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Re: Color Grading Central

John W. B osley — Tue, 10 Sep 2019 10:43:17 -0000

You have videos on darker skin tones and lighter skin tones. What about slight tan color skin tones like Hispanic? Where would those skin tones land in the vector scope?

Re: Color Grading Central

John W. B osley — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 10:53:49 -0000

How do you correct skin tones when a shot has multiple different skins tones from different talent in the shots? Like, 1 person has dark black skin tones, another his pale white skin tones, etc.

Re: Poll: Who won the Republican Debate? | Conservative Outfitters

John W. B osley — Thu, 14 Jan 2016 23:26:06 -0000

Rand Paul. He has actual discussions about subjects and brings up ideas and topics that the others won't. Everyone else just cares about one-liners and click-bait. #randrally

Re: 13 Ways to Cast A-List Actors in Microbudget Films

John W. B osley — Tue, 17 Feb 2015 11:07:55 -0000

Dan Mirvish thanks for the article. And I can attest to those who think you can't get a script to known talent that there are ways you just have to keep pushing and be really polite but persistent. Be willing to adjust your list to include actors you never thought of. Sometimes fate just puts in your path certain actors who were meant to be in your project that you couldn't have anticipatated. Keep connecting to people and make sure your script is worth reading and has something that actor/agent would want to read and be in. There are a lot of actors looking for work and less projects that Hollywood are producing per year. And also sometimes it's best to have your first couple projects staring unknown talent just to get something on your resume so that you don't look like a newbie who doesn't have a clue what they are doing. You may not make any money off those or get any distribution but it proves that you can finish a project from start to finish and tell a great story.

Re: FILM COURAGE SHARE & CONNECT BOARD (SEPTEMBER 2013)

John W. B osley — Wed, 25 Sep 2013 17:15:07 -0000

1st Ever Crowdfunding Campaign for an apacolyptic TV series. It's called AMNESIA. Starring Andrew Roth and Christina Rose. The story is about a man who wakes up in a post-apocalyptic world with amnesia and searches for the love of his life despite being pursued by a ruthless army. For more information and a chance to read the first 10 pages of the script go to our Kickstarter page: http://www.kickstarter.com/...

Re: CHOOSING ANOTHER ROAD TOWARDS DIRECTING

John W. B osley — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 09:33:02 -0000

Wow. You were given both the rose and the thorns. An opportunity to have the story told, just not you at the helm. As a writer-director I can see both the joy of seeing a dream starting to come to life for a script-to-screen and yet the loss of knowing you can't be the one to call "action".

I like the advice that Scott gave you. "if you have other scripts".... If this was your only one, then yes, hold onto it. But if you have many, many others the question ends up being whether it is worth sacrificing the one script you really love for the greater good of building your career.

The only thing I would be concerned is that the industry likes to make people a "cog in the machine". If someone is to go down this route, be very careful to remind people that you're not just a writer but a writer-director. You don't want to end up spending your entire life watching other people direct all your scripts.

Re: H8erz

John W. B osley — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 10:00:20 -0000

love the statement "It’s been said that one hates in others what one needs to change in oneself." Hard hitting but true.

Re: Success Feels Weird and Unreal, After So Much Failure

John W. B osley — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 22:15:02 -0000

Great blog post. I think when something like he is experiencing happens to anyone who has hacked it out for a long time they find themselves bewildered. It's not that they don't believe that they are good enough to have achieved that success, it's just that the ride is so hard that when it does happen it's a surprise. At least, that my two cents.

Re: FANDEPENDENT?

John W. B osley — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:27:46 -0000

Great post David. I agree with it so much I wish I wrote it. Fact is Indie is such a vague term. The only thing it really means is that it was funded independently from the studios which can mean just about anything. I didn't like the term several years ago because it didn't describe me. The movies that inspired me when I was growing up were stuff like Star Wars, The Princess Bride, Indiana Jones, etc, etc. Stuff that competes with the stories you read when your a child. I watch movies to escape. Go on an adventure. I don't want to see my boring life on the silver screen. Give me an event movie of some sort. Some people thought I was boasting when I termed myself as "revolutionary filmmaker" but it was the only thing I could come up with. I want to make Star Wars (to use the comparison) but as an indie. My point with the term "revolutionary" is that I am taking on the status quo, the standard of what people expect. I think there are alot of us out there that fit the definition. We all what to see how far we can "push the envelope", to borrow the term from test pilots.

We are a biz. If we weren't than we should have some sort of a non-profit status. We're not the Red Cross. We're filmmakers with stories to tell. Make the story, connect with fans, and sell the story.

And I agree with the calling card. That's how I treated AMNESIA at the end. Is it perfect? No. Was El Mariachi perfect? No. That was Rodriguez's calling card... and look he got a job making his movies!

If I'm going to make a statement about something it will be in reference to my work and it will also be in hopes that it inspires others to pursue their dreams as well. I think every underdog, every filmmaker who is fighting to make their mark needs to push to be even better.

Thanks for the post David

Re: Sundance’s YouTube experiment didn’t do so well

John W. B osley — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:47:45 -0000

I'd use it. The problem isn't YouTube. The problem is people's perceptions of YouTube. It's not the tool that is flawed but how people use the tool.

Re: Redbox: The Enemy of the Entertainment Industry? [STUDY]

John W. B osley — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 20:36:44 -0000

I never said that Redbox, Netflix, etc were the problem, but added to a much larger problem. I do believe the lack of originality and hanging their hopes on and old business model that dates back to pre-depression era is the real problem. But that fact is that as an indie filmmaker who had discussed the issue with many other indie filmmakers we're the ones right now that are feeling the effect... no Hollywood.

The reason why indies are effected is that the general population still believes that the only films worth paying money for are films with budgets that are 10M+ and the higher the number, generally the higher the implied value. There have been a few break out films in recent years, like Paranormal Activity, but then again PA would not have ever gained the recognition until Spielberg stepped in and suddenly everyone was talking about this film that Dreamworks/Paramount discovered.

I believe that Hollywood is like the Rome and it is imploding. I totally agree with that. And when "Rome" does fall, it will hit like wave and will effect many different parts of the business. Whenever a major industry has serious problems and starts to crumble it effects everyone. Great comparison is the Big 3 auto companies in Detroit. They hit rock bottom which effect dealerships across the country and MI is still at the highest unemployment in the US.

My point is that these changes will eventually benefit the indies, but not until there is an entirely new model. I've created my own for my next films. But all the indies are being effected. Investors are holding back because they're looking at Hollywood's woes and assuming the indies won't do any better.

For those who claim there is no more originality I would challenge you to watch more Indies. That is where the art is in the US film biz. And the Indies in the US have basically been shut out by Hollywood in any form or recognition at the Awards ceremonies, etc. To them, we don't exist and Americans vastly following what they hear about on the news, in ads, etc. Indies typically can't afford advertising.

Re: Paramount to start micro-budget film division

John W. B osley — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:34:40 -0000

LOL "hill instead of mountain" for logo.

Truth is that many indies would be willing at this point to get funding in any form from almost anyone as long and the majority of their story didn't change. Paramount obviously has realized that the old school ways of doing things may not be working as well as they thought, or maybe they are looking for some new blood in the mix to change things up and draw more people back to the theaters. Either way, I'm game for this. I have a few things I could throw around.

Re: Not the Sincerest Form of Flattery

John W. B osley — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 09:37:29 -0000

filmmakers have it almost worst. You sell your DVD, then some jerk bit torrents it, then the guys have it floating all over piratebay.com. The guys on piratebay.com post comments that they basically have a "right" to pirate stuff and if anyone sues them they'll just counter-sue. It's rediculous. It's like there has now been this attitude that stealing people's stuff is now acceptable. We the content creators need to stand up for each other or no one will ever get paid or even get credit for any of their work any more. Internt will just become a den of robbers.

Re: Redbox: The Enemy of the Entertainment Industry? [STUDY]

John W. B osley — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:18:56 -0000

I agree with the LAEDC but I include downloads, pirates and netflix, indieflix into the mix. The "walmart-ing" of the film business won't just hurt the studios but is having a disastorous effect on the indie film business. It's all in the mind set. You value something but the amount of money you contribute to it. Implied value. Just think about it. If you can rent a 100 million dollar blockbuster for $1 and then pirate it and give it to all your friends than what would you pay to rent and indie $1 million dollar movie? Nothing.

What would you do if suddenly there were no NEW movies anymore? What if Redbox, Netflix, the pirates, downloads, etc killed the business model for investors and studios to get behind new films? There would be no more NEW films. Are you prepared for 2010 to be the year that the film biz died?

Re: “amnesia”

John W. B osley — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:43:29 -0000

You're right with the music. The styles was a blend of "The Planet of the Apes" (1968) and "The Last of the Mohicans" (1993). But that's because the Planet of the Apes was one of the biggest influences on the film. If you watch Planet of the Apes right after AMNESIA you'll see alot of comparisons.

What most people don't know abou the film is that about half of the sky in the film were blue skies... changed in post.

Re: STATS: Has Twitter Flatlined Just Short of Mainstream?

John W. B osley — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:43:15 -0000

IT slowed because back in April or May they chose to go pro-celeb with Oprah and @aplusk. They needed to be pro-"average tweep". They needed to explain "why I should use the service". The people who don't join Twitter say "why do I want to follow a celebrity?" I state, "it's not about following celebrities but conversing with ordinary people". And that's the problem. Many people in the first 1- 1 1/2 went on to connect with biz people, friends, promote their small biz, look for work... but now? Many find they're not reaching their goals, or are being spammed, or are finding their connections not on twitter as much as they use to. The new grew to join twitter "celeb followers" figure out quickly they have little purpose to be on twitter and then just leave their account vacant. I'm also starting to wonder if people became "twitter exhausted".

Re: People To Follow In Film [October]

John W. B osley — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:39:02 -0000

cool. I'm on the list. Thanks guys!

Re: Counting Down to The Premiere of Crooked Lane

John W. B osley — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:34:44 -0000

Love the blog. Great job and everyone is able to really connect with what you guys did with the film. It's a very intriguing story and it's based in New England which I am bias to. Hope to hear great news about reactions at NHFF.