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The Definition of Gaffer The Gaffer is the head of the lighting and electrical departments on a film set. They are responsible to the Director of Photography. Their job begins...
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Key Grip Defined The key grip is the head of the grip department and supervises all of the grips on a film shoot. If the film production is a feature...
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How to Become a Filmmaker? Where do I start? The term “filmmaker” means different things to different people. To some it means anyone who works on a film in any...
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1 – Watch Great Movies If you want to learn how to be a screenwriter, one of the very best things you can do to start learning and imbibing screenplay...
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A film production company is responsible for nearly every aspect of the movie-making process. Once a movie has been given the green light, the production house goes to work. For...
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(Updated Sept. 13, 2022) It’s been said, most recently by Christopher Booker, that there are just seven basic plotlines in all of the storytelling. Booker’s book, The Seven Basic Plots:...
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Usually operating under the umbrella of a major studio like 20th Century Fox, either as a sister company, subsidiary, or division, production companies are responsible for getting movies made. Production...
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We recently asked longtime Film Connection mentor Ron Osborn (Meet Joe Black, Moonlighting, Duckman, The West Wing) to tell us a bit more about how he manages his day-to-day life...
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Today’s average Hollywood feature film has a budget that’s north of $100 million dollars. Not only is that a daunting figure, but it pretty much means that unless you have a...
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