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Stephen Moramarco

Review: Selling Your Film Without Selling Your Soul

Share When it comes to navigating the ever-changing landscape of the indie film world, few have the knowledge, expertise and resources as Orly Ravid, co-director of The Film Collaborative, author/filmmaker Jon Reiss and marketing strategist Sheri Candler. You might say these three names are the “Holy Trinity” of Indie Film; any search query on the [...]

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19 September 2011

Stephen Moramarco Stephen Moramarco

Indie Filmmaking: How to Shoot Your Movie On Time and On Budget

Share Recently, I discussed How To Make a Movie for $5000. That’s all well and good, but now I want to take a it a step further – ACTUALLY shooting it! Here are some suggestions based on my experiences working behind the scenes on big budget movies, shooting short films, and filming my indie feature [...]

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7 September 2011

Stephen Moramarco Stephen Moramarco

Indie Filmmaking: How To Make a Movie for $5000

Share Back in the early ’90s, making a movie for $5000 was the stuff of legend. Nowadays, that number seems much more doable. My first movie The Great Intervention was shot and edited for just that. Here are a few ideas for your project, to help you keep your budget from breaking the bank. 1. Be [...]

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18 August 2011

Stephen Moramarco Stephen Moramarco

Guest Post: Essential DIY filmmaking tools 2011

Share Hey everyone – times change rapidly in the digital world – every day it gets easier and easier and cheaper and cheaper to make your indie movie! Here is a quick survey of products to help you get up and running without breaking the bank! 1. Cameras As recently as a couple of years [...]

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23 June 2011

Stephen Moramarco Stephen Moramarco

Indie Filmmaking: Advertisting Budget $1 Million or $0

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ShareWhen a new movie comes out, whether it is the Mega Tent Pole “Thor” or the low budget indie “Insiduous” – one thing that they have in common is advertising budgets in the millions of dollars. Billboards, bus stops, TV commercials, radio, print, talk shows, web advertising, magazine articles, etc., all magically coordinated so that [...]

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31 May 2011

Stephen Moramarco Stephen Moramarco

Indie Filmmaking: Welcome to D.I.Y. U.

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ShareFilm school is too damn expensive. All that money you spend on tuition could be spent on a kickass digital camera and Final Cut Pro. But there still are a few things you can learn from a good film school… Introducing DIY University, aka DIYU. Take our film course, outlined below and you will be [...]

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17 May 2011

Stephen Moramarco Stephen Moramarco

Create a Great Movie in 7 Simple Steps

ShareLast week, I talked about an easy way to “greenlight” your own movie, but I left you hanging when it comes to the actual movie concept itself. There are dozens, if not hundreds, if not THOUSANDS of books, courses, podcasts, webinars etc. on the “art” of screenwriting. Many of these are quite valuable (Robert McKee’s Story: [...]

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10 May 2011

Stephen Moramarco Stephen Moramarco

5 Steps to Greenlight Your Indie Film

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ShareI am very happy to introduce my first blog for Unified Manufacturing! As a filmmaker, writer, actor, and musician, I will be exploring the vast sea of opportunity the DIY/Digital revolution has spawned in order to help you to realize your dreams. I hope to inspire, inform and perhaps make you chuckle. Since I recently completed [...]

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2 May 2011

Stephen Moramarco Stephen Moramarco