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
Why small Visual Effects houses are bankrupting giants like Rhythm & Hues and Digital Domain and why it’s a good thing
With all the fuss around the bankruptcies of Visual Effects giants Rhythm and Hues and Digital Domain in the last few months, the Visual Effects industry seems like a scary place right now. Yes, they did fire all those artists and yes, competition is raising and it...
How to organize your external drives automatically with File Atlas
Over the past six or seven months, I've been working a piece of software to make my life easier when I'm looking for an old file in my various external drives. It's very simple but it saves and incredible amount of time. The program is called File Atlas. I'm kind of a...
Easily calculate rewards for Kickstarter and IndieGoGo with this spreadsheet
When I was designing the different rewards for the Bionique Kickstarter I made a simple spreadsheet to quickly calculate how many people I needed and at what reward levels. I shared my spreadsheets with a couple friends and they found them useful so I decided to share...
Pixar’s 22 rules of storytelling
A couple days ago my friend Richard posted on Facebook a picture that had "Pixar's 22 rules of storytelling ". I've seen this flying around Facebook a couple times and whether Pixar really made these rules or someone just put 'Pixar' there to make it sound better, I...
Success in Hollywood without film school
There's a hard reality that hits most people when they graduate college and go out to the real world after 2 to 4 years of hard study. Something they don't tell you when you're in the process of choosing where to get your degree from. Wanna know what it is? Here it...
Quick passive income idea: Sell your extra footage
Whether you have a camera and are always shooting stuff or you're an editor, producer, or VFX artists with tons of footage or pictures from your old projects that you never used, here's a quick idea for some extra money: Sell it as stock footage. What I like best...