Film Production, COVID and Insurance
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 a film when it is funded through the Indie method of Banking-Minimum Guarantees-Equity-Distributor-Completion Bond.
Fight Scene Details
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 in relation to the actual location and shot lists. Shane Black was masterful in writing his action moments together with strong characterization.
Authenticity for Artists for a Fulfilled Life. (#1 in a Series)
Being who you are creates confidence, inspires integrity and allows one to take risks. By understanding your own unique Values and Principles, you can better convey your unique understanding of the world and feel confident doing so in your Art. As Creative Explorers,...
Auto Draft
CREATIVE EXPLORERS! This is a Go To website for Production Incentives, especially overseas. 1. Pandemic Response for Productions: With the ongoing pandemic, I think that there are going to more and more productions going overseas. The protocols in other countries...
Great Japanese Film Director Kenji Mizoguchi
Great Film Directors: Kenji Mizoguchi. He was a highly influential Japanese director admired by Welles, Kurosawa, Godard and more. I remembering seeing his two part film "47 Ronin" (1941) in the old Fox Venice Theater in West Los Angeles. This great Japanese story is...
Denzel Washington Passionate Inspiring Speech
Creative Explorers! Film Tone Explained in Filmmaking Video
Creative Explorers! "Goldmarks" Worthwhile bookmarks for building your Filmmaking Resources, Inspiration and Personal Productivity. "Tone" is that Opening Moment in a film, TV show or streaming content when I know the style, genre and feeling of the upcoming visuals...
Filmmaking: Difference between DSLR and Mirrorless Cameras
The more and more you understand about camera, then the more you'll be "Thinking Like a Cameraman". This focus (pun intended) will help improve your strategic efforts in planning your project. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ezKmawMEUs&feature=emb_logo
VIDCON is FREE and ONLINE NOW
VIDCON, the premiere online gathering for Online Video, is FREE. You merely have to register to get into their Virtual Gathering. I have gone for the last 7 years and it's an amazing place to learn about Online Video, connect with people and hear the stories about...
Indie No Budget Distribution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b95XIREFJwo The Filmmakers made a very good trailer. They outline their experience in securing distribution for both theatrical and worldwide VOD in this article at NoFilmSchool.com....
Power Play Between China and Japan
An old buddy saw chess everywhere in life. A pawn, wisely moved, may kill a King. Small stories become world-changing events. A pawn is in play between Japan, China and America over the unpopulated resource rich Senkaku Islands. Called the Daiyou Islands in China, the...
Stealing Thunder – Series
"Stealing Thunder" series is an action series.
Aristotle Witzer – Sequel Set in Paris
Once again, I am heading to Paris for business meetings on "A Cold Death" as a TV or Streaming show. The book is set in Paris. But now I am looking at a sequel for the book and have a basic structure in place. But more research is needed.
Benjamin Franklin and Internet Publishing
Benjamin Franklin, “The First American,” would have loved the Internet. He was, first and foremost, a printer, author, and publisher. He established the Pennsylvania Chronicle firing up the Colonies against British tyranny. He made his fortune with “Poor Richard’s...
5 Tactics China Uses to Asserts Its Power in the South China Sea
China is asserting itself on the world stage but with a 21st Century strategy. Striving to resurrect its former glory as a power after a century of foreign domination, World War and Mao’s murderous Cultural Revolution, China’s socialist dictators realize that their...
China Plays Its Hand Against Japan with Conflict in the Senkaku Islands
The Communist People’s Republic of China is confronting its neighbors and the United States in the Pacific. But how strong is their muscle in the fight? And, to paraphrase John McClane from “Die Hard”, what can we do to throw a ‘monkey in the works’? First, China is...
Novel: “A Cold Death: An Aristotle Witzer Mystery”
Synopsis: In Paris, American film student Adele Longet is murdered. Aristotle Witzer, a Defense Analyst new to America's Paris embassy, gets a late night call to get a police report. Witzer is drawn into hutning for her killer, encountering film fanatics, Catacombs...
China and Chess in the South China Sea
My "Stealing Thunder" series started with this story... An old buddy saw chess everywhere in life. A pawn, wisely moved, may kill a King. Small stories become world-changing events. A pawn is in play between Japan, China and America over the unpopulated resource rich...
China’s Weapons of War
China is asserting itself on the world stage but with a 21st Century strategy. Striving to resurrect its former glory as a power after a century of foreign domination, World War and Mao’s murderous Cultural Revolution, China’s socialist dictators realize that their...
China’s Weak Hand – The Senkaku Islands
The Communist People’s Republic of China is confronting its neighbors and the United States in the Pacific. But how strong is their muscle in the fight? And, to paraphrase John McClane from “Die Hard”, what can we do to throw a ‘monkey in the works’? First, China is...
Power Play Between China and Japan
An old buddy saw chess everywhere in life. A pawn, wisely moved, may kill a King. Small stories become world-changing events. A pawn is in play between Japan, China and America over the unpopulated resource rich Senkaku Islands. Called the Daiyou Islands in China, the...
Stealing Thunder – Series
"Stealing Thunder" series is an action series.
5 Tactics China Uses to Asserts Its Power in the South China Sea
China is asserting itself on the world stage but with a 21st Century strategy. Striving to resurrect its former glory as a power after a century of foreign domination, World War and Mao’s murderous Cultural Revolution, China’s socialist dictators realize that their...
China Plays Its Hand Against Japan with Conflict in the Senkaku Islands
The Communist People’s Republic of China is confronting its neighbors and the United States in the Pacific. But how strong is their muscle in the fight? And, to paraphrase John McClane from “Die Hard”, what can we do to throw a ‘monkey in the works’? First, China is...
China and Chess in the South China Sea
My "Stealing Thunder" series started with this story... An old buddy saw chess everywhere in life. A pawn, wisely moved, may kill a King. Small stories become world-changing events. A pawn is in play between Japan, China and America over the unpopulated resource rich...
China’s Weak Hand – The Senkaku Islands
The Communist People’s Republic of China is confronting its neighbors and the United States in the Pacific. But how strong is their muscle in the fight? And, to paraphrase John McClane from “Die Hard”, what can we do to throw a ‘monkey in the works’? First, China is...
China Reach with a Carrier Task Force – “Stealing Thunder” Book Series
The socialist People’s Republic of China is expanding its influence by refurbishing the Varyag, a Soviet era aircraft carrier, renaming it the Shi Lang. The carrier is expected to start sea trials later this year. An aircraft carrier is a strategy to project power far...
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