Fun fact: The average Hollywood film marketing budget is 2X the production budget. That means if a movie costs $100M to make, studios spend $200M to sell it. Could you do more with less?
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If you’re waiting for permission to be a filmmaker, you’ll never be one. No one will invite you in. Just start.
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The biggest lie filmmakers believe: 'If my film is good, it will find an audience.' Nope. Without marketing, your masterpiece is just a really expensive secret. Prove me wrong in the comments. #IndieFilm #FilmmakerLife #MovieMarketing #FilmFunding #IndieFilmHustle #Filmmaking #Filmmaker #Cinematography #IndieFilm #ShortFilm #Director #FilmmakersLife #SetLife #IndieFilmmaker #FilmmakingLife #FilmProduction #FilmFestival #IndieFilmmaking #DirectorOfPhotography #FilmmakerCommunity #SupportIndieFilm
Great writing won’t save bad directing. But great directing can save bad writing. Shoot something.
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Your film is your product. Your audience is your customer. If you don’t market it, it’s just another unsold item on a digital shelf. Change my mind. #IndieFilm #MovieMarketing #FilmmakerLife #Filmmaking #Filmmaker #Cinematography #IndieFilm #ShortFilm #Director #FilmmakersLife #SetLife #IndieFilmmaker #FilmmakingLife #FilmProduction #FilmFestival #IndieFilmmaking #DirectorOfPhotography #FilmmakerCommunity #SupportIndieFilm #NoBudgetFilm
The biggest lie filmmakers believe: 'If my film is good, it will find an audience.' Nope. Without marketing, your masterpiece is just a really expensive secret. Prove me wrong in the comments. #FilmmakerLife #FilmFunding #IndieFilmHustle #Filmmaking #Filmmaker #Cinematography #IndieFilm #ShortFilm #Director #FilmmakersLife #SetLife #IndieFilmmaker #FilmmakingLife #FilmProduction #FilmFestival #IndieFilmmaking #DirectorOfPhotography #FilmmakerCommunity #SupportIndieFilm #NoBudgetFilm
In film, polite rejection is the norm. But unlike startups, Hollywood's culture of silence keeps filmmakers from leveling up.
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Film festivals don’t make your movie successful. They make your movie feel successful. There’s a difference.
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Woohoo! 🎉 «The Flickering Experiment» got an Honorable Mention at the Blue Bird Film Festival in Kolkata!
I knew all those late nights and existential crises would pay off. Now I’m officially honorable (and still slightly sleep-deprived). 😴
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Watching “Barton Fink” as a dumb teenager is thinking: this is a surrealistic, nightmarish fantasy take on Hollywood. Watching “Barton Fink” as an adult who’s worked in the film industry is thinking: this is a documentary.
I’m starting to realize that working in the film industry is surprisingly similar to battling Borderline Personality Disorder: you have to walk through fire for years, and it burns, and it hurts, and you doubt you’ll ever going to make it, but people keep telling you that if you do make it it’s absolutely going to be worth it, and in the meantime you’re just hoping you won’t be burned to a crisp by the time you get there…
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I just heard somebody who majored in Film in college say that “Film* is low res” and I don’t know whether to cry or scream in agonizing pain
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* All types and formats, apparently…
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I don’t know if it’s the perfectionism, the ADHD, or the training as a film director that makes me do 20+ takes of the same 10-second TikTok before I’m finally satisfied. #filmmakerlife
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I wonder how many people end up getting their “dream jobs” just to realize that living that lifestyle is basically a psychological death sentence…
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The only real answer to the question “Why did you become a filmmaker?” is “I’m mentally insane.”
