Wow, I’ve had two of the most incredible days ever. Such highs and lows. This is for you overwhelmed filmmakers out there: Take a deep breath, you got this.

I went straight to work in Alex Cox’s production office after that disastrous brush with classic Hollywood mania. I was glad.

It’s a simple, effective way to organize and communicate your ideas, and is an essential skill to have in the film business.

Below you’ll find two sample copyright assignments: 1) a basic all-purpose assignment; and 2) an assignment specifically for musicians playing on recordings.

Your dollars will go further and you might come up with something you’d never imagined, like a film about a one-eyed fish who paints chairs with shampoo.

If you are on a hobo filmmaker budget, here are some tips from someone who over-purchased the first time.

I did my drummer a huge favor, I had a blast doing it and it didn’t cost me anything.

In esteem for the nature of love this Valentine’s Day, I asked people to recall memories mixing love and theater.

People are too caught up with the quality of their image while forgetting the story it tells or the feelings it invokes.

From Edie Everette’s “I Am An Artist” series.

I downsized not because I’m grumpy about hauling gear, but because I learned over time that it doesn’t matter if the photography is perfect.

The more that you are actively working in your field — whether that means writing for magazines, playing music at clubs, hosting gallery events or building furniture for a hotel — the more you’ll find yourself needing to execute contracts with other businesses and people.

Generally, novelists and dramatists can get away with fictionalizing real life people and events without permission.

When you’re making money — even just scraps — from your creative work not as an employee of some other company, guess what: You’re running a business.