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![]() Americana VOD an independent media distribution company that offers Video on Demand viewers a wide variety of mobile entertainment choices. Many movies on demand are under 15 minutes making them ideal for viewing on mobile devices, computers, and video game consoles. Slice of Americana Films led by writer-director Sid Kali delivers authentic urban cinema and unrelenting documentaries. Working To Become Part Of Independent Cinema Lexicon.
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![]() What It Takes To Be A Movie DirectorIt takes more than deciding where the camera goes to be a director, especially when you're directing an indie film where you won't have the luxury of sitting in video village cut off from all the other production gyrations going on. I've wrangled cable, broke down equipment, dressed sets, and a dozen other jobs as 'director' on indie film shoots. It's not at all glamorous, but it gets the job done. ![]() Writing A Movie Script Is A Thin Line Between Love And HateMarathon runners sometimes experience fatigue where they feel like they can't go any further. It's called "hitting the wall." Sometimes screenwriters experience "hitting the wall" on a mental level. The newness of the script has worn off. You're feed up with your story, what you've written, and tired of looking at this script that never seems to be what you want it to be. Maybe you could have been more prepared before coming? ![]() The First Movie Is The Toughest: A Filmmaker's Story Of How It Was DoneThere's a huge difference between physically shooting a movie, seeing it completed and finding a larger audience than your friends and family. Bottom line is nobody sets out to make a movie and fail. ![]() Independent Filmmakers Tackle Movie On Demand MarketHollywood dominates the movie on demand market, but there is room for independent movies. Digital downloads means independent filmmakers no longer have to shoulder the cost of DVD replication and packaging. ![]() Urban movies and graphic content. Not PG-13 filmmakingI had no desire to make watered-down urban crime movies to make people feel relaxed and comfortable as they watched. I've always felt true urban crime movies reflect what is happening on the streets. ![]() Turning A Hot Movie Idea Into A Indie Script You Can Shoott make it a movie?"
The following advice is directed towards aspiring filmmakers that want to go from movie idea to movie treatment to script they can shoot outside of Hollywood. This won't help you if you want to write a blockbuster script to pitch to producers, studios, or agents. It's for people who need to write a script based on the resources they have to get through an entire film shoot. ![]() Writing script treatment for your movie ideaIt is possible to sell a script treatment, but usually that's reserved for Hollywood insiders or established screenwriters with a proven track record. Not for newcomers on the scene. Hashing out solid a script treatment greatly increases the chances for a tight well written script to be born. This article is mainly for those aspiring screenwriters that have a movie idea they are going to eventually write themselves. ![]() Urban Movies Rise With Solid DirectionUrban movies are on the rise in popularity with viewers. This can be seen in the exploding direct to video market where urban movies have carved out a very respectable following. Craig Brewer, Charles Dutton, Damon Dash, Sid Kali, Hype Williams, John Singleton, The Hughes Brothers, Mario Van Peebles, and Kasi Lemmons had to prove themselves by making sharp urban films before anyone knew who they were or cared. ![]() Feeding your Film CrewSid Kali learned during two independent film shoots the importance of feeding your film crew well. ![]() Shooting Crime MoviesWhen Sid Kali set out to shoot the urban feature Consignment and crime drama In With Thieves he learned a few things about independent filmmaking.
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