Source: Movie Making Marketing
Success in Hollywood lurks beyond luck and beyond networking in a magical black box. Demo reels show instead of tell and thats the secret to success on-screen and off. The digital world has made it possible to make a demo reel happen in a new way your way. Breaking [...]
Joe The Filmmaker Guide: Movie Mogul Tips II
Joe The Filmmaker Guide: Invest Like A Movie Mogul
Hollywood Moguls teach individual investors about managing money.
Source: MSNBC
What do top-notch movie moguls have in common with top-notch investment moguls? They both make boatloads of money. But, says Alan Haft, who lives in both worlds, the similarities don’t end there.
“I’ve been investing since the sixth grade,” says Haft, whose mother ran a boutique investment firm [...]
Joe The Filmmaker Guide: How To Become A Movie Mogul
JOE THE FILMMAKER’S GUIDE
10 Steps To Becoming A Movie Mogul
Write Your Own Scripts-Be original and creative about your scripts. Become a critic of your films, and watch other films and become a critic of them as well. Remember to always put yourself in the place of a viewer and ask yourself, “Would I go see [...]
Joe The Filmmaker Guide: How Film Distribution Works
How Movie Distribution Works
Source: How Stuff Works
You have probably seen advertisements in your local paper for movies playing at a theater near you. Sometimes, the ad will say “Held over” or “Special engagement.” What exactly does that mean? And just how do those movies get from the motion picture studio to the theater?
In this aricle, [...]
Joe The Filmmaker Guide: How To Get A Great Agent
HOW TO GET A GOOD AGENT
by Gini Graham Scott, Ph.D., J.D.
www.CreativeCommunicationsResearch.com
Are you looking for an agent for books or scripts? Are you having trouble finding one you like? Join the club. This is one of the most common complaints of writers, including long-time [...]
Joe The Filmmaker Guide: Film Industry Contacts
Film Production Company E-mail List
Please note this e-mail list is used for reference only
Joe The Filmmaker has no claim or connection to the companies listed
You are free to contact at your own will.
3 Ring Circus Films
filmcircus@aol.com
3am Pictures
query@3ampictures.com
3rd Coast Digital Films, Inc.
Coastfilm@aol.com
www.3cdf.com
AC Works
acwrks@aol.com
Action America Entertainment
actionamerica@bigfoot.com
Addis Films, Michael
mikeaddis@loop.com
http://www.geocities.com/hollywood/2920
AEI-Atchity Edit./Ent. Intl. Inc.
webaei@aol.com
http://www.aeionline.com
Affrime Productions, Mindy
minaffrime@aol.com
A-films
datk@aol.com
Joe The Filmmaker Guide: How To Start Your Film Career
Source: All Arts Schools
Working in the film and video industry can be like playing a high-stakes game of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon. Everyone connects to everyone else in one way or another. Figuring out the connections—and where you can fit into it all—is the tricky part.
Networking is essential in your film and video career. [...]
Joe The Filmmaker Guide: Why Invest In Film?
by James Jaeger
A movie is the best investment one can make for the up-side potential vs. the risk. They’re better than real estate, blue chip stocks, gold, silver, precious stones, income-producing rental properties, futures, treasuries, international currencies . . . better than anything, with the possible exception of investing in your own education and spiritual [...]
Joe The Filmmaker Guide: How To Become A Film Producer
EZINE
Here are the 5 important skills one needs to develop to become a successful film producer:
The first and fore most important skill you need is organization. If you were the kid who kept the minutes of the club meetings, edited the yearbook, or organized the prop-closet by era, you already have this skill. It [...]
Joe The Filmmaker Guide: Art Of The Film Deal
Better Learn the Art of Making a Deal
EMORY.EDU
“There are a gazillion great ideas out there, but it comes down to who you can get to buy into your product,” says Tracey Baker-Simmons, the co-owner of Atlanta-based B2 Entertainment Studios, LLC who has produced such shows as “Being Bobby Brown.” “This is business and you have [...]
