Continuing where we left off last time, this is the third post in a series on fitness for filmmakers and business-people. In this post, I explain how to get more fit and healthy and how it can affect your filmmaking positively. As we discussed in the last…

This is the second in a series I’m doing about fitness for filmmakers. Getting in shape will benefit your business life and your life overall. It’s time to get in shape! As discussed last time around, whilst we don’t necessarily have to turn ourselves into Arnold Schwarzenegger,…

Let’s talk a bit about the differences between seeing your business as a do-or-die and seeing your business as a hobby. I know most people will probably expect me to call seeing business as a hobby as being total nonsense. After all, the tagline of…

Today is the first in a series of posts about health & fitness and how it relates to our filmmaking and businesses. Yes, we’re talking big picture stuff here. Firstly, there are a lot of out of shape people on film sets. It seems that the…

Today’s topic is quite hardcore and certainly not for the squeamish. We’re going to really get into the nitty-gritty detail of having a successful mindset. We’re also going to touch on some subjects that might sound kind of egotistical. It’s not as ego based as…

Today I want to jump into something that’s slightly controversial. There’s a little known mindset shift that’s used in a few businesses and personal development fields that I think can really help people with their filmmaking and videography. Okay, I lie – it’s fairly well…

This story comes up in numerous NLP sources, where it’s used primarily as a metaphor for NLP. I also see it as a metaphor for many aspects of filmmaking. So I post it here for those who have not yet had the pleasure of stumbling…

The Count of Monte Cristo is a great example of someone going from a zero to a hero (in their terms). I see a lot of the symbols as metaphors contained within the film for a journey into personal change in filmmaking. It’s an incredible…

I see The 48 Laws of Power and it’s various laws being parroted a lot in filmmaking circles. Although I was skeptical at first, I have almost finished this book now and have found it an incredibly useful tome. Definitely the most amoral self-help book…

One of my biggest filmmaking breakthroughs came a little while ago, but I’ve only now just realised how to put it into words.

I used to see fear as just fear; something to be afraid of.