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After over 20 years in the film business and watching countless of my fellow filmmakers get chewed up by the Hollywood machine so I decided to create a resource dedicated to helping indie filmmakers survive and thrive in the film business. Indie Film Hustle was born!

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IFH 099: How to Write a Screenplay FAST with Jeff Bollow

By Alex Ferrari | Sep 13, 2016 | 0 Comments
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How to Write a Screenplay with FAST with Jeff Bollow Have you ever wanted to learn how to write a screenplay fast? I know I do. This is why I invited on the show award-winning producer/director, best-selling author, film festival organizer and public speaker, Jeff Bollow. He is the author of Writing FAST: How to Write Anything with Lightning…

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Why is Music from Marvel Cinematic Universe So Forgettable?

By Alex Ferrari | Sep 12, 2016 | 0 Comments
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Why is Music from Marvel Cinematic Universe So Forgettable? To begin I’m easiest one of the biggest fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe there is. I line up for the latest Marvel fair like the rest of the fan boys. But Tony Zhou from Every Frame a Painting, brought up a very good point when it…

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John Cassavetes – The Godfather of Independent Film

By Alex Ferrari | Sep 12, 2016 | 1 Comment
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John Cassavetes – The Godfather of Independent Film What comes to your mind when you first think of the name John Cassavetes? One of his iconic films probably popped into your head, didn’t it? Cassavetes wasn’t afraid to push the envelope with his films, and many of the movies we see today owe a debt…

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Script Writing Software: 5 Apps Better & CHEAPER Than Final Draft

By Alex Ferrari | Sep 9, 2016 | 1 Comment
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Script Writing Software: 5 Apps Better & CHEAPER Than Final Draft Formatting a screenplay can be rough unless you write in an application that does it for you. This is where script writing software comes in. Now when working with script writing software the most important thing is that it saves you time so you can…

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180 Degree Rule – Understand the “Line” or DIE!

By Alex Ferrari | Sep 8, 2016 | 0 Comments
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180 Degree Rule – Understand it or DIE! You might here on set a DP or camera guy discuss the 180 Degree Rule and say: “You can’t put the camera there, you’ll cross the line” There’s a lot more to shooting a great scene than just planting a camera somewhere and yelling action. We all want…

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IFH 098: How to Build a Pimp’d Out BlackMagic Cinema Camera Rig on the CHEAP!

By Alex Ferrari | Sep 7, 2016 | 0 Comments
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How to Build a Pimp’d Out BlackMagic Cinema Camera Rig When I began my filmmaking journey with my first feature film, This is Meg, I had no idea what camera I’d be shooting with. I had access to both RED Cinema and Arri Alexa Cameras for free if I wanted them but I choose against using…

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