Notes from the process — filmmaking, writing, music, production and the work behind the work.
Every finished frame begins somewhere less polished: a conversation, a rehearsal, a problem that needs solving, a decision made while the clock is moving.
The Crucial Werks Journal is where we document that process — the choices, lessons and moments behind the films, books and music.
Deadline reports that Upscale Productions has secured the rights to actor Quinton Aaron's story and put Blindsided by Love into development for Hartbeat. The project has a direct connection to work underway at Crucial Werks.
READ STORY →A screenplay is a plan. The set is where that plan meets reality — and where the story begins to find its life.
READ STORY →Before the camera, casting, poster or soundtrack, there is the story. Everything else should grow from there.
READ STORY →Independent filmmaking turns limitations into decisions — and focused decisions can become part of the language of the film.
READ STORY →Music can live beyond a film while still becoming part of its emotional language. Sometimes the scene and the song grow together.
READ STORY →The finished work matters. So does everything it took to get there.Crucial Werks Journal