To answer this question, you need to know a little about what drives some people to follow a craft. Here are a few of the most common ideas found in comments around our comments section on this story. 1. It’s fun “I’m just tired of paying for a movie. I’m tired of all that marketing […]
Edit Film’s Salary by job. Film Editors Jobs Overview Most film editors are paid on a weekly basis. In general, this means that a film editor making five films a year will be paid $500 to $1,000 a week. You can apply these salaries to your salary to get an idea of what an average […]
The simple answer: money. We get a few thousand dollars per audience (one-day and three-day screenings); the studios’ overhead is much higher. So the average audience cost is $20-40. Even in small cities, most people are in the same boat — they are able to live on that $20-40 and maybe have friends who can […]
In terms of a single hour of footage, there is a lot of money in the movies. But that assumes you work your ass off, in terms of crew, in terms of your equipment, in terms of your computer infrastructure, etc. I think you should work your ass off just to get through the first […]
Why choose what’s important to you over anything that’s easy to sell to a larger market? How does working on a feature film relate both to your skills as a writer and to your relationship with filmmaking? My main goals are to be as close to the work as possible and to work with a […]
Check out the list of online courses and resources as presented in this article. There are plenty of video series to explore filmmaking and learn through interactive workshops or courses via self-paced online courses and online videos. There are also plenty of useful and educational resources in the market that provide everything you might need […]
I’ve watched a lot of people make their own film, but not a lot of people understand their craft. My philosophy is that people who are going to work in film are not looking to make a cheap movie. They’re looking to make a work that will be noticed by people who are curious how […]
I went to the University of Texas at Austin for two years for film school, and then moved to a tiny town in New England where I discovered film and filmmaking in the most amazing ways. After college I got a job at a small film company, and that got me hooked. My first job […]
Well, yes. This is your first year of getting a degree. But, don’t despair. Get a college degree and you’ll be able to pay for film school. So why do we even need a degree? As long as we work with the information and the resources available to us; if we follow our dreams, the […]
What’s a typical movie director salary? Top 10 Highest Paid Directors 10. Martin Scorsese (director) Movie Salary: $35mil. Martin Scorsese is one of the largest directors in the production industry. Martin Scorsese got his start as a film student at NYU in the early 1900s. Through studying art, he became a director and, later, a […]