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Casting Your Documentary: How to Choose Your Subjects
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Cinematography
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Filmmakers Safety Tips and Quiz
Filmmaking Safety Tips and Quiz Take the Quiz after Reading the Article Ensuring safety on a movie set is a multifaceted task that involves various aspects, from managing…
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Directing
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It’s a Great Day to be Alive!
Above production still: Behind the scenes of the film, "Break Even," directed by Shane Stanley. "Break Even" movie trailer Good Morning Filmmaker! By Shane Stanley “Happy Anniversary,…
Screenwriting
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60 Second Ad Plot Point Breakdown
Using the Budweiser Super Bowl Puppy Commercial 2015 as an example. Why does everyone love this Budweiser puppy ad? Super story structure that touches on all the right…
Editing & Post
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An Editing Time-Saver
Lessons from an Alaskan fish factory: Torb and Nola Jensen share an editing time-saver for organizing footage so your cut moves like a well-run line. Before moving to…
Cameras & Gear
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Michael Goi, ASC, ISC – Filming, “Words on Bathroom Walls
With a last minute shooting fill-in position and a limited schedule, Michael Goi, ASC recalls a seamless production with on-set innovations and…
Drone Cinematography Pointers and Tips
Why Shooting Film Still Matters
Production Value on a Micro-Budget: Kinglet’s “Woodpecker
Sound
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NEW SGM-250CX Professional Compact Cine Shotgun Microphone
The SGM-250CX is a short length, condenser shotgun microphone that is ideal for mounting on compact digital Cinema Cameras, as well as…
How to Communicate with Your Composer on Your First Student Film
Unlock Pro Audio and Get a Free V-CLIK: The Beachtek DXA-MICRO PRO+
Diegetic Music: When Music is Visible
Lighting
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Lighting Interviews: Creating a Shallow Depth of Field
Lighting interviews and head shots are a critical part of my business. The goal, to make the person under the lights look…
Lighting Practically
3 Need-To-Know Lighting Tips for Student Cinematographers
4 Master Lighting Tips for Next Generation Cinematographers
Documentary
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7 Ways to Maintain Sharp Focus Filming Documentary Action
Photo by Jakob Rosen. Instagram: @jakobnoahrosen 7 Ways to Maintain Sharp Focus Filming Documentary Action Written By Courtney Hermann Is it just…
The Art of the Documentary Interview
SVA MFA Social Documentary Film: Work with the Right Mentors
Documenting Archeology off the Irish Coast
Film Business
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Michelle Bogre on Copyright and Documentary Photography
Copyright for Photographers and Filmmakers StudentFilmmakers Magazine: Can you tell us a little bit about the evolution of copyright as it…
Peter Warren, CSC on Getting His Start
Ask for What You Want: A Walking Dead Story
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Acting
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Elicit an Organic and Believable Performance from Your Actors
The Acting is the Thing Written by Jonathan Moore I always enjoy the look on my students’ faces when they learn…
Create the On-Set Environment That Your Actors Need
Advice for Directing Actors Who Are the Writers of Their Films
5 Ways to Get Electrified Performances from Your Actors
Film Schools
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Interview with Ted Jones, Head of Film at Vancouver Film School
Ted Jones of Vancouver Film School talks about teaching to story, the school’s labs and render farm, its new 4K camera platform…
How to Make Realistic Fire effects for your videos! – After Effects
Brian Schwarz Discusses His Award-Winning Film ‘Ol’Daddy’
Filmic Launches an Education Program for Schools and Universities
Festivals & Contests
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Connor Simpson talks about his Campus MovieFest winner ‘Manta’
by Naomi Laeuchli Connor Simpson, who graduated this year from the University of Alabama, discusses his Sci-Fi short film 'Manta' for which he…
When Creators Collaborate Virtually
CalArts Tribute: A History of Emerging Filmmakers
Winter Photo Contest Extended: 7 Tips to Add Depth to Your Photos
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