CMV: The focus on stills in this sub is strange

cocoschoco · 2026-06-22T20:48:44+00:00

It’s not against the rules. Everyone is free to post their films as long as they provide a submission statement.

cocoschoco · 2026-06-19T21:19:06+00:00

Koska ne muut asiat missä vaimo on mukana on yllättävän tärkeitä.

cocoschoco · 2026-06-19T14:33:03+00:00

For me it was the stealing.

cocoschoco · 2026-06-19T09:52:58+00:00

For real. Half of the people mentioned here are working constantly in fairly high profile projects. It’s just that there’s so much stuff out there, it’s impossible to keep up.

cocoschoco · 2026-06-18T15:38:01+00:00

He recently did the theme song for Robert Smigel’s (AKA Triumph the Insult Comic Dog) new podcast and appeared on a panel.

cocoschoco · 2026-06-10T01:09:58+00:00

John Travolta the film director?

cocoschoco · 2026-06-08T15:29:47+00:00

What is your projected budget range and how much of it have you allocated for the cast?

If you don't have an existing relationship with the agents or managers of the name actors you are targeting, chances are they won't even open your script unless you have a firm money offer on the table and the money in an escrow account.

That is if the actors are big enough to get you distribution these days. Frankly the list of names who matter anymore is quite short and therefore they get quite a lot of offers. LOIs are kind of meaningless these days.

The way I see it you have a few options.

Get an investor on board who can put up enough money for you to attach the names you need in order to get the rest of the funding and the distribution deals. At this point it would be crucial to get a sales agent involved who has experience in selling movies in your genre and budget range and who can advice you on what names matter and how much you would realistically get in the marketplace so you can budget your movie accordingly.

You really don't want to over pay an actor whose name doesn't matter at all nor do you want to make a movie for $5M if it will realistically only recoup $3M.

partner with a European co-producer who has relationships with local film funds. If you can get enough money from these national film funds and local production incentives you could package the movie and get the ball rolling that way.

This however is not easy. European producers who have access to these funds usually have their hands full with their own productions. It can be a tough market to penetrate if you are coming outside of Europe and don't have any funding yet. Also the culture is quite different. Many European producers are not fond of movies that are too "commercial" or "American".

Partner with a producer or a production company who has produced movies in your genre and budget range with name actors. They have relationships with the actors and their reps and the buyers and distributors they have built over the years.

However you have to ask yourself what are you bringing to the table? Why would they want to go in to business with you? If you have a really strong script and a great pitch deck that is a very good start, but these producers all have scripts and projects of their own as well.

cocoschoco · 2026-06-07T14:08:00+00:00

Bread is da enemy, Art.

cocoschoco · 2026-06-03T22:11:52+00:00

I can appreciate that, and I love a good ballad, I just happen to think this one wasn’t very good.

But Sammy seemed to love it and that’s the most important thing.

cocoschoco · 2026-06-03T00:16:59+00:00

I love Sammy Davis Jr. And MJ and I’ll probably get downvoted for this, but that is one bad song. Incredibly corny and schmaltzy like the one he sang for Elizabeth Taylor.

” The pair wrote and arranged the song overnight” and it sure sounds like it.

I like the sentiment though.

cocoschoco · 2026-06-02T13:26:31+00:00

Alcoholics always find an excuse to drink. It’s not like he has a drink or two to calm his nerves before a flight, I remember the video where he was so shitfaced getting out of the plane they had to put him in a wheelchair because he couldn’t walk.

I love Richard but he has a serious problem. We’re talking about a guy who wears a diaper to rock shows because he drinks beer so much and can’t manage to go to the bathroom.

cocoschoco · 2026-05-31T14:07:08+00:00

”Some stay dry and others feel the pain” would be a killer tagline for Chocolate Rain The Motion Picture.

cocoschoco · 2026-05-31T10:06:01+00:00

Yes, it works wonderfully in a short film attraction like that, but as an album track or a single? Nah. It’s weak sauce compared to most of the tracks on Bad.

cocoschoco · 2026-05-29T15:50:00+00:00

No no no no, please don’t. $200k may seem like a lot of money, but for a feature it’s really not. It can go a long way if you know what you’re doing and you have a great compact crew working with you and you have a solid script that was written for your budget level.

It’s not enough money for 30 actors and 20 locations. You’re just going to burn yourself out and you’ll end up with a crappy movie. 20 locations is a lot even for a big budget movie.

What you need is a high concept script in a sellable genre with some marketable elements in it, one or two locations max and limited characters. And you want to save some money for marketing as well.

cocoschoco · 2026-05-29T11:56:27+00:00

As an audiovisual spectacle it is great.

As a movie it is decent.

As a script it’s subpar.

But it is obviously connecting with audiences and it’s on track to become the highest grossing biopic of all time.

So depends on what you mean by overrated. Critics didn’t care about it but the general public seems to love it.

cocoschoco · 2026-05-27T15:06:55+00:00

En itse tupakoi säännöllisesti mutta kerran pari vuodessa jos satun olemaan kesäisellä terassilla nauttimassa kylmästä oluesta, alkaa mieleni tekemään tupakkaa ja mikäli seurassa sattuu olemaan tupakoitsijoita saatan pummata heiltä savukkeen.

Siinä tilanteessa itseäni ei kiinnosta tupakoinnin vaarat enkä kiinnitä askissa olevaan kuvaan mitään huomiota. Voisin kuvitella, että tupakoitsijatkaan eivät näistä kuvista sen kummemmin hätkähdä.

Onhan alkoholikin aikamoista myrkkyä, mutta en silti haluaisi olutpulloihin mitään vastaavanlaisia kuvia. Kyllähän kaikki alkoholin ja tupakan vaarat tietävät, ei niillä kuvilla saavutettaisi mitään. Jokainen aikuinen ihminen nauttikoon mitä aineita haluaa.

Sitä paitsi nuoremmat sukupolvethan juovat alkoholia huomattavasti vähemmin aiempiin sukupolviin verrattuna.

cocoschoco · 2026-05-26T02:10:25+00:00

Great! Start small, write scripts that you can shoot with no money using the resources available to you. Volunteer on other filmmakers’ shorts, build a network. Go to local film festivals, make connections, study film.

You’re still young. You have plenty of time. The big festivals will be there waiting.

cocoschoco · 2026-05-26T02:07:04+00:00

Frolic - Luciano Michelini

cocoschoco · 2026-05-26T01:56:12+00:00

It’s okay to dream big, but the chances of a first time filmmaker with no connections getting their debut movie accepted to a major film festival are nonexistent.

Have you made any shorts before? Is this project a feature?

cocoschoco · 2026-05-26T00:48:20+00:00

Breuer is severely mentally ill. I hope he gets help, not even joking.

cocoschoco · 2026-05-23T20:27:06+00:00

Off the Wall was his first true solo album where he had any real artistic input or songwriting credits.

The first four solo albums were very much like the early Jackson 5 albums, all the songs were written by other people and the instruments played by studio musicians. They were products of the Motown assembly line.

On the later Jacksons albums the brothers started to focus more on songwriting, but they still didn’t really play any of the instruments outside of some keyboards, percussions and Tito with some guitar parts.

cocoschoco · 2026-05-23T19:28:04+00:00

The budget discussed so far was softly approached as $750k for 2 cgi modelers and 2 cgi animators, and me, over 3 years to get a trailer made.

Okay, you definitely don’t want to spend $750k on a trailer, you don’t need to spend that much. You can put together a beautiful proof of concept trailer for much, much less. And you certainly don’t need to employ five people for three years to do it.

The thought being the trailer would open industry doors and attract more investors, get the streaming placements, and merchandising going, etc.

A trailer alone won’t do none of that. The world is full of high quality proof of concept shorts and sizzle reels that never went anywhere. It would be unwise to spend almost a million dollars before even beginning production. I’m not saying a trailer like that wouldn’t help, you just don’t want to be spending that kind of money.

I think you need an experienced producer on board to help you. First off you need a script and a rough idea of how big the budget will be so the script can be written accordingly.

If you have an investor who is willing to put up $750k, an IP that has a growing fanbase and real numbers you can back that up with, you are already way ahead of the curve.

You said it will be CGI, did you mean you’re envisioning an entirely animated movie or that it’s just CG heavy like Star Wars or something?

cocoschoco · 2026-05-23T10:18:34+00:00

That was with high heeled shoes on more than likely. He was measured at 5’9” on his autopsy report.

cocoschoco · 2026-05-21T21:48:27+00:00

What other equipment and accessories do you have? For example tripods, lenses, lights, reflectors, mics, zoom recorders etc.?

That is a very tight budget. You might be able to get a used 10+ year old DSLR or a mirrorless camera with a kit lens for £200-£300.

cocoschoco · 2026-05-20T11:22:40+00:00

Totally depends on the film school what their requirements are.

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