There’s No Time for Vacations in Your Early Content Career
If you want work-life balance in your 20s go drive a bus or work for the government - not in Hollywood! Keep Reading
Raising Money = Building Someone Else’s Business
When you go looking for project funding from the usual suspects you are building their business - NOT YOURS - and with that comes some tradeoffs! Keep Reading
High Production Value on a Tight Budget
In this article, I talk about how you can work with the budget you have without sacrificing too much of your production value and creative vision. Keep Reading
Guidelines for Selling Your Screenplay
In this article, you’ll discover how to write and sell your screenplay to the right people and learn how to position yourself as a contender in the competitive film industry. Keep Reading
Quick Guide to Start Making Income as a Filmmaker
You love the craft, the process, and the art of filmmaking (or making any kind of content), but at some point you want your passion to help you earn a living. Eventually you want to make money. The simplest path is to get yourself hired by a producer or a studio or someone who needs help on their content. But what if you want to create your own stuff? How do you make money off your creations? First, let’s be clear about one thing: There’s no shortcut to making money in direct-to-consumer content, especially as a new creator. It’s a slow and deliberate process that requires that you spend time refining your material, figuring out how to monetize it, establishing a platform, and building an audience. But it’s important to put yourself in the right position so that you’re ready when the day comes that your audience is ready to part with their cash. In this article, I’ll explain what it takes to start generating revenue as quickly as possible. It All Starts with a Platform If you are serious about producing and selling your own direct-to-consumer content, it’s important to build your own platform. Yes, you can earn some… Keep Reading