by Michael Mandaville | Sep 17, 2021 | Filmmaking, Trends, Trends-Media
Spain was always a natural jumping off point for filmmaking, particularly streaming as the mother country of Spanish into the Latin American market. Many territories have strong linguistic ties. For example, France with Senegal and West Africa. China with certain...
by Michael Mandaville | Sep 16, 2021 | Filmmaking, Trends, Trends-Media
The changing of the Guard at the great Paramount studio signals another sea change. As Theatrical is dead right now, perhaps it’s a near permanent shift. Why? Audience Behavior to some degree, weary of the high cost of theatrical films, their script...
by Michael Mandaville | Sep 15, 2021 | Filmmaking
Virtual Reality is an avenue of filmmaking which has been a bit elusive for me. The technology is there and flourishing in many ways – though talking with an associate who is deep into this world – the chaos of emerging new tech has made it an...
by Michael Mandaville | Jun 20, 2021 | Filmmaking
Sam Fuller was an iconoclast director who was fearless in making his unique films in the Studio System and beyond. I met him in the late 1980’s when he was chomping on his cigar and testy. A driven filmmaker for sure. As of today, his film “House of...
by Michael Mandaville | Jan 23, 2021 | Filmmaking, Filmmaking Stuff
Covid, Production Insurance & Indie Film I have been reading articles, talking with insurance companies, bond companies and others about insurance industry for Indie Film Productions in the US. The challenge is that Indie Films need the required insurance to cover...
by Michael Mandaville | Jan 21, 2021 | Filmmaking, Filmmaking Stuff
IMO, a Fight Action should be unique, meaningful to the plot and, if possible, character driven. In the films that I’ve worked on like the ”Taken” series, ”American History X”, etc., the script conveyed action in a laconic manner – and was later fleshed out...
