Posted on October 31, 2008Tape A Music Show Like A Indie Filmmaker
Filmmaker Sid Kali shares tips on taping a live music show for music artists that don't have the luxury of hiring a professional camera crew.
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Posted on December 8, 2007Gangster Movies Past & Present
Gangster movies have been showing the dark and seedy side of life to viewers for years. The stories have tough characters hardened by a life of crime. Violence and murder are the most commonly used tools to gain respect, power, and money. Gangster...
Posted on April 1, 2006Writing Hot Scripts You Can Shoot Indie Style By Filmmaker Sid Kali
I am addicted to screenwriting. I am a self-confessed junkie to the craft of storytelling. It feels pretty good to have stopped training to fight and gotten my nose bloody making two independent films. Will I ever write scripts with no budget in mind...
Posted on August 12, 2007Directing Urban Movies For The DVD Market
Focus on learning what a director does and has to deal with during a movie shoot. You don't want to be all style and no substance. Craig Brewer, Charles Dutton, Damon Dash, Sid Kali, Hype Williams, John Singleton, The Hughes Brothers, The Crook...
Posted on July 18, 2007Urban Movies Continue To Rise
Some talented film directors behind this urban movement are Charles Dutton, Damon Dash, Sid Kali, Hype Williams, John Singleton, Dale Stelly, Mike O'Dea and Quentin Tarantino.
Posted on June 29, 2007Shooting Urban Movies Sid Kali
Who is Sid Kali? I've written, directed, and produced two full-length urban features, CONSIGNMENT and IN WITH THIEVES, plus have a third feature in production titled STASH SPOT. Some people feel that when you attach the word urban to an...
Posted on June 29, 2007Producing Urban Movies By Sid Kali
Who is Sid Kali? I've written, directed, and produced two full-length urban features, CONSIGNMENT and IN WITH THIEVES, plus have a third feature in production titled STASH SPOT.
Posted on June 17, 2007Directing Movies
Please put away any initial thoughts of the way you think a real movie director should sound and act doing their job. It's tough not to want to emulate directors you respect both in style and attitude.
Posted on June 17, 2007Making Urban Movies
Many talented filmmakers are changing that thought by putting out high quality urban movies made on indie budgets. The diversity of the urban genre continues to grow because the storylines are connecting with a larger audience by going beyond what...
Posted on April 5, 2007Finding Music For Your Independent Movie Soundtrack
A majority of indie filmmakers, myself included, do not have the flush production budgets to hire a well known music supervisor or professional composer to score their movie. Let alone can we afford to license or pay royalties to top musicians to use...
Posted on April 5, 2007A Hot Live Show + Good Camera Work = A Killer Promo Video
An awesome way to make your CD submission stand out and get noticed is to include some footage of you performing live. I guarantee it will make you more appealing to record labels as an artist. Music videos are a different animal all together, but in...
Posted on April 5, 2007See Dick Try To Make A Movie. See Dick Fail. Don't Be A Dick
When I set out to make CONSIGNMENT a gripping urban feature that delivers a powerful story. I heard all the cautionary tales about how some movies die horrible deaths at different stages of production. Some before they got off the ground, others fall...
