The Cheap Filmmaker

Production Design is a department that is often over looked on a student set, but not today. Today my guest, Zach Miller and I, discuss ways for YOU to become a production designer and the ways that you can influence the themes of your story in your films. Enjoy!

What the heck is a DIT you ask? Great question, well, in this episode me and my AMAZING guest Arthur To, discuss everything you need to know about this ambiguous and very very cool position. Arthur has a ton of experience in the film industry, working on films such as The Revenant, The Nice Guys, Bombshell, El Camino and so many more. Enjoy today's episode.

This mindset has helped me shape my future in the film industry of being optimistic, while still being practical. I hope that in this episode you can obtain a new thought process to help you down the road by choosing WHAT and WHERE you wanna be once you've left school.

In this episode, I discuss what blocking is and the order in which you need to run your set before every shot. It's a simple yet easily confused part of being on set that I think EVERYONE needs to know about the dos and don'ts to help your set run smoother.

I had the AMAZING opportunity to see two incredible movies 1917 and Free Guy this past fall. In this episode I relive the story of getting to be in the first audience EVER to see both movies and what that whole experience was like.

Backing up your film is the safest and surest way to make sure you can hit export to show your film to all your friends and family. Not sure what I mean? Well in this episode, I go over the importance of why you NEED to back up your footage so that nothing bad happens. Because otherwise, you got no more film.

Today, my buddy Jesse James West and I discuss the ways that YOU as a young and aspiring content creator can get your content onto whatever platform you so desire to be viewed by thousands of people. Jesse has a successful and growing YouTube channel, Jesse James West, where he does health, fitness, and nutritional video content to help his subscribers weekly. If you'd be so inclined, go give him a follow. Thank yah kindly.

Room what? ROOM TONE! The most important aspect of on-set recorded sound if you want YOUR film to sound as professional as possible. Trust me, any filmmaker can tell you (myself included), that if they don't get room tone recorded on set then it is a headache to say the least. Find out why its so crucial for your film in this episode.

In this episode, me and my two friends Annie and Sean discuss how YOU can become a better Assistant Director for your next film. This position is very, very important for your set experience and cannot be overlooked. So sit back, relax, and learn from a few AD's.

Should you ask for forgiveness or permission? ALWAYS PERMISSION. In this episode, I go over my reasons why you should ALWAYS have permission to be on any location for your next film. It's a crucial and easy way to make your production run nice and smooth, even though we all know, it never runs smooth.

In this episode we go over the best ways you can write your next short film on a low budget without compromising your creative ideas. Everyone wants to write and shoot a high budget movie, but you have to start somewhere and it is ALWAYS in the writing room. It also always starts with no money, so get used to it.

Welcome to the BEST podcast for student and low budget filmmakers.

Tips and tricks on how to make post-production run as smooth butter while on a budget.

Long days on set, film-saving decisions and more. I give YOU my 3 tips on how to keep your production moving.

From shot lists to locations, Pre-Production is THE most important phase of filmmaking.