This is basic advice given to first-time filmmakers. Start with what you have. Write what you know. Make the movie you can make this year. Avoid stunts, children and animals. “Vengeance Trail” broke all these rules. A film professor knew a historian with vintage guns, props, costumes, sets and horses in his backyard. The professor would direct. The film school students would be the crew. The historian would dust off an old screenplay. They would cast their friends and pull many favors. The film... Read this story
