by Hunter Lee Hughes | Feb 23, 2022 | Making a Movie. Step by Step.
Movies are But a Dream To get the most out of researching a movie, directors should treat films as the equivalent of revelatory dreams. Let me explain. For all you vivid dreamers out there, think about the process of analyzing your dreams. First, you write down the...
by Hunter Lee Hughes | Feb 18, 2022 | Making a Movie. Step by Step.
There are a lot of really difficult parts of making a movie, where the rubber hit the road, like raising the money and depositing it into an escrow account. So, it’s time to introduce you to my own Personal Badass that’s gonna do the Shit I Don’t Want to Do. I’d like...
by Hunter Lee Hughes | Feb 13, 2022 | Making a Movie. Step by Step.
If you are an indie film investor – or a filmmaker seeking to understand how to finance your film, you’ll need to learn the concept of: The Waterfall. Top film finance companies create significant leverage for themselves by capitalizing on this concept in...
by Hunter Lee Hughes | Dec 3, 2020 | Making a Movie. Step by Step.
Does mindmapping work to develop characters? We think so, but if you don’t believe us, try it for yourself! The sample mindmap available for download below is one I developed that I fully explain in the accompanying videos. Take it as a template for your own...
by Hunter Lee Hughes | Nov 28, 2020 | Making a Movie. Step by Step.
Carl Jung’s favorite classic myth called THE WATER OF LIFE inspires an indie filmmaker to change his approach to Hollywood…and life. In our latest video, Hunter re-tells the myth and also explains how it applies to our journey of making an independent...
by Hunter Lee Hughes | Sep 2, 2020 | Making a Movie. Step by Step.
Today, we show the process of tagging a very simple scene in Final Draft Tagger 2 as part of the pre-production process. What elements are tagged? How do you do it? The tagging process initiates a more pragmatic, logistical outlook on your script, an important step in...
