Kate Madison—a multi-talented British microfilmmaker—launched her production company, Actors at Work Productions, in 2003 with a multi-discipline approach to filmmaking. She was an actor before she became a director, producer and screenwriter, and she has often acted in her own productions, giving her needed experience both in front of and behind the camera. After the launch of her company...
So you have not had the benefit of rehearsal beyond what you might have gotten done in the auditions and callbacks; or what you worked out with the actor over dinner. You’re now standing on the set promptly at call time, 7:30 a.m. That’s your first mistake.
Let’s face it, there comes a time when we wish, even for a moment, that we could go back to being a kid. Being a kid was easy, fun, and filled with laughter and joy. Shouldn’t making films be the same? Here are 6 things I believe Filmmakers can learn from kids!
Zombie Fairytale Theatre revisits the classic Grimm Fairy tales with one small twist, zombies have invaded. As the prince goes to awaken the sleeping princess, he is surprised as the princess is already, “awake” and just a tad hungry...
Jon Ingold and Joseph Humfrey have been taking the concept of gamification and multimedia creation and turning it on its ear over there! Embracing the notions of multipath story creation that were birthed with things like Choose Your Own Adventure books and Fighting Fantasy Roleplaying books, they've created a toolkit that creatives can use to make amazing stories and multimedia experiences without having to know any code to...
In this third of a three part interview, director John Badham (Saturday Night Fever, War Games) sits down with Microfilmmaker Magazine to discuss his new book, John Badham on Directing, as well as what got him into directing, his thoughts on industry changes and his approach to directing.