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Hollywood Production EXPOSED: Inside the Real Filmmaking Process & How Indies Survive Without Millions

· By Anderson B. Cox

Hollywood Production EXPOSED: Inside the Real Filmmaking Process & How Indies Survive Without Millions

Discover how film production really works — from Hollywood’s high-budget machine to independent filmmaking powered by hustle, heart, and creativity. Learn the full production flow and how indies get it done without millions. Introduction Production is where every dream finally hits daylight — and daylight costs.In Hollywood, it’s a well-oiled system: cranes, closed streets, 100-person crews.In the independent world, it’s you, a camera, and whoever showed up after work to help. Both call it “Day One.”But they’re playing two very different games. This is a look inside both — how the production process actually flows, where the money goes, and...

Who Gets the Greenlight: Hollywood’s Stamp vs. My Own

· By Anderson B. Cox

Who Gets the Greenlight: Hollywood’s Stamp vs. My Own

Who Gets the Greenlight: Hollywood’s Stamp vs. My Own Opening Shot WIDE SHOT: A Hollywood boardroom. Suits at a polished table. Scripts stacked like bricks.SFX: A rubber stamp slams down — THUNK. One sound decides which stories live, and which die. CUT TO: Silence. For us, there was no sound. Only doors closed. This country banned Black love until the late 1960s. Whole families erased by law. At the same time, Hollywood enforced the Hays Code, a rulebook that banned interracial romance on screen. Even when we loved in real life, the screen said we didn’t exist. Our Stories on...

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