NOT DOING-IT-ALL

by Michael Chasin   Before you realize your ultimate filmmaking dream of being a screenwriter or director or producer or DP—you will likely first—be a hyphenate: Writer-Director-Producer-Prop Master DP-Editor-Set Designer-Production Assistant Writer-Director-DP-Editor-Producer-Prop Master-Set Designer And possibly even—Actor This is because at the zero or micro budget level—where you will probably start—you will be compelled to…

CRISTIAN MADERO

by Frederick Bailey  IAFT/LA   The young man sits on the couch, looking relaxed and confident. “Hello, my name’s Cristian Madero,” he says.  “I own and operate CMDelux Films, and I’m a graduate of IAFT.” He’s a very enterprising young man.  He founded his video production company in 2013, the same year he graduated with…