Most filmmaking breakdowns start with the same sentence.“Everything begins with a script.”Mine never has. My films begin way before the writing. They start inside my head, when the idea first hits and everything suddenly kicks into motion. I run the entire film mentally before I touch anything. I picture the locations, the angles, the flow of the scene, and how realistic the idea is with the resources I have. I think about the gear that is actually available, the actors who can realistically show up, and what I can get done in the time I have between twelve hour shifts...

What’s Next for Kayatick Styles | The Future of Independent Film As Hollywood struggles to evolve, Kayatick Styles builds a new blueprint for the future of Black-owned media through independent film, music, and digital storytelling. The Setup This is Kayatick Styles, an independent film studio built from the ground up. For eight weeks, we explored how Hollywood moves. The money, the control, the machine behind the image. From licensing to marketing, everything runs on contracts and connections. But this chapter is not about them. It is about what comes next. What it looks like when a creator turns lessons into...

Hollywood’s distribution pays the gatekeepers first. Here’s how Kayatick Styles flipped the system—building a direct pipeline through streaming, merch, and ownership. Opening: Where the Real Game Begins Once a movie’s done, most people think that’s the finish line. But in Hollywood, that’s where the money really starts moving — in distribution. That’s the stage that decides who gets paid first, who gets credit, and who gets left out. The film might have your name on it, but the pipeline? That belongs to someone else. Distribution isn’t just about where your film plays — it’s who owns the route your story...

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...

What really happens inside Hollywood’s writing rooms? And why do independent, culturally-rooted stories so often get locked out? If you’ve ever wondered why certain stories dominate screens while others never make it past a notebook, the answer lies in the mechanics of Hollywood’s writing rooms — and the power dynamics baked into them. This post pulls from Writers Guild rules, diversity studies, lawsuits, and writer testimonies to reveal how the system works, why independent voices are excluded, and why the future of storytelling might not belong to Hollywood at all. What exactly happens in a Hollywood writing room? Hollywood likes...