe the awakening and reinvention that brought public and critical interest to Disney Feature Animation in the 1990’s, starting with 1989’s The Little Mermaid and ending with 1999’s Tarzan. No matter what aspect of...
Z-AXIS MOVEMENT: 5 camera techniques to help you raise stakes, create unease, and more

Z-AXIS MOVEMENT: 5 camera techniques to help you raise stakes, create unease, and more

by Harris McCabe | Jun 19, 2018 | Five For Filming, Greatest Hits

There are three directions you can move your camera: along the horizontal x-axis (pans and dollies), the vertical y-axis (tilts and booms), and the z-axis (moving forward or back). Used separately or in conjunction, these movements can serve utilitarian purposes, such...
BETTER SLATE THAN NEVER: The Importance Of The Slate To An Assistant Editor

BETTER SLATE THAN NEVER: The Importance Of The Slate To An Assistant Editor

by Dan LeVine | May 29, 2018 | Essay, Greatest Hits

“Rushing Ramona” is a 2nd AC (camera assistant) working on a feature in Kentucky. Before each take she updates the slate (also called clapboard, clapperboard, or sound marker) with the appropriate scene and take. She announces the take, claps the “sticks,” and gets...
WOMEN ON THE CUTTING EDGE: 5 Female Film Editors Behind Your Favorite Films

WOMEN ON THE CUTTING EDGE: 5 Female Film Editors Behind Your Favorite Films

by Lunacy Staff | Mar 13, 2018 | Five For Filming, Greatest Hits

In honor of Women’s History Month your friends at Lunacy will be posting content celebrating the contribution of women to the film industry. We continue this week with a look at female filmmakers who aren’t household names but have nonetheless shaped the history...
FINISH YOUR SCRIPT!: The most important advice a first-time screenwriter can get

FINISH YOUR SCRIPT!: The most important advice a first-time screenwriter can get

by Lunacy Staff | Sep 12, 2017 | Essay, Greatest Hits

Ok. So you’ve skimmed Save the Cat!, logged on to Writer Duet, and bought a tiny fedora. Congratulations! You’re ready to write your first screenplay! But if you’re looking for an edge over all those other MacBook-pecking-future-scribes at your local coffee shop, here...

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