Rule # 8: Making movies costs a lot of money; get it any way you can
With increasingly sophisticated and less expensive high definition cameras and editing equipment available to us today, making an...
Rule # 7: Do Your Own Thing
If you’re writing a screenplay or making a video or movie, the only way to be noticed is by crafting something that is unique. The many...
Rule # 6: Movies about subcultures appeal to audiences
2012’s acclaimed Academy-award nominated movie, Beasts of the Southern Wild, is a cinematic look at a culture and locale most viewers...
RULE # 5: Life Lessons are learned by living
Even though I didn’t go to film school, the most important thing I gained at USC was an elective class called “Monday Night at the...
RULE # 4: Hollywood's still the Promised Land.
Many union rules, location costs, traffic control and the lack of tax and cash incentives have caused production in Hollywood to plummet....
RULE # 3: Good Ideas Don't just fall off a turnip truck.
Whether you’re writing a stand-up routine, thinking of a movie idea, or conceiving a song, unique ideas are not easy to come by. Some of...
RULE # 2: Be Determined to the point of obsession
The most fortunate in life are those who have such an obsession for something—singing, dancing, writing, painting, whatever they...
Rule #1: It's All About Passion
If you audition for a role as an actor, test your comedy routine, pitch an idea to a network or studio, sing or play your song, or show...
