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Whole filmmaking research #1: Kill Bill and Quentin Tarantino

 Recently I have watched Kill Bill, the two part film from 2003-2004 directed and written by ex-indie filmmaker Quentin Tarantino. To me, the film and Tarantino as a person are very inspirational and useful; to my project so I have decided to devote this post to research about him and my film. Tarantino is a very useful and inspirational figure to me as a person who wishes to make my own film from scratch, as he started out as an independent writer from a poor family in Texas but managed to make enough connections and a large enough network to get his first film - Reservoir Dogs, off of the ground by sending it to a film festival and netting him enough notability to continue his career and become one of the most famous and beloved directors. Kill Bill was the fourth film by Tarantino and displays many of the hallmarks that make a Tarantino film special: witty and sharp dialogue, brutal, comic violence, the combining of conventions of many different genres, well crafted and natural ...

http://www.sellingyourscreenplay.com/

 While searching for scripts to study, I have found the following website. It seems to be a blog run by Ashley Scott Meyers: a professional screenwriter in order to help aspiring writers more easily enter the industry. The set seems to be trustworthy and helpful: it is after all made by a man who has successfully made it into the industry so will probably be able to help me somewhat. I will start paying attention to this site as I continue with my writing

The forming of my production company

 On April the 4th 2022 I met up with some friends of mine at a bowling alley, there we talked through the film and decided we would all take part in it's production - forming my first production company. After contacting some other people and calling in some favours I have decided on this lineup: Luke Petersen (me): Director, screenwriter, director of photography, fight scene choreographer, producer, actor Anton Petersen: Assistant screenwriter, assistant choreographer, actor Steve Petersen: Assistant screenwriter Will Blagg, Co-producer, location scout, musician Freya Petersen: Makeup\practical effects, cover artist, actor, singer Connie Poulter: Cinematographer Joe Bagguley: Actor, martial artist James Roddy: Actor: martial artist Karin Petersen: Actor, singer Travis Senior: Actor