The Modern Filmmaker

Week in Frame — vol. 02: Movement, Systems, and Building Momentum

This week in frame covers: inner reckoning on unfinished work, the kickoff of a new build diary, ongoing progress in the Burying Doris production log…

Dec 18 • Rekola

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Problem → Solution: How to create an inventory of all resources you have to make a film

On micro-budget films, resources live in people’s heads instead of on paper.

Dec 18 • Rekola

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Problem → Solution: My filmmaking project was stalling (and the simple fix that worked)

A one-page system to stop your film from drifting.

Dec 18 • Rekola

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The Drive-In Diaries #001: A simple idea.

Drive-In Diary Entry: #001 Location: The FarmDate: Tuesday, December 16th Build Phase: (Design) Dear Reader, I am building a micro drive-in movie…

Dec 17 • Rekola

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Production Log #002: Designing a Human Set

Notes from a $100K feature film built around respect, discipline, and emotional truth

Dec 17 • Rekola

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What unfinished work does to the soul - FilmStack Challenge - Day #119

Watch now | A filmmaker’s personal essay reckoning with fear, loss, and the courage to finish

Dec 16 • Rekola

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The Week in Frame — vol. 01: Grief, Greenlights, and Building a Drive-In

This week in frame covers the pivot to micro-budget filmmaking, the launch of a production log, and early steps toward creating a community drive-in.

Dec 11 • Rekola

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Production Log #001: Kickstarting the process.

A production log on launching a micro-budget prestige ensemble film, confronting avoidance, and finally committing to the process in real time.

Dec 10 • Rekola

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I can't bury my Grandmother until I make this film-- and it's been five years.

A personal essay on grief, fear, and reimagining a stalled film not as a business gamble—but as an act of healing, truth, and closure. From an 8°…

Dec 9 • Rekola

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November 2025

In filmmaking, this is what failure looks like...

A personal essay on eight years of failure, fatherhood at midnight, and why the pain that breaks you can also be the pain that changes everything.

Nov 18 • Rekola

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September 2024

The Modern Filmmaker's On Set Filmmaking Dictionary

The Modern Filmmaker's On Set Filmmaking Dictionary is the ultimate resource for filmmakers of all ages and skill levels. Full of updated filmmaking…

Sep 10, 2024

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May 2020

2020 - Photography on 35mm Film "the Covid Stills"

Art Log #20.01: 35mm film photographs of an empty National Mall during the first weeks of the COVID-19 shutdown, capturing absence, silence, and civic…

May 8, 2020 • Rekola

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