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Were back with Emma and Trevor, last time they dodged some potential conflict when Trevor invited Emma’s son Sam into his apartment while she was still at work. Now it’s time for them to open up to each other. For those of you wanting to know how Emma got here, this week is for you!

This week I’m posting part 2 of doors. Last week you got to meet the main characters, now it’s time for some inciting action!

For this week’s Friday writings I’m dipping into the vault and pulling out one of the first scripts I wrote out of college.

If you’re on this page it’s because you’re either a video producer wanting to refine their craft or you’re looking for ways to expand your business with video. For more than a decade we’ve been creating videos for companies that meet their needs and speak to their audience, but it hasn’t always been smooth sailing. On the ever changing landscape of the internet in 2022 it’s hard to keep up with what works and what doesn’t, so we’re going to take a birds eye view of general principles that will help you make videos that sell!

If you browse filmmaking groups on Facebook or Reddit you’ll find this question asked pretty much once a month. “What is the most important part of a film?”

Almost ever single film resource out there lists the script as the first step in making a film. They may distill that into something more creative by calling it “the story” or “the idea,” but almost every single film starts here. Or at least that’s what people want you to think.

This is a hard blog post for me to write primarily because in many of my past films I’ve taken on both roles, but also because to fully address this issue I’ll have to hold up my hand and admit my own inadequacies in one of these areas.

Last week in a radio interview, Collins Abbott White sat down with Jenn Alynn-Perri to discuss filmmaking in the upstate of South Carolina as part of Reedy Reels weekly radio segment.

Film is often viewed as escapism. We go to the movies to avoid thinking of the life we have, or to imagine the life we want. Many times fantasies, super hero films, sci-fi, rom-coms or period pieces all fuel that desire for escapism. They do so by wrapping up plot points in neat bows where the hero wins, the good guys relationships are mended, and any tragedy is offset by happiness, even if it is a solemn happiness. 

Other Vision Studios is known around Greenville, SC as being one of the best video production companies in the upstate. We’ve produced music videos for several local artists, brand videos for several great businesses, produced launch videos for a handful of products, and created several YouTube Channels for our clients, (and a brand-new YouTube Channel for our self). Despite all that our ventures in the short and feature film production side of this industry have been few and far between. That’s why, we were delighted when we were chosen to participate in the 2nd Act Film Festival!