Archive | Film making

I have a lot of friends who are filmmakers. I even worked briefly in that industry myself. Who knows, I might even get back into it.

I wrote this piece specifically for a magazine for documentary filmmakers, but I think …

A friend wrote me saying that he is at his wits end about video testimonials.

On the one hand, his customers are ecstatic with the training he provides them (he’s a top horseback riding instructor), but on the other hand, …

From the print version New York Daily News (3/6/06) – A column by Lloyd Grove

Star Wars maker George Lucas believes the days of the big budget blockbuster Hollywood movie are over. He points to two factors:

1. The quality …

My hat’s off to a production crew in India that recently wrapped an entire feature film in just  two hours and fourteen minutes.

“Wrap” means to totally complete the production phase of making a movie.  Normally feature films take …