Dov siemens biography definition

But the key and micro budget filmmaking is not the camera. It's the microphone. Make sure the audio is great. Everybody wants to read about a new camera and then read about a new app with a new lens. It's the audio I don't care how great the script is and how great the acting and how great the props and great the wardrobe and great this and great that if the audio is mediocre report stinks.

Yeah, though anyway. Alex Ferrari They'll forgive us. They'll forgive a bad picture way before the if you get bad audio. Dov Simens Yep. What if the audio is poor? Nobody cares. Nobody will listen to it. Nobody will hear it. That's it. So the four budget she got him Alex, I got a good I got a medium, low and micro. And where your audience should be focusing on is think micro and may be low.

But don't make a short to demonstrate your talent that's going backwards when you're an adult. Find your cinematographer where you live. That's a real cinematographer. He will have or she will have an eight to 10 minute demo reel. You're going to use that demo reel to demonstrate your talent. Your talent was Look, look who I'm hiring. Look what he or she does.

When you make your own short it's going to look worse than the demo reel of that cinematographer. How about that one? Alex Ferrari So um, can you share some of some of the Hollywood Big lies. I know a lot of a lot of filmmakers are completely bewildered by the magic of Hollywood where some just a couple of the big lies that that you've talked about.

Dov Simens I love all those people saying, we're looking for talent. No, we're not. We're looking for money. And we're looking for marketable names. But if you if you think anybody out there, Thanks for looking for talent, get on a plane, fly to LA, rent a car, drive over to Paramount, go to the gate guard. And when he says hello, who are you say, I'm talent?

I'm here. Who do I see? I heard on television, you're looking for talent? Please tell them I'm here. Alex Ferrari That's awesome. That is truly one of the big lies, no question about it. Dov Simens And the next one is, the budget is and they tell you the budget. It really it's not your business and stop asking people what's the budget, it's not your business.

And when they tell you a number, it's going to be massively inflated to create a higher perceived value. Alex Ferrari Or lower or the it's either the most expensive of the all time or the genes. Dov Simens That drive it up or drive it down. But the drive down doesn't work anymore. Now that we got iPhones tangerine, what what's the budget of your feature film?

That's been used too many times already. Dov Simens Can you know that? No other Hollywood lie. We're looking for great scripts. Go to the movies. Yeah, go look at Batman, Superman. Iron Man, pizza man, burger, man. Are those great scripts? I'm not yelling at you. No, I've seen I believe. Yeah, I'm familiar with your style of teaching, sir.

Alex Ferrari Sorry. Um, is there any any advice you could give young filmmakers about publicity for their film for their first film? Dov Simens It's a new dov siemens biography definition for me. I'm not that educated with social media. But yes, you got it. You got to make your first feature film. Got it? And yes, get some sort of poster, a billboard.

But you're not going to print it and put it out on street corners. And now let's see how you do YouTube. Let's see what you do on a campaign and make something called viral. Let's see how you get a curiosity factor. Let's see how you do Twitter. This is the new world. I'm I know this world exists. It's not a gimmick. It is the real world. But I can't teach it.

Because I'm not savvy enough. I always hear Yes, it's very important, especially when you're micro budget, ultra low budget, no budget. And we have all these on demand pride forms from the who's from the Netflix from the distributors, from the indie flicks from the snagfilms, etc. All right, want to pay to see it? But you can make profits now, you can make profit.

But the key is what you said that I can't fake it. I don't know how to teach how to get the dov siemens biography definition out within social media. I know the phrases Facebook, I know you too. I know social media. I know Twitter, but I'm not savvy enough of how to create campaigns forum. So I got to drive traffic to it right. So I know how to do a blog and how to send that out and how to get the blog on to every Facebook group.

I've got Facebook groups I put it on. Then I'm on LinkedIn groups, they only allow you 40 decide put it there. Then I know how to do spot ads sponsored links on Facebook, and Google and by keywords and targeted properly. So my average click to my website cost me 28 cents, not bad. I make a profit. But I think I can be more efficient at it.

But that's what I'm doing.

Dov siemens biography definition

I think I just gave a class by the way to your listeners. Alex Ferrari Yeah, that's kind of like where I'm that's my specialty is that kind of creating landing pages and optimizing sites for SEO and all that kind of stuff. That's kind of where I came from. I actually came from post production originally. And I still do post production for last 20 years.

And that's how I made that's how I make my living as post production and directing commercials and music videos. But then I started getting into. Dov Simens I wanna stop right now, the nonstop, I want to applaud you. I think number one, if you understand picture editing, and post production, oh yeah, then if anybody out there is looking for director, Alex is the person to hire, I appreciate not hire a stage director that knows how to talk to human beings actors.

I'm not saying that's not important. We want to hire somebody that knows, has learned from seeing how other directors screwed up. And editors are always they don't tell anybody, but they always save the film. Alex Ferrari That's absolutely absolutely true. Absolutely true. And now, color and editorial. Dov Simens Knows how to what the basic is of get a master get to over the shoulder medium shots, where is the B roll, the cutter, roll roll, or the close up, or the sometimes they call it the cat in the window shots to close ups.

So Alex understands that. And he also understands the mechanical making of the film, which is post production, what the steps are, which are so important. And let's go back, I add that thing. Dov Simens I'm not blowing smoke, you're not giving me any money. I know, I know buddy up there. Alex knows how to direct. Now you guys come up with 50, orAnd I'm there, get the great script and call him up and he'll get it done for that money.

Alex Ferrari Actually being in post production for so long and delivering full deliverables all the way through distribution, international distribution, everything. I've seen how the process runs and post production and seeing the soft underbelly of independent film doing this. And it's true, the whole movie is saved in in post production, either today.

Dov Simens I'm going to tell all your listeners right now. You want to break in you want to be rich and famous. Okay, here's what you do. Make the first movie virtual reality there. Who's doing and nevermind, Oculus Rift, that's by far the best. Go for the cheap one. Go with the Samsung and the cardboard glasses. But do it in virtual reality who's doing the first movie?

And the key is audio? Alex Ferrari Interesting. I have to do some more research on on the virtual reality. Alex Ferrari So I dov siemens biography definition have a couple more questions for you. Why do you think the two day film school has been so popular all these years? I mean, it's been around since the 80s correct? So the 90s guy. So it's been successful because then there was such a void.

Yeah, for film education for adults and professionals. Now, there are so many people doing their variations and very many of them are very good at it also. I've just been around long. I have the straight experience. I have a little bit of an unusual personality. And I've learned that sound bites that people can understand. And I'm still an entrepreneur, and I still I truly love movies bore me the movie business It's it's fascinating fascinates me.

And it's still business. And I teach everybody who's out there is thinking art, and it is an art form. But I teach the business of making the art and the business of selling the art. And I think that sustains with my personality that delivers the product properly. And I stay abreast I can explain product placement revenues, now, I can find the government programs be a tax credits, tax credits, reforms, rebates, which ones to go with and where the money is in what states have it, then I can explain how to start tapping China, China is this pound gorilla that is not going to go away.

And it's just getting bigger and bigger, and etc, etc. So I stay abreast I stay abreast of which right now virtual reality of how to make movies and virtual ramps, yes, everybody's thinking virtual reality gaming, it's absolutely perfect for it. And yes, there's going to be virtual reality for put something on a telescope and put it in outer space.

But the key for us is virtual reality and movies. And the key is figuring out sound. The cameras are there with the 16 little you know, there's 16, little GoPros and little segments around the camera 32 of them, right? The key ID by normal sound, and how to come up with a script in real time with by normal sound that has 10 people in a room.

And when your eyes go to one person talking, you can also hear that one person talk. Alex Ferrari Yeah, that is that's a challenge. It's a challenge at first to do it. Dov Simens Let's have one of your community do it. Like somebody a year ago, Jason Blum is that contemporary genius. He funded a couple people with a couple of iPhones. And that was tangerine.

The next story is not going to be making movies with iPhones. It's been done and keep doing. It's now the next virtual reality movie. Alex Ferrari Vertical. One more question. What is the future for independent filmmakers? And the changing industry? Like it's changed so much in the last 10 years? What do you see it going forward? Dov Simens There are two, two industries.

There's the studio system, as long as the family stays together. On the weekend, kids got to get out of the house, where they're going to go, the cheapest form of entertainment will always be movies. I don't know what a movie theater is going to look like 20 years now. But kids are always going to have to get out of the house. And movies compared to live theater.

Music, concerts, and sporting events are the cheapest form of entertainment. So movies, movie theaters will always be there. Plus, by the way, kids, as parents come weekends want to get away from us spoiled little breaths. And the cheapest form of entertainment is the movie theater. And the more. So I believe movie theaters and malls will always be there.

So I don't accept everything has changed. I will argue that forever. What I go is there's a new media, the social media, and the iPads and the on demand. That's a new revenue stream. I go it's a golden era, there's you can make something and hope to get into the theatrical demographics, that becomes a movie and then cash in from the other revenue streams.

Or you can go for something directly for the on demand platforms and know how to get the word out specifically within the social media. And the community. As you mentioned, Alex, that you build up. So the old world is still there. It's not going anywhere. And it got bigger because of China. And there is a new world that it's not replacing the old world.

It's an addition to kind of like. Alex Ferrari Rome, Rome, okay. Yeah, Rome still has the ancient buildings lying around but there's very modern in many ways. So it's not replaced that completely but they live hand in hand. Dov Simens Now let's start though here's my formula in on my I did a blog yesterday on it. I posted it today.

Get your opening total credit. Get it out there. It makes money, then the studios will line up to give you mil. But you got to start with I don't think so. Alex Ferrari Make sure I'm sorry. I'm losing your job. Can you make sure your connections in? Dov Simens Oh, I put the mic down? Am I better now? Yeah, you're there you better?

No, it was me putting it across my body. I've got the microphone and covered it up. And how do you get 20,? You get a job? You save money? Do not go to NYU film school? Are they great if your parents have a billion dollars in equity? If not, it's not worth it. Take your money, go make a micro budget fee, taking money and learn screenwriting.

Learn how to tell the amazing story that takes place in one room. And now we'll see how much talent you really have. And my it's just my heart torquing I believe that product will get out there and can make it for You'll probably make your money back. And now you started to get a game plan a business plan. Start at the bottom start at the bottom. My Alex do a little commercial.

Alex Ferrari Yeah, I was actually just that was the next dov siemens biography definition. I'm like so where can Where can we find the two day film school? Dov Simens So there's a very good and quick My website is webfilmschool. Can you hear me out? Dov Simens Thank you very much. It's It's 16 DVDs, 30 lessons, budgeting, scheduling screen or interacting cinematography, lighting, etc, marketing, distributing, and also I do my two day class three times a year in New York three times a year in LA, but I'm doing it four times in China four times in Australia, Croatia, and a couple other nations.

So web film school. And I believe though with my weird personality, I get you focused and give you the straight information. But what I can't teach is talent. It's so important. I don't know how to teach it. I know how to give you the nuts and bolts. I know how to demystify this mysterious industry. So you go, Oh, I know what to do.

But you've got to do it dov siemens biography definition a work ethic. And you've got to do it with something I don't know how to teach talent. I know it after I see it. I wish all of your community the best. I recommend to get your 90 paid one location stage play and start with a micro budget one dov siemens biography definition feature film one week feature God bless.

Happy filmmaking. Alex Ferrari God thank you so much for being on the show. And guys please Go on. Go to web film school comm it is awesome. I highly highly recommend it. I've been actually promoting it on indie film hustle since we launched indie film hustle doesn't give me a dime for that I do it just because I love him and I love I love the kind of work that and the information is there and it's so in your face and exactly what you need to hear and there's no BS there's no romanticizing which a lot of people do.

He gets straight to the point and tells you exactly what you need to do to make a movie. And like he says he can't teach a talent but he teach you how to make it. So definitely head over there. So thank you again so much for for coming on the show. We really appreciate it. Dov Simens You're welcome and All you out there you got 20,the Great's grip and want to hire a director out so get it done but if you paying them nickel dime money he better have an equity in it.

If he loves the script, God bless happy filmmaking everybody. Alex Ferrari So that was Dov Simens guys. I hope you guys enjoyed it. I know I did. It was a big treat talking to Dov. He is as as you can tell a master at what he does. He's one of the first guys actually the first guy if I'm not mistaken in the in the game of teaching filmmakers, independent filmmakers outside of film schools.

So I really am a big fan of his and big fan of what he does. So you guys got to go check out what film school comm where you can find his course, I would definitely take his course, if you're going to be a filmmaker, it is awesome. It teaches you It really is a two day film school. Like you come out of there and you use that you really feel that you have a good grasp of how to make a movie.

Technically, not the creative, not the cameras, not any of that stuff. But actually the nuts and bolts of making a movie. So definitely go check them out. And thanks again to Dov for being on the show. Now if you want to get my six secrets to get into film festivals for cheaper free, head on over to film festival tips. I'll show you how I got into over Film Festivals for cheap or free and I only paid for a fraction of them.

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Dov Simens Alex, thank you. You're welcome. Very much. So let's carry on. Dov Simens One, it's a business to get it done. Don't make it great. Alex Ferrari That's it. That's nice. Now that movie business has changed a bit as far as distributors It's gotten better and better with social media and on demand and all these platforms.

I'll call it be your own distributor through the internet Alex Ferrari Now and do you suggest that filmmakers build their communities to be able to sell like build a community to be able to sell directly to them? But you're not going to sell your film at a Alex Ferrari Very, very true I've gone through many festivals myself, and I've seen a lot of filmmakers go to hundreds of festivals.

And now back to the show Dov Simens Is a million dollars just under five to 7 million Absolutely. Alex Ferrari Oh, yeah, yeah, exactly. Yeah, though anyway, Alex Ferrari They'll forgive us. Alex Ferrari That's very good. That's actually really good advice. Dov Simens Thank you. Dov Simens But the biggest lie is we're looking for talent.

Alex Ferrari They've got all the talent. Alex Ferrari Or lower or the it's either the most expensive of the all time or the genes Dov Simens That drive it up or drive it down. Alex Ferrari That's Yeah, it's been it's been beaten. It's been beaten up a bit. Dov Simens Carry on. Next question. But then I started getting into Dov Simens I wanna stop right now, the nonstop, I want to applaud you.

And now, color and editorial Dov Simens Knows how to what the basic is of get a master get to over the shoulder medium shots, where is the B roll, the cutter, roll roll, or the close up, or the sometimes they call it the cat in the window shots to close ups. Alex Ferrari I appreciate that, that that Dov Simens I'm not blowing smoke, you're not giving me any money.

And it's true, the whole movie is saved in in post production, either today, Dov Simens I'm going to tell all your listeners right now. Dov Simens Do it. Yeah, don't do research thing. You're too late. It's an addition to kind of like Alex Ferrari Rome, Rome, okay. Alex Ferrari Not, not at the moment, sir. Dov Simens How do you get 20 million?

You make the 2 million? Alex Ferrari How do you get your I lost you there? The so okay. Alex Ferrari Yeah, I'm perfectly fine. It's perfectly fine Dov Simens Thank you very much. Happy filmmaking Alex Ferrari God thank you so much for being on the show. Scroll back to top. Sign up to receive email updates Enter your name and email address below and I'll send you periodic updates about the podcast.

I raise the issue early in the book that data is hard to come by and accurate data is nearly impossible to come by. Dov reviews one of the key reasons why this is the case. If you have a SK. Exaggerating your budget, like stunt casting and drafting, is something that everybody does - even the biggest names. Are you kidding, you could buy a country for that amount.

Everybody exaggerates their budgets. Festivals, publicists, etc. In his course, he breaks down exactly how you make the film for this small budget. He gives the highlights to me. How much do you have for acting? You might have enough for either a 2 weeks shoot with no stunts or special effects. Or, if you have SK filming budget, you might have enough for an day shoot.

With a page script, you will be able to do five pages per day with three takes per scene. If this is going to be a first film with such a tiny budget, you will almost certainly have to be a single-location film - like Clerks, Rope, Saw, 12 Angry Men, Burial, Phonebooth, or any Roger Corman Beach Blanket movie. This is like a stage play on camera, he says.

Your audience can see these people for free every day on TV. No one wants them in your movie. Dov is also aware of the current dynamics for film finance. He says that with streaming now, you should be able to recoup a SK from a micro-budget film, on a first film. But not more than that. Hopefully, these are the same high-priced publicists working with top films getting into Sundance, Telluride, Cannes, Berlin, etc.

These publicists are paid well because they ought to know the top programming directors at festivals.