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116. Don’t forget your non-crew family.

Making a film can be an all-consuming thing if you let it.  With having a small budget and wearing just enough hats before they all topple off of your head, it’s easy to let the film steal time from other parts of your life that are far more important. Let me be clear: I couldn’t...

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114. Invest in others.

When starting out, you’re going to quickly realize you can’t do it all by yourself.  You may know some people that will jump aboard, or you may not.  Regardless, it’s wise to surround yourself with people that can supplement your strengths instead of just covering your weaknesses. Whether or not you’re investing in other people’s projects or...

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100. Let your work speak for itself.

Your opinion of your own work means very, very little to the audience… in fact, what you say about your own work paints you into a lose-lose corner. On one hand, if you say you’re brilliant (or even good), and the audience doesn’t agree, then you look like a hack.  They are perfectly capable of...

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44. How I got a Lamborghini in my first film.

Check with mechanics of high-end car shops to see if they know anybody interested in having their quarter-million dollar car in a movie. Mechanics at that level tend to be trusted due to the value of the car they could be ruining… just don’t tell them I sent you. Our femme fatale, Marisa Draeger used...

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35. Getting on IMDb.com is easy.

Making something worthwhile is not. The trick to getting on imdb is to get a free production listing in Variety, and then linking imdb to that article.  Any reputable website that covers some bit of news about your film’s existence is usually enough, as long as you have a credible hyperlink to give IMDb when...

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