by Roger Turner Jr (director) In February 2020 -- just before the world went psycho -- I got a text from Dylan asking me to read over and give him notes on a short script he had written for fun. Little did we know, that same story would go on to receive praise at screenplay [...]
This past August, we shot a short film titled TWEAKED in St. Petersburg, Florida. The crew was small. The cast was small. The production was small. But shooting a 13-minute short film is no small task! Here are some behind the scenes photos captured by Devan Kelty... who served as our stills photographer, key grip, [...]
This past December I visited Los Angeles for the first time, and the trip proved all the hype about relocating to LA to make it as a filmmaker rings true… in some regard. Making it work outside of LA though, that’s also not so-far-fetched either in 2019. We all tend to identify LA as the [...]
Making a film is no easy task and it sure is an expensive venture, but many budget friendly options exist for us abundantly hopeful millennials trying to produce an independently financed project. A week ago I posted a blog titled A Guide To Low Budget Filmmaking: Part I in which I touched on the different [...]
Although making films are what I love to do, just like many other up-and-coming filmmakers, me and my bank account have a very tense love-hate relationship when it comes to financing my film aspirations. So I thought I would make a guide that all of you aspiring Spielberg's out there can reference before you outstretch [...]
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