Independent filmmakers transitioning into television makes perfect sense. Indie filmmakers share a passion for singular characters, earned character development, and edgy storytelling. Television allows you to focus on your characters at least a dozen hours a season. Sometimes – if you’re lucky – you’re living with your characters for hundreds …
I was graciously invited to write this blog for IFP and was told I should focus on my experience of writing for television. I was actually asked to write about writing. What a fantastic idea! So I gladly accepted. One problem. I forgot that I’d actually have to sit down …
In the fifteen years I’ve been writing professionally, I haven’t heard too many people outwardly admit, “I want to be a TV writer.” That is, until now. For a long time, television has been the red headed step child of the entertainment industry. But as studios take less chances with …
Or: So You Have 70 Pages of Room Notes. Now What?
“After three days he’ll be immortal, and then you’ll need to open a passageway, there’s a sarcophagus, it’s a whole big thing. Just take my word for it, kill it now or it’s a huge pain in the ass.”
It …
Some of the best writing and directing is on cable TV right now and it doesn’t surprise me that some of the people who are responsible for that work are artists who started out as independent filmmakers, like yourselves.
My favorites are Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead, The Killing, Boardwalk Empire …
Hello, World. Throughout the year I will be posting dispatches about my journeys as a cinematographer. Since I am currently deep in the bowels of preproduction on Nancy, Please, an independent feature directed by Andrew Semans, let’s start with talking about the joys of pre-production. The film is a dark …
In Europe for 10 days of festival travel with my film, Putty Hill (sitting in lots of planes, trains, and automobiles, especially with the various French strikes). It plays France and Austria this month, along with festivals in Scotland and eastern Oregon. In November, it will screen Los Angeles for the …
Hi. My name is Leah Meyerhoff and IFP has kindly asked me to blog about my experiences making my first feature film Unicorns. I have been developing this project for a while now and have learned a lot about the independent film world and what works and what doesn’t when …
