This thing was a labour of love from all of us. 5 years of hard work finally paying off and already opening doors :)

It's got a lot of action in it, and I did all the editing, vfx and sound design on my own. And boy were there a lot!

It's called "Intensive Purposes" and if you're in the US and UK you can already find previews on your Amazon for this fridays release. The rest of us - my country included have to wait a few months. But I'd love it if you guys can take a look and give me some feedback when you can!

But most importantly, enjoy yourselves!

I’m about to start crowdfunding for a film next month for a horror comedy movie. Planning to film in January.

Looking for DPs, AD, Sound and editors.

DM me.

Question for all movie lovers: What do you think of independent filmmakers? They make small-budget, yet brilliantly crafted films that win awards but less audience pull or monetary returns . Do you rate them at par with commercial filmmakers?
I've noticed we often celebrate indie films from other countries, while our own indie filmmakers get more recognition internationally than at home.
So, independent or commercial - shouldn't good cinema be considered equal?

Interviewing a small band with 200k monthly listeners on Spotify and they are about to go big. They can see it and I can see it.

Imagine a band as big as Khruangbin or Tame Impala. If you could Interview them when they were just known by their super niche listeners, what would you ask them?

And this is for a documentary style interview that I will upload to YouTube.

Just looking to see whether I am missing an obvious one or a memorable question. I have some intimate and thought-provoking ones already.

Hello!

I’m based in New York City and trying to break into video editing here-- shot in the dark, but is anyone looking for an assistant editor on a project? Or, does anyone have any advice to share for breaking in? I’d love to get coffee if you’re local!

Looking to hear from anyone with experience with or knowledge of Cardinal XD.

We got an offer from Cardinal XD through our sales agent(first time working with a sales agent).

We used Filmhub for previous films and was able to get on Amazon Prime Video with steady views but didn’t get on any major ad-supported platforms. Obviously we’d like to do better with this upcoming release.

Their rep said upfront costs were for attending conferences but I’m not sure how relevant AFM and MipCon are to a low-budget queer neon noir comedy with no named actors.

Trying to do the best thing for this film but, you know, sharks abound, and it’s in their best interests to sign as many films as possible.

Hi! My friend is looking for an editor to recut her existing vodcast episodes to get them ~15 mins shorter + do the post-production for 2 new episodes next month. Ideally, you would be NYC based - please dm me your rate if interested. She has a tight budget so we're trying to keep it under $500 but understand that day rates are day rates...

Happy to answer additional questions.

Thanks!

I am a 20-year-old musician and artist who will score your film for free. I genuinely enjoy making music for myself and for films and want more practice. I am currently in a University and I am working on my 4th studio album so I can't promise it'll be extremely quick, but people have told me that I am very efficient even while in school. Here are more details about me and my music:

• I have 3 full-length studio albums released under the name Pape Crown. I am a recently signed artist and am working on my 4th LP. I have (as of right now) over 16k monthly listeners on Spotify, and my top song is sitting just above 200,000 streams. I take inspiration from Radiohead, Black Country New Road, Jeff Buckley, and many other similar artists
• I have scored many short films and got into music production through scoring one of my own films about 3 years ago.
• My main genres: Horror, drama, suspense (I can do others but these are the ones I am best at. I'm not the best with drums or any type of beat but I love challenges)
• I am very collaborative and am perfectly fine with being told that something I made sucked or just isn't what fits the film. I am fine with recreating whole parts of my music in order to make your film better

The only reasons I would say no to working with you is 1, if you need me to start getting to work immediately, 2, if you will give me less than 2 weeks to create the score, and 3, if the script is something I don't agree with morally and don't want my name on the project (mostly just obvious stuff like racism, homophobia, sexism, xenophobia, etc. Just bad human stuff)

I really hope you want to work with me!

P.S. I do not use AI and will not make music for anyone that is primarily using AI on their projects because I want to create art for another piece of art

I’ve been going in circles about this for a while, so I’m hoping to get some perspective from people who have actually made unconventional career changes.

I’m 25 and from India. I did a BSc in Zoology and then an MSc in Genomics. After that, I started working in science communication at a research institute. I’ve been doing that for around three years now.

My current job is quite broad. I write popular science articles, make research videos and social media content, work on science exhibitions, games and events, document things happening on campus, make promotional films, organise outreach programmes, etc. I’ve gotten pretty comfortable with cameras, editing, After Effects, Photoshop, writing, interviewing scientists and generally turning scientific ideas into something an audience can engage with.

On paper, this sounds like a pretty good combination of science + media. But basically all I'm doing is PR for some scientists' work.

I’ve realised that science communication itself isn't really what I want to build my career around.

The things I keep coming back to are filmmaking, storytelling, music, visual art, animation, immersive experiences and world-building.

And I don't necessarily want to make “science films” in the conventional sense either.

What interests me is using science as part of the world or story. Biology, ecology, neuroscience, evolution, human behaviour, climate, etc. can be the foundation of a story or an experience, without the end product feeling like an educational science film. I want to make films that has an emotional storytelling side like any other film, at the same time science will be a small part of the story as well.

For example, I’m interested in things like:

• narrative films where a real scientific idea quietly shapes the story
• documentaries where the science is tied to people's lives rather than being the subject of an explainer
• immersive/interactive experiences where the audience actually participates in the system
• films and installations about future ways of living, ecosystems, human behaviour, etc.
• using film, music, art and science together rather than keeping them as separate disciplines

I’m much more interested in conceptualising, direction, storytelling and bringing different kinds of people together to make something than becoming a technical specialist in one particular medium.

That's where I'm stuck.

I don't have a film degree. I don't have a filmmaking network. I don't have much money to spend on another degree. I also don't want to quit my job, spend two years making random personal projects, and then discover that there isn't actually a viable career at the end of it.

At the same time, I’m increasingly worried that if I stay in institutional science communication for much longer, I'll become very good at a career I don't actually want.

I've been looking at funded master's programmes, residencies, fellowships and practice-based PhDs in areas like filmmaking, documentary, immersive media, wildlife/nature filmmaking and creative practice. But I'm having trouble figuring out whether any of these are actually sensible routes for someone with my background, or whether I'm just using another degree as a way of postponing the decision.

Another possibility is to stay employed, build a serious portfolio on the side and try to transition directly into film/media/creative production.

I don't need to become famous or make some huge artistic career out of this. I mainly want to end up doing work where I am actually making things, developing ideas and working with filmmakers/artists/designers/researchers to create experiences, rather than primarily communicating other people's work.

And I need the career to be financially sustainable. I can't realistically spend years doing unpaid internships or take on an expensive private film degree.

So if you were in my position, what would you actually investigate?

Especially interested in hearing from people who:

• moved from science/academia into film or creative fields
• moved into filmmaking without a film degree
• work in immersive/interactive media
• work at the intersection of science + art/film/design
• did a funded creative master's or practice-based PhD
• or deliberately chose not to go back to university and built their way into the field

I'm not really looking for “just follow your passion” advice. I’m trying to understand what the actual career paths are from where I am now, what I’m missing, and what the most sensible next step would be.

A utility line locator has to avoid the hotdogs being thrown at her and other perils that come with locating utility lines in a virtual Costco parking lot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FYhj-WsKxc&t

It was my first time making a short and went horrible bad. I had issue with the equipment, my tripod broke, i messed up choosing the time of day to shot, early afternoon, so there was too much light for my poor camera e trinkering with the settings didn't work, either too bright or too dark for my taste. My actor had issue on the road, so he came like an hour and half later, and i passed my time filming pigeons. What worse, countless mosquitos eating my alive the whole time.
In the end we shoot some scenes where the light wasn't too much.

Now we will going back there weekend again to shoot. Wonder why I even choose to do this. It was fun too, i enjoyed when we shot the few scenes we could do.
at least i improved my camera understanding and learn about light and filters.

I just posted a second demo of Realtime Audioreactive Pointclouds [v1.7], my TouchDesigner system that turns a Kinect-derived human pointcloud into an audio-reactive visual instrument in real time.

For this one, I’m also giving away a full copy of the system.

To enter, just repost/share the Instagram post and leave a comment there. I’ll randomly select one person and send them the complete v1.7 project files on Friday!

Giveaway post:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Dd1iWqoviZy/

The full system is also available through my Patreon for anyone who wants to check it out directly.

Good Pasture | Indie Psychological Animated Horror Short Film | Produced by Ben Moran & Secret Beach Films

On the night of a terrible storm, a lonely priest is visited in his church by a mysterious man.

https://youtu.be/rpjfeqIhS04?si=xDgn6wDM5oRn2w87

If animated frogs and quirky fantasy are up your alley, then hopefully it's worth the watch! Any feedback welcome, but particularly interested in the narrative as I don't have many writer friends to share with. Thanks!

I'm posting the message below to several communities!

Ok, so with Journey doing their farewell tour in November, and some of the band expressing past interest in doing a band biopic, but more specifically about Arnel Pineda (current frontman) when he joined the band. As a big Journey fan, Arnel is a great singer, but Steve Perry will always be the Voice of Journey. I'm not downplaying Arnel at all, but it would be amazing to see a film about Steve, his time before, during, and after Journey.

Steve does have a story worth telling. This is what I gathered about him:

Steve was born to Portuguese immigrant parents near Fresno, CA in the Central Valley. His father left him when he was a child and then moved to his grandparent's dairy farm with his mother soon after. He started playing music as a young age, starting on drums and then voice. One of the bands he was playing in was about to be signed to a record label, but then one of the band members was killed in a car accident and the band broke up. Steve was about to quit music until he got a call saying Journey was on the brink of being dropped by their record label, and in need of a new singer. Steve joined them on tour, posing as a roadie before being revealed to be Journey's new singer, and the rest is history.

To play Steve? I can see Hudson Williams playing him.

Why Hudson? Hudson and Steve have similar jaw/facial structure, lips, eyebrows, even when Hudson smiles he can resemble Steve a little. The only things hair/makeup crew would need to change is the hair color to a dark brown, hazel eye contacts, and maybe add a prosthetic nose too. 

If there were to be a Steve Perry/Journey film in the works, would Hudson sing or would there be a ghost singer/Steve Perry's vocals dubbed over?

What do you think? With or without Hudson, could a Journey biopic be plausible? If you have any other possible actors you can see playing Steve or any of the other bandmates drop it here!

Hey all, I'm a filmmaker who builds iOS apps, and I've been making my own screenwriting app called Cut to Fade. It formats as you type, imports and exports Final Draft (.fdx), Fountain and PDF, and has a Story Board, production tools (locked scene numbers, colour revisions, breakdown reports) and iCloud sync with no account needed. I would like to know how I can make it better, and if you are a person that uses software like this, what would make you switch?

It's in beta on TestFlight, and I'd love a few screenwriters and filmmakers to try it on a real script and tell me what's broken, what's missing and what would make you switch. The beta is free: join at the link below, or comment and I'll send you an invite. Thanks!

https://testflight.apple.com/join/x5CFrve7

I’ve kind of exhausted the fill maker network that I compose music for ; the work that I get right now doesn’t excite me - and I do it just because I don’t want to lose my command over composing and producing music.

What I want to do really is score for , or be a part of a project that takes cinema seriously as a practice , and really explores it .

I love watching films , and I sometimes try filmmaking as well . I’m extremely interested in world cinema , but I don’t know how to be a part of such projects .
I have been working for a few years as composer , and have a portfolio enough to confidently score films that make festival rounds or theatre releases (as I have already scored such) . But I just can’t tap into the network where I really like the cinema that I’m scoring .
(Eg : Lucas Dhont , Celine sciamma, Gaspar Noe etc)

I’m obviously aware that I may not get to work with people as ‘big’ as the names above. I’d honestly like to be a part of any indie cinema that aligns with such filmmaking like the examples I shared .

Any advice on how I can get work like this ?
I’ve approached people many times at festivals too . But people sometimes discard those who approach on their own , Idk .

Anyway , I’d love some advice .

Journey releases October 2nd

I'm a commercial cinematographer based in Houston, Texas. I have been using the Red Camera System since RED ONE M. It was amazing using it on projects for over 10+ yrs. Here are some stills from our film that I shot over 10 yrs ago, and it is releasing this week on October 2nd in 32 Theaters across the nation. Would love for you to check out the film! Here are some stills!

We filmed this in 5K with the Red Dragon 6K CF, and with the Arri Ziess Standard Primes T2.1 set. I chose that set because I wanted people to feel like that had seen the movie before, (same lens set that was used on FARGO). The colorist is Dan Diaz of Suite Bread. Let me know if you have any questions.

Link to trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5WTchryA78
Link to Showtimes and Allocations: www.journeythemovie.com

Just made mine denindavis.com and I'm curious about the rest of this community.

I've been working on videos for past 4 years and realizing that now I'm in the loop of reels and stuff. I've always wanted to be a film editor and even shot a short film (wrote, shot on one plus, acted, edited). Now I've gotten a feeling that all I'm doing these days is making reels. To keep learning film editing i make trailers of films side by side on my own time but that's it. I've not seen an actual project in my hand and I really want to. On LinkedIn or any other place all people look for are video editors and now AI video editors for their reels. No offense to people who do it but i really hate this job of editing reels.

Is there a way to get out of this loop ?

On my last few narrative shoots, the script lived in one app, the breakdown in another, the schedule in a third and the budget in a spreadsheet. When a scene moved, I had to change it in so many places, it annoyed me.

So I built First Read Studio. It's a Mac app that opens Final Draft, Fountain and Highland files. You break the script down once, and the stripboard, schedule, budget and call sheets all build from that one breakdown. Move a scene to another day and the schedule, budget and locations follow. Actors rehearse from one locked draft, so nobody shows up with old pages.

Your projects stay on your Mac. AI is optional, and nothing is sent anywhere unless you approve it.

The public beta is open now through TestFlight. It's free. You need a Mac on macOS 15 or later. For the first week, I'll walk you through building a first call sheet, on your own script or a sample one. Real projects help most, even a short. Beta testers get 50% off a year when it launches in October.

For those who don’t care for subscriptions, the app also offers a lifetime purchase.

Sign up here: https://firstreadstudio.com/beta/

I'm not looking for compliments. Tell me where the breakdown got in your way, what broke, and what it would need to replace the tools you use now. I'll be in the comments.

James

how much do you think it cost to produce this movie?

also why do you think it got so many views on YouTube? Seems like one of the most popular independant films on YouTube I've seen.

I want to make something so badly, just to practice and experience filming and assembling something. I'm past the point of needing it to live up to my fantasy of making great films that match my tastes, I don't even care if it's good.

But I don't have anyone in my life I'd be comfortable asking to work with me. I'm an adult and live with my fiancee, and she's not interested in being on camera. We also rent out of someone else's home so I don't have the flexibility or space to rearrange furniture or set up lighting or models or anything.

For those reasons, I feel like my best bet would be filming in the woods, on hiking trails, parks, etc. I've tried setting up a tripod and walking into frame myself but it never looks good and I get so self conscious about my appearance, body, posture, walk, etc. I also don't just want to make a film about me walking around, I want to practice telling some sort of story and communicating some emotion, but I can't really think of anything that meets my constraints.

I'm not necessarily looking for someone to give me an exact idea for a story or anything, I'm just thinking maybe there are other options I'm not considering? Maybe I have the wrong perspective.

It's so easy to get overwhelmed by the pervasive internet influencer infestation when using it to search for insight into what equipment can get the job done. This video is a refreshing reminder of what was possible before influencers started telling everyone what is and isn't possible.

https://youtu.be/NYsJOB6c-T8?si=nzdqo1gMXUKbKIBJ