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It is strangely difficult to find resources that do not assume that every creator is trying to break in to the Hollywood movie-making industry. The Minor Mogul has to infer and read between the lines, but knowledge is there to help creators make movies independently.
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Cinematography
Roger Deakins’s website
By DTL
Posted October 23, 2025
Roger Deakins is “Often regarded as one of the greatest and most influential cinematographers in the history of cinema,” (says Wikipedia). He was Cinematographer on such movies as 1917, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, and The Shawshank Redemption.
At his eponymous website he operates a free-membership forum that is a master-class in all aspects of telling a story with moving images.
Distribution
Crafty Short Films
By DTL
Posted December 25, 2025
Crafty “presents snack-sized stories, both narrative and nonfiction, with an emphasis on heart and humanity. We host these stories on our YouTube Channel.”
One thing I don’t see any mention of is payment. So they’re going to take your movie and put it on their Channel, and monetize that Channel, and keep all the money from that Channel. You are giving them your work so they can make money from it.
Latest items
- TLB reviews BC Buds (2024), a short comedy / thriller movie.
Favourite items
- “Don’t make these movies!” by MAT presents a list of movies that have already been made eleventy-squillion times, so you don’t need to make them again.
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