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3 Things I Learned About Filmmaking from… the Opera

April 2, 2010 by Deb Leave a Comment

1. You Can Do Almost Anything, So Long As You Sing It How you tell a story is what’s important. Sure there are underlying messages beneath the overall framework of the story, but how you communicate the story will determine how how entertaining it will be. You’ve heard “write what you know” and when you think […]

Filed Under: Life, What I Learned From... Tagged With: opera, stars, story

Edward Woodward: When We Crossed Paths…

November 20, 2009 by Deb Leave a Comment

When someone dies, with whom you have crossed paths, you can’t help but remember how they touched and helped to shape your life. I was blessed to have worked with very talented Edward Woodward on “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” early in my career… a time when I had much less individual responsibility on the crew than I did later […]

Filed Under: Inspiration Tagged With: AlfredHitchcock, preproduction, stars

3 Things I Learned About Filmmaking from… My Mother

November 13, 2009 by Deb Leave a Comment

Life can teach you about filmmaking even when you’re not making films… these gems I learned from my mother… a wonderfully optimistic spitfire of a woman who I am so very fortunate to be related to. I had brought my mom with me to a music concert to which I had been gifted complementary passes. This one evening brought […]

Filed Under: Life, What I Learned From..., Work-Life Balance Tagged With: magic, stars

5 Expensive Budgetary Items – III

September 25, 2009 by Deb 1 Comment

There appear to be no end to expensive expenses in the production budget… here is another round of “favourites”: 11. Lots of Set-Ups – There could be two reasons why there are lots of set-ups: either you have multiple cameras running (so there are extra expenses in labour and equipment, and more time to choreograph […]

Filed Under: Budgets, Management Tagged With: scheduling, setups, stars, unit moves

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