Use Your Experiences To Make Your Movie

You never can get too much experience.

You won't find me knocking education. But I will say this. It amazes me all these young educated people with their advanced degrees who think they know everything about life. But have had no experience in life.

What makes a great artist is using their experiences to tell their story.

A great actor uses his or her experiences to create a great character for performance. That's what method acting is known for. The greats like Brando, DeNiro and Pacino use method acting to bring their experiences to their character's performance to an extreme.

A writer uses his experiences to tell a story that only he can tell.

A good teacher shares his experiences in life to teach his students and have th subject relate to the times.

If you look throughout history, all of the great historical figures have used their experiences to help change the world. Ghandi. Thoreau. Aristotle. Plato. Sophocles. Abraham Lincoln. Martin Luther King. Shakespeare. Nelson Mandela. Malcolm X. The list goes on. If you search the most famous figures in history, the great ones have taken their experiences in life and used them for the better good.

Use your experiences to make your movie.

NO BUDGET FILMMAKING

 or

 How to be a Well-Known Filmmaker & Be Broke at the Same Time

Written by Jack Truman

Copyright 2013 @ Dixie Publishing

ISBN: 978 – 1 – 300 – 61518 –7 

What's Going On in Independent Film

Alfre Woodard and Jack Truman

2002 Screen Actor's Guild Protest

I can't stand Hollywood.

Now, when I say I can't stand Hollywood, I don't mean the actual town. When you're in Hollywood, it's pretty cool. And the liberal life is great. And when I say Hollywood, I don't mean the people. There's some neat and alternative people in that town.

When I say I can't stand Hollywood, I mean I can't stand the big Hollywood studios and the big budget movies.

It's easy to flip on your TV and pick a channel that has shows any dummy can think up. I mean, how hard is it to make a show about spoiled rich people and follow them around in their lives? These reality shows are a joke. And most of the TV shows have no originality. It's a reflection of what's playing in your local movie theater. If you go to the movies on a Friday night at your local movie multiplex cinema, out of the 20 movies playing there, you might be lucky to find one movie that has an original story. It's either a big budget sequel, a cartoon movie, a shoot em up action film, or a movie for kids, teens and college kids. The dummies that run the big studios in Hollywood and make the big bucks nowadays are these dumb rich kids that have an MBA, no life experience, and think they know what people want to see. Nothing is further than the truth.

Which is why I love independent film. You want to see a good movie, a good story on film, something original, you have to watch an independent film.

That's all there is to it.

If you're like me, and like to watch the types of films that most people don't, or the types of films that are hard to watch, then you're into independent film too.

Truly independent film, and even underground film, is very cool to watch. And there's a whole world of underground, independent, low budget, micro budget, even no budget movies to watch that put these 100 million dollar movies to shame.

It's easy to find out what's going on in independent film. The news is right at your fingertips.

Every day, I go to Google News and look for the current news stories in independent film. If you go to Google News and type in a search for 'independent film', or even 'underground film', you can find out everything current that's up to the minute on the independent film world. And you don't even have to leave your home. How cool is that?

In fact, I just checked Google News for the news stories for 'underground film' a few minutes ago, and the top story was for the RXSM Film Festival in March, where we'll be screening a block of 6 of our hit short films. So there you go.

It doesn't get more independent and underground than that.

Where Do I Go From Here

WHERE DO I GO FROM HERE
By Jack Truman

I've roamed around this world from town to city life;

I've pretty much done everything I've wanted all my life;

I've got no challenge facing me, no goals I care to clear;

I want to know right now, where do I go from here.

Where do I go from here; I really want to know;

What do you do when you get to a point

When your life is complete, and you don't really care;

I want to know right now, where do I go from here.

Yesterday, I was in the house I've owned for years,

Looking through the memories and pages that I've turned;

I've lived a life one dreams about; been on the stage for years;

And now, this roaming rambler wonders where he goes from here.

Where do I go from here; I really want to know;

What do you do when you get to a point

When your life is complete, and you don't really care;

I want to know right now, where do I go from here.

Today, I've got no plans; nowhere I need to go,

So I hopped in my car and headed down the road;

With no planned destination; unsure about today;

Not knowing where this road went as miles passed away.

Tomorrow's a new day; a time to start anew;

Who knows what it might bring; I don't know what I'll do;

I'll just see where the day takes me as I'm here,

As I drive down this road, I'll see where I go from here.

Where do I go from here; I really want to know;

What do you do when you get to a point

When your life is complete, and you don't really care;

I want to know right now, where do I go from here.

Underground Filmmaking

Anyone can make a movie.

If you're a truly independent filmmaker, you'll find a way to shoot your film and get your movie made.

Underground filmmaking is the way to go. If you use this alternative way to make a film, you'll make your movie and share it with the world.

What's underground filmmaking? How do you do it? Where do I start? There's a world of information out there to help you with this. It's right at your fingertips.

You don't have to go to film school and spend thousands of bucks to make an independent film. Just start by going to Google. Go to Google and type the words 'underground filmmaking'. There's a world of resources and tools waiting for you on the internet. Want to know what's going on in the world with underground filmmaking? Just go to Google News and type in the words 'underground filmmaking'. Shit, I just typed a Google search with the words Underground Filmmaking and over 2 million search results came up. The first one was the encyclopedia definition for Underground Film:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_film

Hell, I just went to Google News and typed in the words Underground Filmmaking, and hundreds of news stories just came up for today.

There's a world of information out there for the taking. You just have to take it, go with it, grab your balls, and jump right in.

NO BUDGET FILMMAKING

or 

How to be a Well-Known Filmmaker & Be Broke at the Same Time

Written by Jack Truman

Copyright @ 2013 Dixie Publishing

ISBN: 978 – 1 – 300 – 61518 –7 

THE AUCTION: A Poem

THE AUCTION
Written by Jack Truman

I was driving down the road on a Thursday night

Saw a sign along the way, said 'Auction tonight';

Didn't have a thing to do; had a minute to kill or tow;

So I figured I'd see what they had inside.

When I pulled around the corner to the auction house;

Saw a lot of people sittin' in the front yard;

Saw a hippie on a bench; a lady again a fence;

I reckon an auction brings all types around.

The auction always has a thing or two around;

They say one man's trash is another's treasure found;

It's entertainment for a few; something to do;

The auction tends to make you come around.

Saw a dirty old fella sortin' through some trash;

A little old lady looking through knick knacks;

A guy plugged something in; then he rubbed his chin;

That's about the time the auctioneer stepped in.

He yelled, 'Come on, boys, let's get this thing started;

We got a lot of things to get on through';

The people gathered 'round; a fella picked something off the ground;

That's when the auctioneer said 'give me two'.

The auction always has a thing or two around;

The say one man's trash is another's treasure found;

It's entertainment for a few; something to do;

The auction tends to make you come around.

I heard the bidding go for an hour, then two;

We all made our way inside; and sat there for a few;

The junk, it came and went; money got bid and spent;

That auctioneer, he he knew just what to do.

I couldn't believe the time that passed before my eyes;

A lot of time and pleasure, sitting, hypnotized;

You wouldn't believe the way people carried on;

Laughin' or cussin' about a thing they bid on.

I left the auction late that night; it was dark outside and cold;

I hopped into my truck; and headed down the road.

I thought about the auction, and all the treasures there;

What first seemed like trash had value in each chair.

The auction always has a thing or two around;

The say one man's trash is another's treasure found;

It's entertainment for a few; something to do;

The auction tends to make you come around.

THE AUCTION

Written by Jack Truman

Copyright Dixie Publishing

Starting This Week Out With A Bang

I love making movies.

When you're an independent filmmaking, when you're a No Budget Moviemaker, it's not that hard to make movies. You just have to take the time to make your movie. And put regular life on hold.

I've got more time than money.

That being said, 2013 is starting out with a bang. And this week is no exception. It's just the first day of the week, and the insanity is kicking in.

PEANUT MAN releasing on DVD. Book signings working for the Spring on the No Budget Film book. Opal's directorial debut film set to explode on the film festival circuit. Pre-production for a new feature film. The web series for WOODY THE REDNECK working. Screenings of PHONE SEX GRANDMA, PEANUT MAN, WOODY THE REDNECK, THE OUTHOUSE, THE 60 YEAR OLD STRIPPER, THE ACCEPTABLE SIN, Opal's new Directing debut film, and more over the next month around the world. And that's just a taste of what's going on this week.

This week is starting out with a bang.

NO BUDGET FILMMAKING or How to be a Well-Known Filmmaker & Be Broke at the Same Time

Written by Jack Truman

Copyright 2013 @ Dixie Publishing

ISBN: 978 – 1 – 300 – 61518 – 7

http://nobudgetfilmmaking.webs.com/

There's 3 Parts to Making a Movie

Jack Truman, Dan Mirvish and Opal Dockery

Slamdance Film Festival

In my opinion, there's 3 parts to making a movie:

Concept, production, and distribution.

Let's list these 3 parts to making a movie so you have a short list:

Concept
Production
Distribution

These 3 things: Concept, Production and Distribution make up the entire filmmaking process. Plain and simple. Whether a big money studio in Hollywood is making a 100 million dollar movie, or you're making a No Budget movie with a camera and computer. It all comes down tot he same thing. The process is teh same. The only major difference is how much money and how many people are working with you on this process.

That's a lot to do!

NO BUDGET FILMMAKING or How to be a Well-Known Filmmaker & Be Broke at the Same Time

Written by Jack Truman

Copyright 2013 @ Dixie Publishing

ISBN: 978 – 1 – 300 – 61518 –7

Website: http://nobudgetfilmmaking.webs.com/