23 August 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Think Before You Write

On August 16th, Michael Elliot, the screen­writer of Just Wright, Brown Sugar, and Like Mike” stopped by Inside Urban Hol­ly­wood to dis­cuss with Tanya and Tiffini the busi­ness of being a screen­writer. Along the way, he shared some of his expe­ri­ences in the indus­try, and dropped some pre­cious tips and advice. _ As with many […]

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19 August 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Before You Shoot Your Film …

I can’t tell you how many film­mak­ers I meet that have com­pleted their film and find them­selves stuck, unable to shop it or find dis­tri­b­u­tion. A lot of times its because the film­mak­ers didn’t do their home­work on the front end. There are SO MANY issues that MUST be addressed before you even start prepping […]

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10 August 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Sniffing Out The Scammers

Scam­mers are as Amer­i­can Pie to Hol­ly­wood as red car­pet pre­miers. Des­per­ate to be a part of the glitz and glam­our of the enter­tain­ment indus­try, many jump at the first oppor­tu­nity that presents itself, regard­less of how much time and money is required. Next thing you know, they’ve forked over a bus­load of cash to […]

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10 August 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Creative Distribution and Marketing

In 2007, a promis­ing film­maker, Jon Reiss, released Bomb It, an explo­sive doc­u­men­tary inves­ti­gat­ing the con­tro­ver­sial art form of graf­fiti. Despite it’s impres­sive film fes­ti­val run and crit­i­cal praise, the film failed to land a dis­tri­b­u­tion deal. Deter­mined to take Bomb It as far as it could go, Reiss decided to go the route of […]

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04 August 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Following on yesterday’s post re: production companies

Wow … I got so much response to yesterday’s email about pro­duc­tion com­pa­nies.  A recur­ring ques­tion was … When do I need to form a pro­duc­tion com­pany? Let me take a moment to answer that ques­tion: Form your pro­duc­tion com­pany when it makes finan­cial, legal and busi­ness sense. A pro­duc­tion com­pany is no dif­fer­ent from […]

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03 August 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Something to think about if you own a production company…

Do you own a pro­duc­tion com­pany?  If the answer is yes, let me ask you, what does that really mean? Here’s the prob­lem I have with folks throw­ing around “my pro­duc­tion com­pany yada yada yada” like its some rite of pas­sage.  A pro­duc­tion com­pany is noth­ing more than a piece of paper.  Albeit, an expensive […]

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09 July 2010 ~ 0 Comments

It’s Time to Write Your Career Plan

I just released two new prod­ucts. Check them out … The Hol­ly­wood Career Plan for Writ­ers, Direc­tors and Pro­duc­ers The Hol­ly­wood Career Plan for Writ­ers, Direc­tors and Pro­duc­ers is a step-by-step work­book designed to help you develop a career plan by build­ing the tools nec­es­sary to man­age and grow your career.  The 50 page work­book includes […]

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