A lot of filmmaking, especially independent filmmaking, is “hurry up and wait.”
We’ve been waiting for a while, but this past weekend the time came to hurry up. Saturday was devoted to casting and Sunday was devoted to location scouting.
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Hello, all! Time for some Alone Together project updates. Truth be told, this last month is has been an exercise in why it’s difficult to make your own project.
Read MoreI met Katie about a year ago at a Columbia College Chicago alumni film event. I felt like a fish out of water there because I was neither an alumnus of CCC, nor was I an alumnus of any film or film-adjacent program. However, despite both of those shortcomings, Katie made me feel welcome and appreciated. I respect that about a person. And despite me not having a single piece of creative writing to my name, she welcomed me into the fold of writer’s group.
Read MoreWhen Katie told me that she wanted to direct ‘Alone Together,’ we were both a bit uneasy. Each of us would be stepping into new territory, she as a director and me as a producer. I think we’re both a bit nervous at the prospect of treading new ground.
Read MoreWhen 2018 began, I had one major goal in mind for myself and that was this: put fear in the back seat. I’d just finished reading “Big Magic” by Elizabeth Gilbert and it had spun me into a reading spree of books of a similar nature, such as “The War of Art” by Steven Pressfield and “The Happiness Project” by Gretchen Rubin.
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