Documentary
Film Festivals & Contests

Jodi Cilley Talks Video Production and TV Documentary Series Do’s and Don’ts for New Generation Filmmakers

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StudentFilmmakers connected with Jodi Cilley through the Filmmakers Network Community online. Jodi shares her ideas and insights on video production and TV documentary series do’s and don’ts for new generation filmmakers in this exclusive interview – Video Production TV Documentary Series Jodi Cilley is a long time filmmaker, entrepreneur, and educator. She has been teaching … Continue reading “Jodi Cilley Talks Video Production and TV Documentary Series Do’s and Don’ts for New Generation Filmmakers”

Audio
Networks and Forums

Conveying Emotions and Animating Moving Images with Music

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Filmmakers Forums Community Spotlight with Veaceslav Draganov   Filmmakers, video makers, and creatives, we met another very talented composer in the Filmmakers Forums Community online. His name is Veaceslav Draganov, a composer based out of Moldova. From childhood he played the piano, which later influenced his work. Profoundly-moving orchestral pieces are a dream for filmmakers. … Continue reading “Conveying Emotions and Animating Moving Images with Music”

Interviews
Networks and Forums

Expressing through Music the Feeling the Scene by Itself Already Evokes

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Photo by Zhiwei Liang. Follow on Instagram @lzwwilliam StudentFilmmakers takes five to chat with Marco Zannone, a composer we interact and chat with in the Filmmakers Forums Online. “I compose mainly piano and orchestral music. The main part of my work in the past years has been writing cues and licensing them through music licensing … Continue reading “Expressing through Music the Feeling the Scene by Itself Already Evokes”

Art Department
Networks and Forums

3D Artist Designer Laura Innes: No Limits in 3D

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Exploring through the Filmmakers Global Network Community this week, StudentFilmmakers staff spotted 3D Artist Designer Laura Innes. “I am a person who loves to design and create things, no matter what or how, it is only a matter of doing something that did not exist before where it is today … I am inspired by … Continue reading “3D Artist Designer Laura Innes: No Limits in 3D”

Directing
Networks and Forums

Sasha Sibley on Debut Feature Film, “The Box”: Safety Balanced with a Willingness to Experiment

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Filmmakers Network | Community Spotlight Sasha Sibley is a 22 year-old filmmaker in Los Angeles who has directed numerous short films and recently secured distribution for his first feature, ‘The Box’ in 2021, through Midnight Releasing. His achievements have been recognized at various film festivals, including SITGES, Hard:Line, Dances With Films and NFFTY. Sibley graduated from Loyola Marymount University in … Continue reading “Sasha Sibley on Debut Feature Film, “The Box”: Safety Balanced with a Willingness to Experiment”

Audio
Networks and Forums

Big Impact Sound: Music in Motion

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Photo by Joseph Frank. | www.josephfrank.co | Follow Instagram @josephfrankco Filmmakers, don’t forget to explore the Music & Composers Section in the Filmmakers Forums Community online. We came across Big Impact Sound in the forums. Check out his Showreels here and this Q&A!   Experimental Music Showreel Big Impact Sound | Support Account · Floating … Continue reading “Big Impact Sound: Music in Motion”

How-To Be A Filmmaker Articles
Screenwriting

Creative Listing to a Better Screenplay

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“Your Ideas Matter! Write them down.” Photo taken by Mika Baumeister. Bonn, Deutschland. | mikabaumeister.de   Written By Jared Isham   Whether it is a term or not, it definitely should be and is one of my favorite tools that I use when writing a screenplay. It is a process that I like to call … Continue reading “Creative Listing to a Better Screenplay”

Audio
Networks and Forums

Composer Don Ferrone: “Terrestrial Voices”

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Photo taken by William Bossen | brooksbossenstudio.com | Follow on Instagram @williambossen Filmmakers Global Network | Community Spotlight with Don Ferrone   “Terrestrial Voices” is my new Climate Change Composition, which I feel combines a passion to save the planet and my years of experience as a Los Angeles studio musician. Am looking for a … Continue reading “Composer Don Ferrone: “Terrestrial Voices””

Development
Screenwriting

Nervous About Sending Out Your Script?

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Photo by Frank McKenna. San Diego, CA. blog.frankiefoto.com   Written by Scott Spears   I get this question a lot from fledgling screenwriters: I want professionals in the industry to read my script, but I want to insure my idea won’t be stolen. What should I do? I can understand some degree of nervousness about … Continue reading “Nervous About Sending Out Your Script?”

Development
Screenwriting

Delivering the Epiphany to the Audience… Again

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Photo taken by Yiran Ding | www.yiranding.com | Follow Instagram @yiran_ding   Delivering the Epiphany to the Audience… Again And Injecting that Energy Into Your Own Cinematic Work   Written by Michael Karp, SOC There are certain great films that audiences will watch over and over. Paradoxically, these narratives become more interesting with each viewing, … Continue reading “Delivering the Epiphany to the Audience… Again”

Story Development
Interviews
Screenwriting

Cindy Chupack Discusses Challenges as a TV Writer

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Exclusive interview conducted by Camille Haimet Cindy Chupack is an Emmy-winning screenwriter, author, and executive producer. Though her essays have appeared in such publications as “The New York Times”, and “O, The Oprah Magazine”, and she has completed a number of under-the-radar feature scripts, Ms. Chupack is most widely known for her work writing for … Continue reading “Cindy Chupack Discusses Challenges as a TV Writer”

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Cameras
How-To Be A Filmmaker Articles

The Zen of Focusing

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Photo taken by Marina Vitale. Follow Instagram @marina_mv08     Written by Jack Anderson   On the surface focusing seems simple enough. During a blocking rehearsal, marks are laid (that’s the job of the second) to indicate the places on the set where the actors will be stopping and standing during a scene. The first … Continue reading “The Zen of Focusing”

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