Film Class
In this class, you'll learn how to craft a compelling and professional document to present your film project to investors. I share the tools for making a Film Proposal that has helped me finance twelve feature films.
Industry Tips
My tips and thoughts on how to get a manager are as follows. Put your electric pickup truck in rear gear and stack it with a grain of salt.
Dear Film Students, the next Free Film Seminar will take place on the 10th of December 2022. The Seminar is free and open for all subscribers (free and paid) of this website. To register, please find the Zoom link at the bottom of this page. In this seminar, I will
Writing Tools
I've often wondered how best to explain to myself how to write a book in a visual simplicity. And then I can across this nifty little drawing from the book: "Show Your Work," by Austin Kleon. Over the last few years, I've been focusing
Writing Tools
The technique that is used here is a form of clean language, that is, you use a form of neutral questions with yourself to dissolve creative obstacles. The most important thing here is to avoid judgment or shaming and have a calm conversation with yourself.
Writing Blog
I'm stuck in my car and I've managed to remove the seatbelt. My mind attempts to invite my body to get out of the vehicle. I've not been in an accident and my car isn't upside down. I'm parked outside a supermarket in my home city of Reykjavik, Iceland.
Documentary
Olaf de Fleur’s new documentary is an intimate, endearing portrait of a man who tries to reclaim his life after 20 years of incarceration
Writing
I was about to go into a writing session just now and I thought it would be an excellent idea write a bit about it before I start. The shadow side of me suspects that this is a camouflaged procrastination, but in all honesty, most things can be defined as
Creative Gadgets
My mother used to knit like there was no tomorrow. There was always something peaceful and harmonious about watching her click the pins through the wool.
Documentary
Our documentary King of the Butterflies has been nominated for best documentary competition at the Nordisk Panorama Film Festival.
Writing Blog
Dear students, I hope you're having a good summer. This summer, I decided to take a little break from teaching and have been working on a novel that I've been breadcrumbing, inch by inch, over the last few years. I'd been writing a chapter
Writing
If you sting, you die. If you make honey, you nurture. That is if you're a bee. I sometimes think about being a beekeeper and find it a helpful metaphor for writing. I have to go slow not to get stung by the inner critic.
Interview
Beverly Tañedo is not one of many things if one at all. She writes, takes photos, and makes films while focusing on slow living in sunny Cebu, Philippines. I got to know Beverly when I was working on my film Queen Raquela back in 2006 in the Philippines. She recently
Film Class
In "Indie Filmmaking: Transform Your Idea Into Video" - You will learn how to develop, write, produce, film and edit a short video out of your original idea.
Film Seminar
Sometimes, we end up somewhere we didn’t plan on being. But, once we arrive, we realize it's what we were looking for. I was only a few days into a trial month of Skillshare, browsing and searching through the myriad of classes, when I came across Olaf&
Olaf's Blog
I'm not sure why I'm writing this. I don't need to know actually. But my hands are writing. They're not alone. With them are my past, present and forecasted future. Past rides up front, to 18th September 1999. I wasn't