Welcome!
I’ve been working in the film industry for more than decade, and I created this site to share. Not just my work, but also the battle stories and lessons that I’ve learned and other non-film adventures and projects.
There’s the projects that I’ve written, directed or done visual effects on. Also, if you’re here for the Articles, check out my blog.
Sincerely,
Carlos Aldana
Latest Articles
When a Kickstarter campaign fails: 6 tips and lessons I learned the hard way
Not too long ago I launched a Kickstarter campaign for a web series I wrote called Bionique. We had one episode and a kick-ass trailer that everybody liked. Some people thought it looked like a regular TV show. But the campaign failed... miserably. We were asking...
Kickstarter vs IndieGoGo: Choosing the right platform
This seems to be the eternal question, there's a million articles out there with the pros and cons about each one. In the end, I realized it doesn't matter that much. For our campaign we decided to go with Kickstarter mainly for two reasons: Recognizability First I...
Why I stopped making people look younger and thinner
It is widely known that models and celebrities never look in real life like they do in pictures. Magazines and ads in particular are famous for photoshopping the hell out of them. You know... Take a pimple out, or wrinkles, remove a double chin, add a six pack, etc....
How to get paid for acting and stop waiting tables
Go to any restaurant or coffee shop in or around Hollywood and you'll find that your servers lead double lives, 'I'm really an actor' one will say with pride while pulling out a shiny business card with his/her headshot on it. When people outside the industry think of...
How to be a better director: 3 dead simple tips to make your life easier
Directing films is not a finite goal, it's a process and you never stop learning. Originally I had put these tips in my other article 4 and a half lessons I learned the hard way but I split them into two because there seemed to be two kinds of tips: The bigger picture...
The 5 Best Options for Rocío
I was talking to a friend of mine who is really bored with her job the other day and wants out. She told me that in her job she was mostly reading one of those BS lists like '10 reasons why Kanye West needs braces'. We joked that there should be a list for her best...