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Gratitude, Gold and Guidance with Patrick Cady, ASC and Thomas Bernardo
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Cinematography
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#KeepFilming :: Keep Classes Engaged and Moving Forward
#KeepFilming How do we, as filmmaking educators, keep our classes engaged and moving forward? Written by William Donaruma Production classes are inherently hands-on, team-based, work closely…
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If I Had to Choose Only One Film to Study: A Clockwork Orange
If he could study only one film, David Worth would choose Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange. He explains what filmmakers can learn from it. If I had to…
Screenwriting
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Different Forms of Layoff for Stages of Editing
Deliverables scare many offline editors. Daniel Gaucher explains the layoffs and outputs needed at each stage of editing, from rough cut to online. The Offline Editor's Hidden Job…
Cameras & Gear
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Multiple Camera Interviews: Basic Rules You Don’t Want to Break
Multiple Camera Interviews: Basic Rules You Don’t Want to Break by Carl Filoreto Why Interviews Lose Quality It can be as…
Relationship between the Director and the Director of Photography
Job Advice for Camera Assistants: Tips for First and Second ACs
Retaining the Frame: Why Bad Takes Cost Time and Money
Sound
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Sound and Image: A + B = C
A Conversation with Jan Roberts-Breslin STUDENTFILMMAKERS: What is the relationship between sound and image in motion pictures? What is important? Jan Roberts-Breslin:…
Room Tone vs Background Tracks
Music and Your Movie: Finding the Right Musical Cues
So, You Want to Create a Podcast?
Lighting
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Frank Barrera’s Approach to Lighting In the Family
Director of photography Frank Barrera describes his approach to lighting the award-winning independent feature In the Family, scene by scene. Creating Dramatic…
Lights and Cameras Changing Our World
Virtual Production: How It Is Changing Student Filmmaking
Lighting the Narrative: A Conversation with David Moxness, ASC, CSC
Documentary
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Strange Culture: Reinventing the Documentary Form
Lynn Hershman-Leeson’s Strange Culture mixes documentary and drama to tell the story of artist Steve Kurtz. A short Q&A on reinventing the…
Pitching to Film Investors: A Glass of Water with William F. Vartorella
Audio Techniques for Documentary
Tony Stark on Documentary Filmmaking
Film Business
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Get Your Film Made
Ideas to Start By Jared Isham Getting your film made, for many, can be packed with fear and uncertainty. The obstacles, no…
Budgeting for Guerilla Filmmakers 101
Screening Your Film Independently and Film Festivals
Photographers on the Move
Acting
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Actors Are Not Plug-and-Play: Getting a Scene on Its Feet
Many directors expect actors to be like Apple Computers: Plugand-Play, performing perfectly right out of the box (or the makeup trailer). Writers work…
Understanding Your Actors: 3 Levels of Consciousness
Cast the Right Kind of Talent for Your Story and Project
Six Important Tips for Auditioning and Booking A Commercial
Film Schools
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Media Instructor Andrew Hwang on the Student Video “Safe Spaces
Media Instructor Andrew Hwang talks with StudentFilmmakers Magazine about award-winning student video "Safe Spaces," created by students from the Wide Angle Youth…
Is Cinema Studies Really Important to a Production Curriculum?
Great Cinematography Begins with Inspiration and Research
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Festivals & Contests
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広瀬すず Suzu Hirose’s Unforgettable Night at JAPAN CUTS 2026
The murmuring in the theater stopped. Then the audience exploded in applause. We had just watched 広瀬すず Suzu Hirose deliver an awe-inspiring…
Speed Filmmaking Do’s and Don’ts
Tribeca Film Festival: A Showcase for Independent Filmmakers
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