Filmmaking Tips for the Independent Filmmaker https://actioncutprint.com Actors, Singers and Athletes Have Private Coaches. So Why Not Film Directors? Tue, 14 Jan 2025 03:13:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 131785601 “The Importance of Script and Scene Analysis for Every Director on Every Film” https://actioncutprint.com/filmmaking-books/download-the-importance-of-script-and-scene-analysis-for-every-director-on-every-film/ https://actioncutprint.com/filmmaking-books/download-the-importance-of-script-and-scene-analysis-for-every-director-on-every-film/#respond Fri, 03 Jan 2025 11:41:17 +0000 https://actioncutprint.com/?p=9702 To get the free 55 page ebook “The Importance of Script and Scene Analysis for Every Director on Every Film”, please email me at: directingcoach@actioncutprint.com with “55F” in the subject line. Thank you.    

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]]> https://actioncutprint.com/filmmaking-books/download-the-importance-of-script-and-scene-analysis-for-every-director-on-every-film/feed/ 0 9702 MASTERING THE ART AND CRAFT OF DIRECTING https://actioncutprint.com/film-directing-tips-posts/mastering-the-art-and-craft-of-directing-25-ebooks/ https://actioncutprint.com/film-directing-tips-posts/mastering-the-art-and-craft-of-directing-25-ebooks/#respond Thu, 19 Dec 2024 21:27:34 +0000 https://actioncutprint.com/?p=9682 MASTERING THE ART AND CRAFT OF DIRECTING A Masterclass Series of Film Directing Tips, Tools and Trade Secrets For Anyone Sitting in the Directors Chair The information in this series of 25 (e)books is based on my 20 years of experience as a television drama series Director and feature film First Assistant Director, as well […]

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]]> https://actioncutprint.com/film-directing-tips-posts/mastering-the-art-and-craft-of-directing-25-ebooks/feed/ 0 9682 ActionCutPrint is a Professional Film Directing Resource for Independent (Indie) Filmmakers – since 1999! https://actioncutprint.com/featured/filmmakingcareer/ https://actioncutprint.com/featured/filmmakingcareer/#respond Thu, 19 Dec 2024 20:58:54 +0000 http://actioncutprint.com/sitedev/?p=1 Hi, I’m Peter D. Marshall and I’ve worked (and survived) in the Film and TV industry for over 50 years: as a Film Director, Television Producer, First Assistant Director and Creative Consultant. (See IMDb Credits.) In 1999, I started ActionCutPrint as a film directing resource for Independent Filmmakers featuring online movie making courses, film directing […]

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]]> https://actioncutprint.com/featured/filmmakingcareer/feed/ 0 4 My film directing book was named one of the best Movie Directing books! https://actioncutprint.com/uncategorized/making-the-magic-happen-was-named-one-of-the-best-movie-directing-books/ https://actioncutprint.com/uncategorized/making-the-magic-happen-was-named-one-of-the-best-movie-directing-books/#respond Wed, 05 May 2021 08:28:43 +0000 https://actioncutprint.com/?p=9372 Wow, so honored! I just found out that my book “MAKING THE MAGIC HAPPEN” was named one of the best Movie Directing books of all time by BookAuthority! https://bookauthority.org/books/best-movie-directing-books

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]]> https://actioncutprint.com/uncategorized/making-the-magic-happen-was-named-one-of-the-best-movie-directing-books/feed/ 0 9372 Character Analysis – Part Two https://actioncutprint.com/filmmaking-articles/character-analysis-part-two/ https://actioncutprint.com/filmmaking-articles/character-analysis-part-two/#respond Sat, 21 Nov 2020 01:46:24 +0000 https://actioncutprint.com/?p=9337 Character Archetypes and Their Functions Psychiatrist Carl Jung believed that universal, mythic characters called Archetypes reside within the collective unconscious of people all over the world (no matter which culture or time period they were born into) and that these Archetypes represent the basic themes of our experience which result in deep emotional responses. In […]

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]]> https://actioncutprint.com/filmmaking-articles/character-analysis-part-two/feed/ 0 9337 Directing the Film Actor Online Coaching Program https://actioncutprint.com/directing-the-film-actor/directing-the-film-actor-online-coaching-program-updates/ https://actioncutprint.com/directing-the-film-actor/directing-the-film-actor-online-coaching-program-updates/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2020 08:22:51 +0000 https://actioncutprint.com/?p=9325 https://actioncutprint.com/directing-the-film-actor/directing-the-film-actor-online-coaching-program-updates/feed/ 1 9325 Test1Webinar https://actioncutprint.com/uncategorized/test1webinar/ https://actioncutprint.com/uncategorized/test1webinar/#respond Tue, 11 Aug 2020 10:29:51 +0000 https://actioncutprint.com/?p=9307 https://actioncutprint.com/uncategorized/test1webinar/feed/ 0 9307 Film Directing Tip of the Day https://actioncutprint.com/featured/film-directing-tip-of-the-day/ https://actioncutprint.com/featured/film-directing-tip-of-the-day/#respond Sun, 09 Aug 2020 05:00:25 +0000 https://actioncutprint.com/?p=9300 https://actioncutprint.com/featured/film-directing-tip-of-the-day/feed/ 0 9300 SURVEY: DIRECTING THE FILM ACTOR https://actioncutprint.com/filmmaking-articles/survey-directing-the-film-actor/ https://actioncutprint.com/filmmaking-articles/survey-directing-the-film-actor/#respond Tue, 04 Aug 2020 06:39:59 +0000 https://actioncutprint.com/?p=9291 Has this ever happened to YOU on the set? You’ve just finished take one and now you are giving directing notes to your actors. They listen intently. They smile and nod their heads. They say “Okay.” So you role the camera again for take two and… they didn’t incorporate your notes into their performance!!! Now […]

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]]> https://actioncutprint.com/filmmaking-articles/survey-directing-the-film-actor/feed/ 0 9291 Character Analysis – Part One https://actioncutprint.com/filmmaking-articles/character-analysis-part-one/ https://actioncutprint.com/filmmaking-articles/character-analysis-part-one/#respond Fri, 24 Jul 2020 19:02:56 +0000 https://actioncutprint.com/?p=9281 Character Breakdown List After reading the script, making notes about the story structure and doing your scene-by-scene analysis, the next part of the Director’s preproduction homework is figuring out the development and objectives of the characters through detailed Character Analysis. To find the “heartbeat” of any script, a director needs to understand the “subworld” of […]

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