The article below is from Filmmaking Stuff and I want to thank Tom Malloy for writing it.
I find that he is right on about the 5 Things, but because I am in the process of building my distribution business, as well as working on getting more physically fit, that his 5 Things can apply not only to filmmaking, but to any aspect of life.
Read on!
Get a Movie Made: 5 Things You Need To Know
I’ve mentored dozens of film students. I’ve met with hundreds. I’ve spoken to thousands. A question I recently asked myself was, “What’s the difference between the people who get a movie made and those who are just stuck spinning their wheels?”
It’s always been a goal of mine to help filmmakers get a movie made. I even had a separate company at one point, dedicated solely to aiding filmmakers in getting their films going. I had identified a series of steps that every project should take to get from Point D to Point R. (Dream to Reality.)
Yet there were some who I knew would never get a movie made, and there were some that I knew, no matter what, they would be successful.
This led me to start to reflect on that. Could I impart that lesson to a filmmaker? Could I identify that “secret sauce” that made the others successful following the exact same steps to get a movie made?
Get a Movie Made: 5 Things You Need To Know
The answer is, it’s a combination of a lot of things… and here’s the list. Add them together and you’ll be emailing me with photos from the set.
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