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One shoot for film and photography saves money only when both are the same picture. A McDonald's campaign shows when that holds, and what…

KFC Netherlands put pickles in a handbag and led with photographs, not a film. How to tell whether your idea is an object or a story before…

Choose by what has to be true on screen. What live action, CGI and generative AI are each good at, where they fail, and how they combine.

Article 13 of the Law on Cinema 2022 requires foreign productions to work through a Vietnamese service provider, and the service contract…

Most Tết brand films are either a family story or a song. How the two are made, what each costs in time, and when to start for Tết 2027.

A line producer in Vietnam turns a foreign production's plan into permits, crew, kit and locations at local rates. What they handle, and…

The PPM is the last meeting before a shoot where changing your mind is free. What it has to decide, who must be in the room, and how it…

A production brief has one job: to let three companies quote the same film. The ten things to put in it, and the two that usually go…

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A production quote is the film's plan written as a price list. What each section means, which lines grow, and how to compare two quotes…

The fee for the person on screen is two fees: the day, and the right to use the film. How media, term, territory and exclusivity set the…

A 3D billboard is a flat LED screen showing a picture that is only correct from one spot. How the illusion works and what producing one…

Decide the list of deliverables before the shoot. Lengths, cutdowns, 9:16 and 1:1 versions, and what each costs when planned or found late.

Rain on screen is built, not waited for. How rain scenes are rigged, lit and scheduled, and what to settle before a shoot with water.

A livestream has no second take, so the work moves into preparation. A checklist for a brand broadcast: signal, cameras, graphics, crew,…