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Filmmaking Fallacies We All Need to Put to Bed

There are a lot of misconceptions about filmmaking that can make life hell when you’re first starting out. Filmmaking as a newbie looks and feels much different than it does when you have some experience under your belt. The years of making do with less time, money, and resources… The surefire plans that crumble right…

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Filmmaking Fallacies We All Need to Put to Bed

There are a lot of misconceptions about filmmaking that can make life hell when you’re first starting out.

Filmmaking as a newbie looks and feels much different than it does when you have some experience under your belt.

The years of making do with less time, money, and resources…

The surefire plans that crumble right when you arrive on set…

The questionable sums you get after adding A to B and not getting C…

All of these things and more give you a clearer picture not only of what filmmaking actually is but what it could’ve been when you first started out.

So, let’s go over some common misconceptions beginners have about making movies so we can spend time forging paths rather than backtracking through them.

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