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Get Great Audio For Your Unscripted Project On Any Budget
Audio pro Brett Ulery shares tips & tricks for getting great audio on any budget. Plus the $32 secret audio weapon that shaped our careers. Get great sound.
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Making TV With Adobe Premiere
Adobe Premiere -- is it Reality TV Ready? We think so. Here's why we moved our company to Adobe Premiere. The results show on national TV next week.
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Cinematic Storytelling with Reenactments
Reenactments in film, TV, & documentaries can be spectacular or cheesey, loved or loathed, & often controversial. Here are tips on how to make them great.
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How We Sold Our New TV Show: Step by Step
Snapped: She Made Me Do It is our new TV series coming to Oxygen. Today, we tell you, step by step, how we went from idea to green-lit TV series.
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Choosing An Entertainment Attorney
Choosing an entertainment attorney? How much will an entertainment attorney charge you? How can you be sure to pick the right entertainment lawyer?
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Should You Film Your Own TV Pilot? Pros & Cons
Want to make your own TV pilot? Should you? Best reasons to film your own TV pilot, & best reasons NOT to film your own pilot. Plus real world pilot advice.
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3 Secrets: Asking Questions In Hollywood (Without Sounding Stupid)
Is there any such thing as a dumb question? YES. Use these three secrets to to start asking questions and you won't waste time and look clueless!
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Pro Tip: Awesome Beginnings
Editing any kind of tape, ever? Get your beginning right, or viewers will never make it to the end. Here are a few rules we live by...
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Pitch TV Series NOT Profile Pieces
Want to pitch TV series to production companies and networks? It's crucial to grasp the difference between TV shows and profile pieces. Here's you go...
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3 Steps: Pitch Cinematic Re-Creation TV Shows
Want to pitch a crime show? The next Drunk History? Any kind of TV series that involves shooting re-creations? Pitch re-creation shows with these 3 steps.
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Style Guides for Reality TV: A How To
Getting ready to make a Reality TV show? Here's how to create style guides that excite networks and studios, plus 3 real world examples from real TV series.
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Selling Reality TV: Your Questions Answered.
Can you work on the shows you pitch? How much will you make? Who owns the shows you pitch? What if you live outside the USA? These answers and so much more.
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3 Steps to Win the Hollywood Numbers Game
Hollywood is a numbers game. Here's how to play it, enjoy it, and win. Pitching TV shows? Screenplays? Films? Learn how to keep your sanity and happiness.
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Soft Pitch Blueprint: Beyond Ideas for Reality TV Pitch Success
A reality TV soft pitch versus a simple idea. Learn to soft pitch, when to do it, & who NOT to soft pitch when pitching shows. Avoid "ideas" at all costs.
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Check Out Our Make Reality TV Podcast
Joke and Biagio introduce their Make Reality TV podcast and explain how it helps aspiring producers learn the unscripted business.
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Hollywood Pitch Meetings: Pro Tip For Success
Hollywood Pitch Meetings can go horribly wrong -- usually at the exact same spot. Here's a pro tip to ensure you rock your Hollywood pitch meetings.
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Pitch Secret: Shift Your POV for Pitch Success
Your reality TV pitch can be derailed early on by one giant POV mistake...here's how to shift your POV and skyrocket your odds of pitch success.
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5 Traits of Successful Film & TV Producers (And the Letter "L")
5 Traits to make you a successful Film & TV Producer...and they all start with the letter "L." we learned these coming up, & use them to stay successful.
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Make Reality TV: 5 Steps to Great Cast Relationships
Cast relationships -- how you communicate with and prepare your cast -- is key to pitching and selling a reality TV show or doc series. Here's how to do it:
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Sizzle Reel: Budgets, Investors, and More...
Your sizzle reel is key to selling a reality TV concept, but how much $ should you spend? Should you get investors? How polished is a solid sizzle reel?
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5 Scary Things About Producing TV Shows
With Halloween just around the corner, and lots of "scare" in the air, we thought we'd share five little known, horrifying things about producing TV shows.
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Make TV Networks and Studios Happy - Dealing With Network Notes
Dealing with notes is something screenwriters, TV producers, film directors, and just about any other creative in Hollywood faces. Here's how to do it right.