There's Color and then there's COLOR!
The editing process was behind me and we had picture lock. Now on to color grading. Color grading was a new term for me. I had no concept...
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Dennis Hefter
- Dec 31, 2018
- 2 min
Editing - One Hundred Hours of Hell!
I made it through principal photography of Army & Coop – twenty full days of shooting 4-5 pages a day. This crazy idea I had eight months...
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Dennis Hefter
- Dec 31, 2018
- 2 min
Directing Actors for the First Time
Looking back, I think a big part of casting came down to not only how well the actor read for the part, but I also wanted to make sure I...
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Dennis Hefter
- Dec 31, 2018
- 2 min
I'm on a Movie Set... POINTS!
It is October 31st - the first day of filming. I had met some of the crew before at a production meeting where we discussed the details...
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Dennis Hefter
- Dec 31, 2018
- 2 min
Building a Film Crew (without any film crew contacts)
If you’ve read my previous blogs, you’ll know that, after six months of work, I had everything I needed to make a movie except for a...
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Dennis Hefter
- Dec 31, 2018
- 2 min
Props Department? What Props Department?
Things were coming together nicely. My son, Andrew, and I had been hard at work finding everything we needed for the film. We even bought...
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- Sep 18, 2018
- 2 min
Location, Location, Location
I had a cast, but where was I to shoot the film? I needed a small bar. Maybe I’ll just construct a bar on a studio lot. That should be...
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- Sep 11, 2018
- 2 min
Casting by the Seat of Your Pants
Wow. I have never even met an actor in Colorado and I was about to shoot a movie here. I was scratching my head wondering how and where I...
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- Sep 4, 2018
- 2 min
Who’s Going to Fund This Movie?!
So, you picked a solid market niche and you have a great script! Now what? Time to jump right into pre-production? Well…YES! First,...
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Dennis Hefter
- Aug 18, 2018
- 3 min
Bad Material Equals a Bad Film
In my case, I felt like I had a good/funny script for Army & Coop. It wasn’t going to win an Oscar, but it was funny. Numerous people who...
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Dennis Hefter
- Aug 14, 2018
- 2 min
Pick a Niche, Any Niche
Pick a niche market? But I don’t even have a script yet. I haven’t even decided on a genre. Why pick a niche market now? Well, the two...
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Dennis Hefter
- Aug 11, 2018
- 2 min
Get into the Right Frame of Mind
If you are going to make a micro-budget film, you are beginning a long and arduous process. It sounds sexy and exciting, but like...
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Dennis Hefter
- Jul 31, 2018
- 4 min
Army & Coop
I had been writing in my spare time for a few years. I read a ton of books on screenwriting and went to "YouTube U” as my kids call it. I...
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- Jul 28, 2018
- 2 min
Why a blog?
I’m not much for imposing on people. Normally, I feel like someone will ask me if they want my opinion. To me, blogs were just a vehicle...
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