Good Advice that Is Bad for your Film Career

This article was too good to not share with you. As a filmmaker, you will hear A LOT of advice from well meaning individuals. However, all advice is not good advice, and it may not apply to your particular style as a filmmaker.

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Good Advice that is actually bad for you

Here is the type of advice that sounds good on the surface, but ultimately has a very negative effect. In particular, this is the type of advice I see coming out of a certain village of so called “experts”.

1. Hire a good DP/Assistant director/Gaffer/Editor/Composer
2. Pay the actors and crew. Offer deferrals if you can’t pay
3. The camera is the most important piece of equipment.
4. Use storyboards to play your shoot
5. Continuity errors will destroy your film

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