Tag Archive | indie film

A Swift Kick to the Head


Why Big Stars on Raising Money on Kickstarter isn’t Hurting Smaller Projects Allow me to start by saying that I’m not a Zach Braff fanboy. I’m sure he’s a nice guy, and he seems to have things he wants to say through filmmaking. But judging based on his debut feature nine years ago as well […]

Is the Web Series the Rebirth of Indie Filmmaking?


Spinning a New Yarn on the Web It’s become one of the most common things said by actor, writer, and director friends of mine over the last few years: Q: Hey what are you up to? A: I’m working on a new web series. Now we all know that “working on” has many, many meanings […]

Half Empty


Why the Long Face? Over the weekend of June 19th, my wife and frequent collaborator Alicia Conway and I attended a two day indie film financing/marketing/distribution seminar put on by the Los Angeles Film Festival at the Grammy Museum in downtown LA. Entitled “Seize the Power: A Marketing and (DIY)stribution Symposium,” it promised to educate […]