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Filmtrepreneur Breakdown: Threesomething – Budget $10K
Filmtrepreneur Breakdown: Threesomething I had the impulse to make a feature-length indie film, Threesomething, after doing a bunch of shorts, but I had no idea what to do or where to start. Here’s my journey… Zoe, Charlie, and Isaac spend a night flirting with the idea of a threesome… until it finally happens and all hell…
Read MoreFilmtrepreneur Breakdown: Killer Christmas – $50k Budget
Filmtrepreneur Breakdown: Killer Christmas Making a film is difficult, but it doesn’t have to be expensive. We are two amateur filmmaking brothers from New Jersey who made an 80-plus minute feature film from scratch in well under a year. It’s called Killer Christmas and is the story of a group of friends who sneak into…
Read MoreDarren Aronofsky’s Micro-Budget Short Film: No Time
Darren Aronofsky’s Micro-Budget Short Film: No Time Aronofsky’s fourth short from this era– 1994’s NO TIME — appears to have been made after his graduation from AFI, and adopts the brazen Generation X attitude that marked pop culture in the 90’s. At first glance, the film appears to be a slacker riff on improv comedy…
Read MoreGeorge Lucas’ Micro-Budget Short Film: Electronic Labyrinth THX 1138
George Lucas’ Micro-Budget Short Film: Electronic Labyrinth THX 1138 4EB Electronic Labyrinth: THX-1138 4EB is a 1967 social science-fiction short film written and directed by George Lucas while he attended the University of Southern California’s film school. The short was reworked as the 1971 theatrical feature THX 1138. Lucas had had an idea for a…
Read MoreHow Remakes and Reboots will Destroy the Hollywood Studios
How Remakes and Reboots will Destroy the Hollywood Studios Show of hands: Who asked for Men in Black: International? Anyone? Bueller… Bueller? Show of hands: Who wanted to see The Lone Ranger? Bueller? Bueller? Charlie’s Angels? Anybody? Anybody? Solo: A Star Wars Story? Ghostbusters 3? Come on, people… really? The dizzying number of remakes, reboots,…
Read MoreJohn Wick Director’s iPhone Action Short Film: Snowbrawl
John Wick Director’s iPhone Action Short Film: Snowbrawl David Leitch, the director behind John Wick and Deadpool 2 decided to direct an EPIC short film using just an iPhone. The short film is called Snowbrawl and it is REMARKABLE. I wanted to highlight this because it just goes to show you you do not need…
Read MoreSara Blakely Masterclass: How to Become a Self-Made Entrepreneur
Sara Blakely Masterclass: How to Become a Self-Made Entrepreneur With just $5,000 and an idea, Spanx founder Sara Blakely went from selling fax machines door-to-door to launching an apparel company that became a global sensation. With Spanx, she not only invented a product that women around the world now love, but she also reinvented an…
Read MoreHoward Schultz Masterclass: Learn Entrepreneurial Leadership
Howard Schultz Masterclass: Leading a Values-Based Business Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz rose from a childhood in public housing to leading a company that revolutionized the way the world drinks coffee. With no formal business education, he relied on his values while growing a 13-store chain into a global brand with more than 250,000 employees. With…
Read MoreMartin Scorsese’s Micro-Budget Short Film: What’s a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This
Martin Scorsese’s Micro-Budget Short Film: What’s a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This What’s a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? is a 1963 short film that Martin Scorsese created while a student at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. It is a comedic piece…
Read MoreStanley Kubrick’s Micro-Budget 1st Feature Film: Fear and Desire
Stanley Kubrick’s Micro-Budget 1st Feature Film: Fear and Desire We all start somewhere and the 1953 feature film Fear and Desire is where the legendary Stanley Kubrick got his. Fear and Desire is a 60-minute independent film, written, financed, shot, and directed by a 25-year-old Stanley Kubrick, who had just quit his job full-time job…
Read MoreMartin Scorsese’s Micro-Budget Short Film: The Big Shave
Martin Scorsese’s Micro-Budget Short Film: The Big Shave The Big Shave is a 1967 six-minute short film directed by Martin Scorsese. It is also known as Viet ’67. Peter Bernuth stars as the recipient of the title shave, repeatedly shaving away hair, then skin, in an increasingly bloody and graphic bathroom scene. – Wikipedia Download…
Read MoreGuillermo Del Toro’s Micro-Budget Short Film: Geometria
Guillermo Del Toro’s Micro-Budget First Film: Geometria I had the pleasure of meeting Guillermo del Toro on multiple occasions through my journies in Los Angeles. He is by far one of the most down to earth film directors I’ve ever met. He is a certified cinematic genius. From the magical Pan’s Labyrinth to the Oscar-winning Shape of Water…
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