Will von Tagen
24 articles written by Will von Tagen
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From Puffy Chairs to Throw Pillows: 5 Tips From Mark Duplass On Filmmaking
Mark Duplass talks about how to make a successful indie film and the stress that comes with making a studio film.
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Ma (Sun Valley Review)
Celia Rowlson-Hall's gorgeous experimental film may be too surreal and confusing for the average viewer.
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Inside Indie Filmmaking: Presenting Your Film
Presenting your indie film can be both terrifying and exhilarating. Here are some valuable tips for filmmakers.
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Inside Indie Filmmaking: Marketing, Distribution and Film Release
Tips on marketing, distributing, and releasing your next indie film. Helpful advice on topics filmmakers rarely have access to. Until now...
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Inside Indie Filmmaking: Shooting Pick-ups
Most films require pick-ups, and there's why you shouldn't be afraid of them on your next film.
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Inside Indie Filmmaking: Post-Production and Editing
Week 7 of our Inside Indie Filmmaking series brings us to all the magic that happens in post-production.
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Inside Indie Filmmaking: Production
We delve into the nitty gritty of production with advice from our indie filmmaker in residence, Will von Tagen.
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Inside Indie Filmmaking: Development and Pre-Production
Our series on the inside perspective of indie filmmaking continues with advice and guidance on the pre-production process.
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Inside Indie Filmmaking: Casting Talent
Way Too Indie's contributor Will von Tagen gets into the casting process and how any indie film has a shot at name-recognized talent.
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Inside Indie Filmmaking: Film Financing and Legalities
We continue our series on the ins and outs of indie filmmaking by talking film fundraising.
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Inside Indie Filmmaking: Script Writing Process
Helpful tips on the script writing process on a low-budget indie film production.
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Inside Indie Filmmaking: Meet an Indie Director
Way Too Indie presents a ten-week series on what it's like to direct an indie film from an in-the-trenches indie filmmaker.
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Computer Chess (Berlinale)
For me personally, Andrew Bujalski’s Computer Chess was one of the most anticipated films at the Berlinale festival. What made this film so great was the tremendous callback it makes to independent film prior to the DSLR era, when...
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Dark Blood (Berlinale)
In 1993, director George Sluizer ended production of his film, Dark Blood, when the lead actor died unexpectedly. I’m too young to have much to say about River Phoenix. I was five when he died, and I don’t remember...
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Paradise: Hope (Berlinale)
A highly anticipated screening I attended here at Berlinale was Ulrich Seidl’s third installment of his Paradise trilogy, Paradise: Hope. I have only seen one other film in the Paradise trilogy, which was Paradise: Love, but this did not...