Blog 18

1. How can you make the audience feel invested and sympathies with your character?
2. How can you make a low budget film look expensive?
3. Do you have any tips for shooting guerrilla style for some scenes?
4. How do you select your crew?
5. How can a young filmmaker become aquatinted with film equipment? (best camera to use, recording equipment, lighting etc.)
6. Why do you think independent films were so successful this last year with titles like Whiplash, Birdman and Boyhood all being contenders for best picture?
7. What is the best way to schedule a shoot?
8. How can you build a following for your film?
9. What is it like collaborate with writing or shooting?
10. What is the purpose of an AD?
11. What are the advantages of going to film school over just going straight into experience.
12. What are some of the tricks to pacing different types of scenes?
13. How can you light a moving actor?
14. What effects are best to do in front of the camera and which are better to do in post?
15. Is kickstarter a viable option or should it be stood away from? Why?
16. When should you have your music in mind for a film?
17. How can best adapt a story or book that is already out there?
18. Is starting a project more difficult or keeping the project going to the next step? Why?
19. How hard set should you be on your script before you change it based on the situation?
20. How do you keep actors that aren’t getting paid motivated?