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Blog #41 Starting a Business: 1 Year In— 5 Things I Did WRONG
Why do we fall?
So we can pick ourselves up.
Each mistake is a chance to grow and learn something new. Without the mistake, one can’t improve.
A year in to starting the business, it’s fair to say mistakes were made. In this post, we’re going to be taking a critical look at the steps I should’ve taken, and ones I shouldn’t have taken at all. You can take away your own knowledge from this post, to make sure you don’t repeat my errors.
Let’s reflect on those errors and find solutions to the problems.
Blog #40 Starting a Business: 1 Year In— 5 Things I Did RIGHT
From the day this is published, it will be one year exactly since Newtown Productions was born.
Starting a business was a challenge, but one I’m glad I undertook. It has been rewarding in ways I couldn’t have imagined.
In this post, we’re going to focus on the success stories—decisions I made that paid dividends. Celebrating the wins is an important policy for any business operator, a policy that gets lost sometimes in the never-ending search for success. So let’s celebrate the 5 things I did right in my first year.
Blog #16 7 Filmmaker Tasks I used to do that have been replaced by A.I.
The year is 2025 and artifical intelligence is here… nearly.
With OpenAI’s Chat GPT and many other forms of software using artificial intelligence freely available, the way I do things is rapidly evolving with no end in sight. Many of the menial tasks I didn’t enjoy doing, I no longer have to do because I can ask Chat GPT to do them for me. In this post, I am compiling a list of all the ways in which A.I. has made my workflow faster and easier. It’s amazing to think how different things used to be only a short time ago.
Blog #15 8 Things that changed from my business plan after starting my “real“ business (3 months in)
If you’re like me and wanted to go the proper route before starting your business, you will have created a Business Plan. This is a large document, about 20 to 30 pages, full of information about your business. I included things such as: product description, business goals, target markets, competition and financial outlook. A number of things ended up working out differently than my ideals in my business plan. Here’s a list of things that changed and the new ways I’ve begun thinking about them:
Blog #14 7 Things I learned from shooting a Short Film
My film was shot over the space of 2 days, with the meat of the film (a conversation between two people) shot in a few hours and the b-roll of the film shot on a second day over a couple of hours. I’m going to share some practical insights on shooting that I learned from the filmmaking process.
Blog #13 My Favourite (free) Software to use as a Filmmaker
In the life of a filmmaker, you will have to use many different pieces of software to accomplish different tasks. For the creative side, you will need a video editing software, scriptwriting software, photo editing software and even a sound editing software (sometimes called a D.A.W. i.e. digital audio workstation). On the administrative side, you’ll need a word processor, a spreadsheet software and a slideshow presentation program.
Blog #12 How to Write a Short Film
Recently I was tasked with writing a short film. To make it happen, I had to break out my screenwriting program and get the screenplay juices flowing again. Before I did that though, I went through a quick refresher on all the different elements in a screenplay. It was a while since I wrote anything so I needed to make sure I got all the elements down first before I dove in. Here are the basic elements of screenwriting so you too can get firing again.
Blog #11 How to calculate mileage costs, as a sole trader of any kind in the Republic of Ireland
How do you calculate mileage allowances as a sole trader running a business in Ireland? Is it even worth it? In this post, I’m going to give a real world example and share some napkin math with you so that you can get an insight into the running of a business.
Blog #8 What do you need to start a video production service?
What do you need to start a video business? How long does it take? How much money will I require? I had all these questions before starting my business. A lot of the things that I thought would be difficult, time consuming and expensive turned out a lot different than I expected. I’m going to share my tips on dealing with the various necessities you need to start a video business in Ireland, whether you are a wedding shooter, a filmmaker or just someone who works in the many areas of video.
Blog #2 The Perils of Online Freelancing Sites
The problem with sites like Fiverr and Upwork.