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Monday Prescriptions – Can you really be a multi-hyphenate...
Hi Film Folk!! After last week’s post about multi-hyphenates, where we surmised that it’s best to succeed in one role first before venturing out into another (the way Clint Eastwood, Woody Allen and...
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Monday Prescriptions – How To Be Orson Welles
Hi Film Folk!! Today marks the 98th birthday of film legend Orson Welles. In celebration of the actor, writer and director (and after our epic multi-hyphenate articles last week – part 1 here and part...
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Monday Prescriptions – How To Be Baz Luhrmann
Good morning, Film Doctor friends. It’s become quite a tradition for some of our Monday Prescription posts to trace the origins of “directordom”‘s greatest inhabitants ( here’s a link to our “How To”...
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Monday Prescriptions – Cannes-zine
Good morning, Film Doctor friends. This week we have a slightly delayed Monday Prescription (on a Wednesday!) as we have been travelling back from the French Riviera. And since the Film Doctor team...
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Monday Prescriptions – What can you take away from Cannes? (AKA Cannes...
Hi Film folk. The 66th Cannes Film Festival has now drawn to a close (winners here) and The Film Doctor Team would like to share something with you… Towards the end of the market we overheard two young...
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Monday Prescriptions – Can you write and direct?
Clickety Click, we’re on our 66th Monday Prescription today! Take a look back through some of our previous posts and feast your mind on other topics we’ve covered. You might just find the answer you’re...
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Monday Prescriptions – First Feature Traps (And How Not to Fall Into Them)
Film Doctor friends! Let’s say hello to an0ther productive week and a brand new Monday Prescription. Today we talk about the most common traps that first-time film Directors and Producers fall in to...
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Monday Prescription – 8 Signs You Should Not Be In The Movie Business
Hello, Film Doctor friends. As another week begins, another Monday Prescription springs into your inbox! Today the Film Doctor team are going to suggest a scenario where the film industry and you do...
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Monday Prescriptions – Straight from the Directing Horse’s Mouth
Hello Film Doctor friends. Today’s Monday Prescription does not come from the fingertips of a Film Doctor but instead from grand masters of cinema. Yes, that’s right. Today’s post is a guest referral...
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Monday Prescriptions – Shoot It, Don’t Post It
Hello Film Doctor friends. Our Monday Prescription for this week holds a magnifying glass to the infamous film saying “We’ll fix it in post” and explains why this statement mostly leads to terrible...
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Monday Prescriptions – Writing Habits To Help You Finish That Script
Hello, Film Doctor friends. This week, our Monday Prescription offers writing advice to the screen scribblers among you. Specifically, how to improve your process. Some of you might be more...
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Monday Prescriptions – Using Film Formula
Good morning, Film Doctor friends. Time has come to welcome another Monday – and, with it, a new Monday Prescription. Summer is notoriously populated with blockbusters. Some of you get excited by them....
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Monday Prescriptions – 5 Things You Can Learn from Advertising
Hello Film Doctor friends. With so many filmmakers starting their careers at ad agencies, it is no wonder that the Film Doctor team have decided to have a little dive into “Mad Men’s world”. This...
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Monday Prescriptions – 5 Mistakes To Avoid When Looking for Your First Film Job
Hello Film Doctor friends. Are you ready to face another busy, productive week? We hope our Monday Prescription will ease your way into it. This week the Film Doctor team go “back to our roots” and...
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Monday Prescriptions – 9 Things To Do With Your First Screenplay
Hello Film Doctor friends. This week’s Monday Prescription is dedicated to those of you out there who have just completed their first feature-length screenplay… So it’s done. You’ve plotted and...
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Monday Prescriptions – Summer Break / Where is the Money for your Project?
Hello Film Doctor friends. It’s official - the Film Doctor team are on a summer break until 1st September! Which means there will be no new Monday Prescriptions until then. However, we are starting a...
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Monday Prescriptions – Blast From The Past: July 2012
Hello Film Doctor friends. As we said last week, the Film Doctor team are on a summer break until 1st September! So once again, this week’s Monday Prescription will be a ”Blast from the past” – a...
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Monday Prescriptions – Blast From The Past: 5 Tricks to Boost Your Productivity
Hello Film Doctor friends. As we said last week, the Film Doctor team are on a summer break until 1st September! So once again, this week’s Monday Prescription will be a ”Blast from the past” – a...
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Monday Prescription – Tighten Your Writing
We’re back, after our Summer Break and ‘Blast from the past’ Monday Prescriptions, and today The Film Doctor Team are getting right to the point. We’re talking about writing….tight. Before we tell you...
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Monday Prescriptions – Can You Afford To Be Cheap?
Hello Film Doctor friends. This Monday Prescription we’d like to talk about wrong budgeting decisions and “false economy”. Know the saying “Buy cheap, pay twice”? Well, it also holds true for film...
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