I was in Europe this April and I spoke to a number of companies about the utilization and monetization of the internet in relation to movie and TV projects. The discussion centered on making movie products or TV series that would attract and engage an internet audience. But how would it work financially? Could something like this be attractive to investors? Also, how would the medium of the internet change the product? We discussed for a while, bouncing ideas off of one another.

Alas! The answer! Six months later, I was in Los Angeles and I was talking to two good friends who are just wrapping a movie product specifically being produced for an internet audience. Certainly, I found this concept interesting and wanted to understand more about the process.

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So you think you are ready to make a film? Before you do so, please think about what you are about to do; the time, effort, sweat, frustration and hair pulling you are about to land yourself into by making your first film. Make sure you have thought through the entire process from start to finish and it will save you a TON of heartache along the way. There are a lot of newbee filmmakers that think they will become the next film tycoon with their first try. This is highly unlikely, but if you listen to these tips, you have a much better shot.

Now that I have placed you into the proper frame of mind, let?s get into some of the things you should know before you shoot your first film:

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Film Friends,

A brief story while I reminisce: I recently visited Los Angeles, and I hiked into the Santa Monica Mountains and ended up at the MASH hit television series outside location site MASH was my favorite TV series in England and when I joined Fox I saw MASH was shot in stage 9, at the 20thCentury Fox studios in LA.

I joined the TV division and was given certain financial control responsibilities for MASH and I remember so well being driven to the mountain shooting location of MASH, what a thrill!!

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