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 […]
Edward Woodward: When We Crossed Paths…
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 […]
3 Things I Learned About Filmmaking from… My Mother
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 […]
5 Expensive Budgetary Items – III
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 […]