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Here are 12 important rules no low or no-budget Film Making that I have learned while making my own films AMPHIGORI and LASAFOT.  They are based on my personal experiences and have worked for me. Pick anyone who wants to act for free, observe him and then write a character in your film according to how he actually behaves in real life.  Shoot in your hometown. There you won't have pay for anything and its more comfortable. You will save yourself from Police, BMC( municipality), Film Unions and Locations charges. If you have lights, shoot color; if you don't have lights shoot black and white. Black and white looks more classy with contrast and gives you an edge in Film festivals. Also in B/W cost of art direction and location can be easily saved. Pick any camera to shoot your film, even mobile camera. Technology has really advanced, check out the new Samsung Galaxy which offers 4k resolution, so don't wait. I had made my first film promo on sony cybers...

I often advice people to watch all kinds of films. A grade, b grade or c grade or any film. I feel that if a man could get out of his house, leave his comfort zone to convince and collect a group of people, raise enough capital to pay them, direct his movie ; then he deserves a viewing at least.   Direction is an easy job, yet direction is not an easy job. That Oxymoronic statement develops only because of the state of mind of an individual. I have never been fortunate enough to sit in a production house, gotten a script, assigned a project and direct a film within my comfort zone. Though I do feel fortunate that I never got that otherwise I wouldn't have understood what it takes to make a film and feel good about it. People think that film direction is about directing the film, which sounds obvious but it is not. In my personal experience it is more than that. It is about human management, dealing with problems, taking wise decisions, standing for your convictions, trying to ...

It is not easy. First and foremost. Contact people as much as you can and meet them. Nothing will seem to happen at first but you will find your way. I have never directed an ad film but i have been on ad film sets as assistant art director and i know how to shoot ad films. So i was trying giving my resumes to ad film production houses and meeting advertising house, i also showed them my showreels but it produced no result. The problem with many production houses is that they produce in house ad films which is bad for independent film makers like me. During my course of meeting these film people, I met Parikshit Vaidya ( on whom I am going to dedicate an entire blog post soon). He was one of the most sorted man i have ever seen in my life. We became friends because he is an avid animal lover and you can talk to him at lengths about animals and loving them. He loves stray dogs and cats and he will leave no stone unturned to help them and i have witnessed one incidence myself. He gave...

Film making is a process in which you have to to be ready to face problems. I stopped making films thinking about the problems that I would face when I would make the film. But the whole process of film making is tedious process. One has to understand that. What is the solution? There is no solution. The only solution is to deal with it. Some times when people like me who are in film line are unable to see the future in front of them and that is the worst phase of life. When things are going on and you are doing things in particular order and everything falls for you in place, you feel you are sorted but sometimes they don't and then you are like what should I do. Never feel disheartened by what people will tell you. Film making is not an easy job and not everyone can do it. People give their opinions based on what they can or cannot do. Don't listen to them. If you want to make a film go ahead and make it. don't think twice about what you can or cannot do.