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The Best of Filmmaking & Video Production February 2016
March 2, 2016
February 2016 was a busy month in filmmaking and video production. These are the best posts from around the web in February 2016.
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Why You Need An Intro Video on Your Video Production Company's Website
February 15, 2016
Intro video - your website needs an intro video to describe and promote your service to potential clients. Here's the lowdown!
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The Best of Filmmaking & Video Production January 2016
February 5, 2016
January 2016 was a busy month in filmmaking and video production. These are the best posts from around the web in January 2016.
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The Best of Filmmaking & Video Production November 2015
December 2, 2015
November 2015 was a busy month in filmmaking and video production. These are the best posts from around the web in November 2015.
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The Legal Side of Filmmaking and Video Production
November 30, 2015
Legal side of filmmaking - a concept that lots of people either don't understand or don't pay enough attention to. Master the legal side of filmmaking.
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Filmmaker Tips: 8 Mindsets For a Fantastically Successful Video Business
March 11, 2015
To be fantastically successful with your video business, you have to have a strong and solid mindset. This list of filmmaker tips shows you how to do that.
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Goal Setting Tips: Working To Maximize Your Success, Part I – Goals & Motivation
March 11, 2015
Motivation is so important if you want to be successful as a video business owner. This guide shows you the goal setting tips you need.
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How to Market a Video Production Company: Clients Knocking Down Your Door, Part I
March 11, 2015
Clients are the lifeblood of any video business. This guide helps you form the foundation of the client getting strategy that you're going to build.
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How To Sell Video Work: How To Close The Sale, Everytime Part II
March 11, 2015
Knowing how to sell video work is one of the most important things you'll learn as a video business owner. We'll let you know how to sell your services.
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Video Business Tips: Clients Knocking Down Your Door, Part II
March 11, 2015
To get a client for your video business is fairly straightforward. Once you get one, you can get many. This guide shows you how.
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Quick Start Guide Part 4: How to Start Videography Business – Getting Paid & Growing
March 10, 2015
Getting paid is central for how to start videography business. If you're not getting paid, then you don't actually have a working video business.
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Why I Started This Site & Wrote These Guides
March 2, 2015
This is the Introduction to Filmmaking Lifestyle's course about starting your very own video production business. This is the start of our Video Business…
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The 3 Types of Filmmaking Confidence
September 27, 2014
Filmmaking Confidence is something that you know exists when you have it. In order to achieve Filmmaking Confidence, start by reading this guide.
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Lifestyle Design, Travel & Quitting Your Job
September 10, 2014
We need to be aware of the importance of travel and how this relates to our filmmaking and business.
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The World We Live In and How To Spearhead The Digital Resistance
September 8, 2014
There's a war going on in the digital space. It's a war for attention and if you want to get eyes on your stuff, then you're going to have to work hard
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The Five Beliefs: What They Are And Why You Need Them [With Examples]
August 24, 2014
When you're really getting into the nitty gritty of your filmmaking, the beliefs you have about yourself and your career become very important
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Positivity, Your Identity and How It Relates to Filmmaking
August 22, 2014
Here is a way to boost your filmmaking by improving yourself and thinking more positively. It's time to master positivity!
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The P-Word And What Outcomes We Can Expect When Mastering The Business of Filmmaking
August 18, 2014
What kind of outcomes can you expect when beginning a journey towards improving your filmmaking and business?
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How To Close Clients Using Great Communication
August 2, 2014
If you want to close clients, you need to master communication. This is a post about how great communication is key to business success.
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The Right and Wrong Mindsets For Filmmaking And Business
July 24, 2014
This post examines some of the right and the wrong mindsets in filmmaking and business. Knowing these is so important if you want to take your skills to the…
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Media, Reality TV and It's Effect on Your Filmmaking and Business
July 17, 2014
An important thing to consider is the media and reality TV's hold over you. Are you taking in too much of there and becoming socially conditioned?
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9 of the Very Best Principles For Taking Your Filmmaking Skill To The Next Level
July 16, 2014
This is an article about the mindset of filmmaking and how it can help you, your business and your creative process. We talk about these principles and how they…
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Working With Clients – How To Deal With Clients As a Freelancer
July 14, 2014
When you start freelancing, one of the first things you'll need to get good at is working with clients. Learn how you can raise your client work game.
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6 Promotional Strategies To Get Your Local Community Talking About Your Film
July 11, 2014
If you want to get your film on the lips of everyone in your local area, then you need to know about these promotional strategies
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Control Your Emotions, Or They Will Control You
June 18, 2014
This is a short guide to controlling your emotions and getting the most out of those moments that you didn't expect you'd have.
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Becoming Outcome Independent In Your Filmmaking And Business
May 11, 2014
One of the keys to a great mindset with filmmaking and business is learning to become outcome independent.
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6 Steps To Get Your Hustle On: What It Means & How To Get It
May 9, 2014
I want to go through 6 steps to get your hustle on. As we know, hustle is an important part of success, so here are 6 steps to get your hustle going.
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Filmmaking and The Fear of Failure
May 3, 2014
We often hear about the fear of failure in business and success and not really know what it means. I hope this article clears that up.
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Charlie Hustle, Roger Federer And How To See Your Life As a Championship Game
April 17, 2014
Hustle is a really important part of filmmaking business success. This post shows you why and how to add this attribute to your life.
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How To Think The Right Way As a Filmmaker
April 12, 2014
It's important to think the right way as a filmmaker and business person. This is a guide on how to do just that.
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Body Language & Posture For Filmmakers
April 2, 2014
If you didn't realize that body language and posture is massively important for your filmmaking career, then you need to read this article.
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It's A Funny Old World...Make 'Em Laugh
March 14, 2014
One of the keys to being great at filmmaking (and life) is being easy to be around. Being funny and having a good sense of humor is a great way to achieve this.
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A Book About Tennis, A Rockstar Frame & How You Can Develop A Fearless Attitude
February 23, 2014
The key to big success in filmmaking and business is a strong frame. This article introduces the idea of a strong frame and how to succeed with it.
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Filmmaking and The Law of Abundance
February 18, 2014
The Law of Abundance is important. If you want to master business and filmmaking, you need to consider scarcity and how it relates to the Law of Abundance.
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Failure Is Just Feedback And Reframing
February 2, 2014
Failure isn't intact failure, it's actually feedback. This is one of the key understandings we need to make to improve our business and filmmaking success.
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Fitness For Filmmakers Part I: A Complete Guide To Filmmaking Fitness
January 12, 2014
The second in our series on fitness for filmmakers and video business owners.
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3 Great Techniques For Letting Go and Letting the Writing Flow
January 12, 2014
Here's an article that you instruct you on the how-to of starting to write and not stopping writing
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Should I Go To Film School? Part III
January 11, 2014
Are you thinking of going to film school? You need to read this article now!
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Health and Fitness For Filmmakers
January 11, 2014
Let's get your health and fitness in place so that you can dominate in your business and filmmaking life.
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Should I Go To Film School? Part II
January 10, 2014
Are you thinking about whether you should go to film school? You need to read this article now!
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How Michael Bay Got His Start in the Movie Industry
January 7, 2014
Many people wonder how blockbuster director Michael Bay got his start in the movie industry. This article tells you how he did
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How Shane Carruth Made Primer: A Look At Carruth's Early Career
January 5, 2014
The making of Primer is a true indie filmmaking story. This is Shane Carruth's story of the making of Primer
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Why You Should Give People Money In Order To Get Better With Filmmaking
June 15, 2013
Here's a strange concept - give other people money in order to get better at business? Does that make sense? Read on to find out.
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Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe: The Crazy Story Revealed
April 17, 2013
One of the most hilarious stories in filmmaking is the story of when Werner Herzog eats his shoe after a bet he made with Errol Morris
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El Principios - How Robert Rodriguez Got His Start
July 21, 2012
Robert Rodriguez is a true filmmaking legend. A man who went against all odds to make the film he wanted to make
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How To Make a Film Using the Dogme 95 Manifesto
May 17, 2012
The Dogme 95 movement is one of the most interesting movements in film history. Here's an article that tells you how to make a film in this style
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Herzog on the Obscenity of the Jungle
February 8, 2012
When Werner Herzog shot Fitzcarraldo, we embarked on one of the most difficult shoots in filmmaking history
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Francis Ford Coppola and His Apocalyptic Shoot
November 9, 2011
Francis Ford Coppola was involved in one of the most calamitous shoots in filmmaking history, which was chronicled in Hearts of Darkness
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Without Commitment, You Ain't Got Nothing
July 20, 2011
How you can get commitment and what it means to your filmmaking
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The Importance Of Travel
July 11, 2011
Let's learn about the importance of travel and how it affects your filmmaking. There are many benefits and it's very important to what you can achieve
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Why Do We Read So Much?
July 2, 2011
Why do we read so much is a question I often ask myself and I'm sure you have, too. There's a lot of information out there. Which information do you need?
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Become a Story Maker!
June 28, 2011
We all know it's important to become a good story teller if you want to be a good filmmaker. But how do we tell stories effectively?
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Why You Need To Start Now
June 27, 2011
Here's an inspirational quote on why you need to start now.
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Spike Lee's Gotta Have It: A Look At The Making Of The Film
June 24, 2011
Spike Lee is one of the greatest living filmmakers for a variety of reasons. Find out why inside
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Implementing Habits: How & Why To Use Habit [With Examples]
May 15, 2011
Why do you need to implement habits? This article tells you why and how it can benefit your filmmaking
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Why Using People's Names Helps Your Filmmaking
May 1, 2011
One of the biggest changes you can make in how you interact with people is to use their names
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Definitions of the Journey and Some Advice
March 8, 2011
We're all on a journey in our filmmaking lives. How does self-development point the way to your path for filmmaking success?
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Focus, Goals And Staying On The Path
February 2, 2011
How do you stay on path to filmmaking awesomeness? This is a discussion about focus, goals and staying on the path. It's all about the journey and successes
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