by Travis Mills | Oct 6, 2022 | Tips for Filmmakers
This concludes my five week series outlining the expectations I have for the actors I work with. 5. A Good Attitude Of all the actors I’ve worked with in the last twelve years, the one who most exemplifies the principles I’ve laid out the past...
by Travis Mills | Sep 27, 2022 | Tips for Filmmakers
Over the next few weeks, I’ll share some of my philosophy for acting and a few key principles I look for when casting or choosing to work with someone again. 4. Film Literacy You may have noticed that these pieces the last couple weeks reference...
by Travis Mills | Sep 22, 2022 | Tips for Filmmakers
Over the next few weeks, I’ll share some of my philosophy for acting and a few key principles I look for when casting or choosing to work with someone again. 3. Camera Technique One of the most essential components to film acting is awareness of the...
by Travis Mills | Sep 14, 2022 | Tips for Filmmakers
Over the next few weeks, I’ll share some of my philosophy for acting and a few key principles I look for when casting or choosing to work with someone again. 2. Full Body Performance There’s a severe lack of physical awareness in acting today and it’s...
by Travis Mills | Sep 8, 2022 | Tips for Filmmakers
Over the next few weeks, I’ll share some of my philosophy for acting and a few key principles I look for when casting or choosing to work with someone again. 1. THOROUGH PREPARATION There may be nothing more important for everyone involved in filmmaking, in...
by Travis Mills | Jun 23, 2022 | Tips for Filmmakers
DOES SCRIPT PAGE COUNT REALLY MATTER? By film industry standards, a page of a script is supposed to equal a minute of on screen time. Therefore a 90 page script will in theory turn out to be an hour and a half movie. Though this is the Hollywood rule,...