FOREWORD:
In shooting “What’s Up Lovely” there were several techniques that I had to use in order to keep the costs down. Working with a micro-budget forces one to be very resourceful and aware of one’s limitations (sometimes in a good way….sometimes not).
With this film, not having much money meant that the locations we chose [...]
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Filmmaker Archive for: Gary King
How To Be a Guerrilla (Lessons in DIY Filmmaking)
WHAT’S UP LOVELY - Gear List “Completely Out of Control”
Since people quite often asked what we used to shoot WHAT’S UP LOVELY, I thought I’d share my DP’s (Jason Varner) email he sent to me a few days prior to flying in to New York to shoot the film (back in April 2009).
In addition to the list below, we ended up renting a wheelchair [...]
A LOVELY Test Screening
For background history on the film project - visit my previous New Breed Article: “A LOVELY Filmmaking Process”
Having achieved picture lock with WHAT’S UP LOVELY, I feel that I am now able to fully cover the details of the decision-making process during the editing stage — and how engaging with test audiences affected its final [...]
Find Your Audience — So They Can Find You
Earlier this month, I posted a blog about making a film and facing its praise and criticism (you can read it here). The main question it led to was this:
How do you find your audience — so they can find YOU?
What I mean by this is we as filmmakers first need to [...]
a LOVELY Filmmaking Process
Since this is my first post for NEW BREED, I wish to introduce myself and let everyone know how excited I am to be included in this film movement. These are exciting times and to be participating with such a collection of talented and emerging filmmakers is an honor.
WHAT’S UP LOVELY (currently in post-production) [...]