Money matters in indie film, but so do art, industry buzz, and patronage. Here’s how filmmakers can use them.

The average age of male romantic leads has hovered between 35 and 39 for most of the past eighty years. Female leads, by ...

How micro-budget horror films use creativity over cash to scare audiences, and why some of the most effective horror stories ...

Insights from studying almost two thousand real Hollywood assistant jobs, and how to position yourself as their ideal candidate.

Hollywood cash has fuelled a record-breaking recovery for UK film and TV production, but beneath the headline figures, ...

How a carefully balanced mix of creative risk-taking, financial discipline and audience-first thinking turned an indie studio into a cultural powerhouse.

This article is part of my ‘Big Ideas’ series, in which I explore the evolving landscape of the film industry. Each instalment will focus on one of the key shifts highlighted below, digging deeper ...

Studios and investors tend to reserve big budgets for films with broad mainstream appeal, and horror is no exception. That’s ...