· By Anderson B. Cox
How I Actually Build a Film From Scratch Inside Kayatick Styles
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...
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