The Film Faster Blog

Your one-sheet is not the place to tell everybody everything. It is the place to earn the next conversation.

Filmmakers routinely spend years making a movie and several weeks thinking about who will watch it. Reverse that.

A screenplay becomes easier to understand when the people, plan and market around it begin taking shape.

Passion gets people interested. Preparation keeps them in the room.

Many filmmakers begin financing conversations too early. Before asking where the money is, ask whether the project is ready for money.

A long FilmFreeway receipt is not a festival strategy. Every submission should have a reason behind it.

Too many filmmakers treat their short film like something that expires after the festival circuit. Think bigger.

A giant contact list doesn't make a filmmaker powerful. A reliable circle of people who make things happen does.

Finishing a movie is an accomplishment. But finishing the movie and building a future for the movie are two completely different jobs.

There is more filmmaking information available than at any point in history. So why do so many filmmakers still feel stuck?