When being a first-time filmmaker there is nearly constant pressure to make your project ambitious as to stand out in the crowd. It has to be the most clever, the most interesting, and the most unique if it ever has a chance of being noticed by a studio. What that tends to lead to though [...]

A storytelling technique that has become increasingly more popular in the last few decades that is often used in artier films is breaking your film into sections or chapters. These can be used to show a simple passage of time or to give a thematic tone to the next scene, something for the audience to [...]