Category Archives: Productivity

Facebook Safety

Since social networking is, for better or worse, part of filmmaking these days, this NYT article on Facebook privacy settings is worth a look. The most web-savvy of you out there have already made the changes recommended by this article (or have decided to throw caution to the wind), but others may find this useful.

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Take the Survey: 50 States, 50 Filmmakers

The United States of America

I’ve been looking over Ted Hope’s blog lately and one thing he keeps returning to is the idea that in order for cinema to be truly free (i.e., liberated), we have to do our part to help film culture. I agree.
That’s part of what this blog has always been about. One [...]

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Self-Reliant Film v3.0

As a way to mark some changes at Self-Reliant Film, I’ve done a site redesign.
I recently mentioned that Ashley would be making some posts on SRF to discuss her documentary, For Memories’ Sake. This marks something of a shift in Self-Reliant Film. Though I’ll still be the main voice of the site, I will [...]

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Lovell Films website redesign

In anticipation of the completion of For Memories’ Sake (see previous post), I’ve done an overhaul of the Lovell Films website which, for the uninitiated, is the site for my film projects.
Check it out, if for no other reason than to get a preview of the Self-Reliant Film redesign that will launch in a few [...]

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No Budget Film School this weekend…

I’ve written about Mark Stolaroff’s No Budget Film School before, but he’s holding a two-day class this weekend in L.A. that looks like it might be interesting. Guests include Peter Broderick, Alex Holdridge, Jay Duplass, and others.
If you’re in L.A. and interested in no-budget filmmaking, this is probably worth a look.

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