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Author: Amber M Sherman

October 28, 2025
  • film career
  • film industry
  • film production
  • Freelance Life Stuff

Why Your First Short Film Shouldn’t Be Perfect

October 28, 2025 By Amber M Sherman

Why Your First Short Film Shouldn’t Be Perfect Here’s a little secret: your first short film isn’t supposed to be perfect. So, for my perfectionists out there, this is going to be very tough

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Tagged film, Film career advice, film industry, film production, filmmaking
October 18, 2025
  • film industry
  • film production

Why Everyone Who Wants to Work in Film Should Make a Short Film

October 18, 2025 By Amber M Sherman

Why Everyone Who Wants to Work in Film Should Make a Short Film So you want to work in film. You’ve watched behind-the-scenes videos, you’ve read the books, maybe even taken a class or

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Tagged film career, Film career advice, film director, film industry, film production, filmmaking
film networking myths
October 8, 2025
  • film industry

Film Networking Myths That Keep You Stuck

October 8, 2025 By Amber M Sherman

Film Networking Myths That Keep You Stuck If you’ve ever dreaded networking because it feels awkward, fake, or pointless you are absolutely not alone. I basically saw the word “networking” as horrendous avoided is

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Tagged film, Film career advice, film networking, networking in film
September 29, 2025
  • film career
  • film industry
  • Freelance Life Stuff

Why Most New Filmmakers Quit (and How to Avoid It)

September 29, 2025 By Amber M Sherman

Why Most New Filmmakers Quit (& How to Avoid It) Breaking into the film industry is exciting. You’ve got the passion, the dream, maybe even the gear. But here’s the hard truth: Most people

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Tagged film career, film industry, jobs in film
September 21, 2025
  • film industry
  • film production

How Indie Filmmakers Can Find Actors

September 21, 2025 By Amber M Sherman

How Indie Filmmakers Can Find Actors There a lot of independent filmmakers out there that I’ve seen/heard express how hard it is to find actors for their no, or low budget film. It is

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September 13, 2025
  • film industry

How to Network in the Film Industry (Even if You Hate Networking)

September 13, 2025 By Amber M Sherman

How to Network in the Film Industry (Even if You Hate Networking) Let’s be real: nobody likes networking. Most filmmakers picture it as some forced, awkward event where you hand out business cards and

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beginner filmmaker mistake
March 3, 2025
  • film production

The #1 Mistake Beginner Filmmakers Make (And How to Fix It!)

March 3, 2025 By Amber M Sherman

The #1 Mistake Beginner Filmmakers Make (And How to Fix It!) When starting out in filmmaking, many beginners focus intensely on visuals—cinematography, lighting, and camera gear—while completely overlooking one of the most crucial aspects

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December 16, 2024
  • film industry

Why Film Networking Beats Job Boards for Landing Film Work

December 16, 2024 By Amber M Sherman

Why Film Networking Beats Job Boards for Landing Film Work If you’re pursuing a career in film, chances are you’ve spent some time scrolling through job boards, applying to posts, and anxiously waiting for

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Tagged film jobs, film networking, getting film work
Adobe Express
November 15, 2024
  • film production
  • Resources

Unlocking the Potential of Adobe Express: A Filmmaker’s Guide to Creativity and Efficiency

November 15, 2024 By Amber M Sherman

Unlocking the Potential of Adobe Express: A Filmmaker’s Guide to Creativity and Efficiency In the fast-paced world of filmmaking, keeping up with the latest creative tools is crucial. And I always want to give

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Tagged film tools, filmmaker tools, filmmaking, filmmaking in 2024
independent filmmaking
September 18, 2024
  • film industry

Indie Filmmaking: Creating Content with Limited Resources

September 18, 2024 By Amber M Sherman

Indie Filmmaking: Creating Content with Limited Resources   For beginners in filmmaking, creating an independent film can be both exciting and daunting. The good news is that with the right approach, you don’t need

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Tagged film, filmmaking, indie filmmaking, making a movie on zero money
March 17, 2024
  • film career

Is the Film Industry a Good Career Choice?

March 17, 2024 By Amber M Sherman

Is the Film Industry a Good Career Choice? Thousands of people per year have the dream of working in film, being part of something bigger than them, seeing their ideas on screen one day,

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Tagged film career, Film career advice, why is a film career so hard
January 23, 2024
  • film career
  • film industry
  • Film Networking

10 Ways to Building Film Connections and Network in Film

January 23, 2024 By Amber M Sherman

10 Ways to Building Film Connections and Network in Film As you know the connections you make in film are going to be vital to your film career, and if you didn’t know… well,

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Tagged film, film industry, film networking, networking in film
film networking
January 10, 2024
  • film career
  • film industry
  • Film Networking

The Truth About Film Networking!

January 10, 2024 By Amber M Sherman

The Truth About Film Networking! I know you have been told that networking is needed to make a career in film happen. And probably repeatedly. So much so that you walk on set, or creep

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Film Networking
December 6, 2023
  • film career
  • film industry
  • Film Networking

Cracking the Film Industry: Networking from Scratch

December 6, 2023 By Amber M Sherman

Cracking the Film Industry: Networking from Scratch You have set out to work in film, you want to make movies – CONGRATULATIONS!!! Now that you have that in your sights we have to get

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film career later in life
August 16, 2023
  • film career

Silver Screen Dreams: 5 Reasons Why Starting Your Film Career Later in Life is Your Best Move Yet

August 16, 2023 By Amber M Sherman

5 Reasons Why Starting Your Film Career Later in Life is Your Best Move Yet There is immense anxiety that surrounds the age that one should start their film career. For some reason everyone

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  • Why Most New Filmmakers Quit (and How to Avoid It) September 29, 2025
  • How Indie Filmmakers Can Find Actors September 21, 2025

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