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PITCH IMPERFECT: 5 Common Pitfalls to Avoid When Pitching a Project

PITCH IMPERFECT: 5 Common Pitfalls to Avoid When Pitching a Project

by Lunacy Staff | Five For Filming

Whenever you are pitching a project, be it to a production company, an investor, or a collaborator, you are not only selling the project, you’re selling yourself. After taking the time to prep your script, treatments, and other physical documents, the most important...
UNDER-PROMISE, OVER-DELIVER: 5 Indispensable Tips For Raising Equity On An Indie Feature

UNDER-PROMISE, OVER-DELIVER: 5 Indispensable Tips For Raising Equity On An Indie Feature

by Stu Pollard | Five For Filming

Acquiring financing for an independent feature film can feel like an insurmountable obstacle. It’s a high risk investment in a product that might stall or collapse at any moment due to incompetence or misfortune. Yet it can also be very rewarding, both financially and...
CHECK YOUR EMOTIONS AT THE DOOR: 5 Tips to Help You Embrace Harsh Criticism

CHECK YOUR EMOTIONS AT THE DOOR: 5 Tips to Help You Embrace Harsh Criticism

by Lunacy Staff | Five For Filming

We’ve talked before about the importance of receiving criticism with an open mind. But that’s easier said than done. Nobody enjoys having their work analyzed and picked apart. Yet it’s an essential tool in growing and becoming better at your craft. Not only will it...
F*** THE COMPLIMENT SANDWICH: Back-patting will never be as effective as butt-kicking

F*** THE COMPLIMENT SANDWICH: Back-patting will never be as effective as butt-kicking

by Lunacy Staff | Essay

The “compliment sandwich” is a technique of softening criticism by prefacing negative feedback with something positive, then following it with another compliment. First of all, the metaphor doesn’t even make sense. In a true compliment sandwich, the compliment...
ON THE RECEIVING END: 5 Indispensable Tips for Receiving Notes on Your Script

ON THE RECEIVING END: 5 Indispensable Tips for Receiving Notes on Your Script

by Lunacy Staff | Five For Filming

Perhaps the most important element of the development process is the give and take between a writer and the creative producers tasked with shepherding a project into production. This experience can be very rewarding, but also very frustrating. After a particularly...
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