Sabi Pictures documents an open discussion between Lance Weiler, Peter Baxter, Saskia Wilson-Brown, Brian Newman and Paul Rachman in preparation for the upcoming Filmmaker Summit in Park City.
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Filmmaker Archive for: Zak Forsman
A NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION
The last two years have been an extraordinary education. I often look back at the development process for HEART OF NOW and WHITE KNUCKLES and imagine what choices we at SABI would have made if we were the filmmakers we are today. With a new decade upon us and the promise of a [...]
The SABI Festival Strategy
STEP ZERO: ASK YOURSELF WHY
Be honest with yourself and ask why you want to do this. It will be a financial, emotional and physical drain to be sure. So you must define your goals and the reason why they are goals. For us, we have solidified our plans to release HEART OF [...]
How to WRITE a Movie
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Well, the number one thing I learned in writing my feature, was not to take any one opinion of it too much to heart. I sent it out for feedback from a wide range of people, some just normal folks, all the way up to professional story analysts, to award-winning playwrights. And [...]
CINEMA SPEAKEASY: CURATING INDIE FILMS IN TINSELTOWN
After reading Ted Hope’s 18 Actions Towards A Sustainable Truly Free Film Community, I held a mirror up to SABI to see how we faired. And we held up well. Our endeavors last year covered everything from mentoring younger filmmakers to collaboration and participating in this community. But there was one item [...]
How to CAST a Movie
We’re starting a new series at NEW BREED called “How to BLANK a Movie“. NB Filmmakers were asked to contribute all of their personal guidelines, DOs and DON’Ts on a variety of topics – casting, writing, directing actors, editing and distribution.
Everybody loves lists, myself included! Today we’ll start with “CASTING“. What’s fascinating [...]