Making a Filmmaker

What Is the Purpose of a Movie? Go to Story.makingafilmmaker.com for more!

We really like to talk about science stuff ok... Go to Story.makingafilmmaker.com for more!

You live in a sci-fi movie congratulations. Go to Story.makingafilmmaker.com for more!

Episode Notes"A recovering alcoholic wants to get clean but has to become a bartender to in order to support his sick dying mother"Like the above example, give the protagonist a task they must do to attain their goal that GOES AGAINST THEIR NATURE. This is the best way to communicate conflict in the least amount of words.Why this strategy works is because we immediately experience the CONFLICT that the screenplay is about and that's what gets us intrigued enough TO ACTUALLY READ THE SCREENPLAY.Which is THE ENTIRE POINT OF A LOGLINE.I've noticed everyone's obsessed with loglines. Loglines are like worrying about the logo for your company before actually creating anything that works. But if you're ready to create one, consider the following strategy: Write down a 1) character, 2) Their social role/relationship, 3) their want, 4) Their Task.Describe the character emotionally. (lonely, violent, shy)Character's primary social role or relationship (ex-cop, gamer, son)Goal in line with their emotional natureTask that goes exact opposite to their natureWhen my writing teacher taught me this it completely changed how I looked at loglines. Hopefully this is as valuable to you as it has been to me.Here's the original post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Screenwriting/comments/bnidts/how_to_create_a_logline_on_steroids_that_hooks/

"A recovering alcoholic wants to get clean but has to become a bartender to in order to support his sick dying mother"Like the above example, give the protagonist a task they must do to attain their goal that GOES AGAINST THEIR NATURE. This is the best way to communicate conflict in the least amount of words.Why this strategy works is because we immediately experience the CONFLICT that the screenplay is about and that's what gets us intrigued enough TO ACTUALLY READ THE SCREENPLAY. Which is THE ENTIRE POINT OF A LOGLINE.I've noticed everyone's obsessed with loglines. Loglines are like worrying about the logo for your company before actually creating anything that works. But if you're ready to create one, consider the following strategy: Write down a 1) character, 2) Their social role/relationship, 3) their want, 4) Their Task.Describe the character emotionally. (lonely, violent, shy)Character's primary social role or relationship (ex-cop, gamer, son)Goal in line with their emotional natureTask that goes exact opposite to their natureWhen my writing teacher taught me this it completely changed how I looked at loglines. Hopefully this is as valuable to you as it has been to me.Here's the original post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Screenwriting/comments/bnidts/how_to_create_a_logline_on_steroids_that_hooks/ 

How ACES, Academy Color Encoding Specification is changing the color management game. Go to Story.makingafilmmaker.com for more!

This is about filmmaking I swear lol. Go to Story.makingafilmmaker.com for more!

Working with actors as a director, THE SEQUEL! This is a follow up to the last episode. Go to Story.makingafilmmaker.com for more!

Working with actors as a director. Go to Story.makingafilmmaker.com for more!

Also Dumbo and powdered greens...

In Soviet Russia, film directs you. Got to Story.makingafilmmaker.com for more!

This is the 5th episode we ever recorded but it never got uploaded. Since the trailer is labeled as ep5 under the hood we accidentally moved on to episode 6 and are just now realizing this one never went up so here ya go. Story.makingafilmmaker.com

Chaz also goes into unnecessary detail into what the shogunate was.. For more go to Story.MakingAFilmmaker.com

Also Chaz thinks some of the moon landing is fake even though his grandpa designed the lunar module and we basically only talk about that so you should probably go to story.makingafilmmaker.com instead

Why learning to write complications will change your life. For more go to story.makingafilmmaker.com!

Today we break down the genius of various masters! Go to Story.MakingAFilmmaker.com for more!

Since we can't go to Coachella, or really do anything.. we now spend even more time talking about film structure and fight choreography for you! :) Go to Story.MakingAFilmmaker.com for more!

Are you triggered yet? Go to Story.MakingAFilmmaker.com for more!

Simple but crucial overlooked scene writing tips. Go to Story.MakingAFilmmaker.com for more. 

The messiah filter revealed! Go to Story.MakingAFilmmaker.com for more. 

After you listen to this you will be a god at writing characters and situations that are not cliches. This will change your life. You're welcome ;) Go to Story.MakingAFilmmaker.com for more.

Go to Story.MakingAFilmmaker.com for more. Chaz and Dan tie together multiple topics but the point these crazy guys make that you want to understand and apply to your work is that perspective matters. You need to have a point of view as a filmmaker. And not like a political point of view or a point of view you are trying to force on your audience. They're talking about- what characters point of view are we showing? Where should the camera go? How will this make the audience feel?

Go to Story.MakingAFilmmaker.com for more. Chaz and Dan recall a time where they used first principles thinking to save an "impossible shot" when they were on set and their other mindsets around building a team.

Story.MakingAFilmmaker.com In movies if you punch a dead person they are revived. I'm not a medical professional but I can still tell you that if you have an emergency call 911.

Story.makingafilmmaker.com Adobe sucks. There I said it. This is Dan btw. Chaz doesn't agree. But I write these bad summaries so I can say whatever I want!

Story.makingafilmmaker.com Chaz and Dan explain how TV's create features for marketing purposes that actually distort and destroy what you're trying to view

Story.MakingaFilmmaker.com Chaz & Dan talk about how It's A Wonderful Life accidentally ended up in the public domain and then didn't..

www.MayviewStudios.com Our film The Gamer will be screening at Regal Cinemas this week at the Hollywood Reel International Film Festival. The festival takes over L.A. Live and The Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles this week. Today Chris List and Dan Angers join us to discuss the process from idea to big screen.

For more, peep story.makingafilmmaker.com now. Today's episode we talk about hiding the edit vs not hiding it and why everyone thinks you should hide the edit at all times

Get the Story Structure Cheat Sheet at Story.Makingafilmmaker.com - TV's mush all the frames together, distort the color, crush any detail in the dark and bright areas of films that the worlds greatest artists and scientists put together just to market more TVs and we pay the price. Chaz and Dan find this hilarious

Do your actors a favor and don't do what most up and coming directors do. Go to Story.MakingaFilmmaker.com now and get your free story structure guide.

Star Wars Rise of Skywalker. Chewie finally gets a medal. Go to Story.MakingAfilmmaker.com now to get a story structure cheat sheet to keep on your desk while you structure your own work.

The saga continues

As she should have. Artists combine scientific patterns with their truth to create the best art

Day 1 already behind schedule. Went over budget by 25%. 10k burned per day. Shitshow

Just cause Dan knows how to drive doesn't mean he knows everything about cars. Just cause we make films doesn't mean we do it well.

Go to Story.makingafilmmaker.com to get the tool Dan talks about in this episode. When Dan was 12 he started learning computer animation and was printing the manual out onto sheets of paper towels when there was no paper. That's commitment son! But he realized learning using the internet hasn't gotten much easier. At least in filmmaking because the internet is full of recycled, regurgitated misinformation on the subject. Chaz is also in Mexico so Dan turned this podcast into a real shitshow

Chaz and Dan had their shoot shut down by the law

Dan wrote a script that sucked for a class in school and was told "write what you know" by his teacher. Good advice. 

What does a director do? Do they work with the actors? Lead amazing artists? Yes. But his main job is to understand where to put the camera. If this contradicts everything you know then you may want to consider the argument made in this episode.

Because their lives are a shit show. Dan and Chaz talk about when their lives don't work their work doesn't work.

Chaz and Dan talk about conflict in film structure. This is the most simple equation in the world but somehow took us and most people years to learn or realize. Most people think they have these elements until they check this list against their story. The fame of the equation E=mc^2 is because of its simplicity. Before that it looked more like this-> m = (4⁄3) E / c2, and still wasn't getting the job done. Same concept can be applied. Consider the following...A story is made up of 5 parts:A HeroWho wants somethingTakes action to get itMeets with conflictChange 

You’re interested in the hard stuff. Not shiny distractions like some new DSLR slider. How do I write the truth? How do I get the biggest emotional response from an audience? How do I make movies that will make money? Not cause money is cool but because money is the result of great work. Actually money is cool. It allows us to create in the first place.