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Smart Directing on a Tight Budget: Herb Kimble’s Proven Tips for Independent Filmmakers

Directing doesn’t have to break the bank. Some of the most innovative directors working today began by directing on a shoestring. With a bit of the right attitude, imagination, and planning, directing a film on a low budget can be fulfilling and career-building.

Producer and director and creator of the streaming network UrbanFlixTV, Herb Kimble, puts into words: “Never confuse value and budget. A well-told, good story can override even the most expensive production.”…

Defying Limits: Herb Kimble’s Foster’s Law Redefines Justice on UrbanFlixTV

Herb Kimble’s Foster’s Law, now streaming on UrbanFlixTV, explores justice, morality, and sacrifice through the lens of Edward Foster, a CPS worker whose aggressive pursuit of justice tests the limits of the law. Created by Kimble with Chris Stokes and Marques Houston, the series is captivating with multi-layered storytelling and high drama.

Kimble’s vision brings raw authenticity to the series. “We wanted to challenge traditional notions of right and wrong within an imperfect system,” Herb …

Why Marketing is Important to a Business

Marketing is the bedrock of any business that wants to be successful. It is crucial in driving growth, increasing awareness, and engaging customers. Without a solid and well-defined marketing strategy, even the best products or services can go unnoticed in today’s competitive marketplace. Herb Kimble, the director, producer, and the visionary founder of the streaming network UrbanFlixTV, says: “Marketing is not just about selling a product; it’s about creating a connection with your audience …

“Heaux Phase”: Raw Art of Growth, Pain, and Liberation

Heaux Phase is an urban coming-of-age drama that delves deep into the raw, often uncomfortable realities of growing up as a young woman in today’s complex world. Created by Herb Kimble, this series uncovers the messy, emotional, and often tragic journey of self-discovery, as characters face the challenges of adulthood. Herb Kimble himself describes the series as “about the messy, emotional, and sometimes tragic process of finding oneself amidst chaos.”

The story centers on Melody …

Top Quirky Crime Flicks

The best crime films are those that do not subscribe to a particular formula. Those that keep you on the edge of your seat because you are caught up in the mystique of it all. Good crime films aren’t heist films or action flicks. They are character studies where fascinating personalities take center stage and the plot seems to unfold around them. Some of the classic crime capers of the past, films like Reservoir Dogs …

Three Quirky Flicks With 70s Flair

Article written by Herb Kimble.

The 70s were film’s most audacious time period. There are slews of parodies on the porno-infused grindhouse movies of the time, and the era including a string of blockbuster “blacksploitation” style films that played on tropes of African-American culture with a kung fu flair. This wild landscape of cinema was full of car chases, nudity and failed heists. It was also home to some of the most thought-provoking drama of …

How to Make Rain in Movies

Rain can be an important dramatic effect, but it’s one of the most difficult to capture on film visually. Rain adds tension, and it can help highlight the mood of a particular sequence. Jurassic Park, The Matrix, Shawshank Redemption, and a host of other classic films of almost every genre have incorporated rain into their productions to add drama and make the world more believable.

So, what’s the movie magic behind this particular trick? Read …

The $200 Million Lesson of Titanic

James Cameron, the director of “Titanic,” is the man who made the most expensive movie to ever come out of Hollywood. Although it became a worldwide sensation, he did not forget the struggles they all faced during the early filming days. Peter Chernin, the president and COO of News Corp., the parent firm of 20th Century Fox, remembered just hoping that they could break even with the entire project.

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