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(Pictured above: Bob Levy with film director Sean Anders.)  StudentFilmmakers Magazine: Can you share with us some of your insights on television development, and the importance of the development stage? Bob Levy: Development is about creating the blueprint of a TV pilot or series. You can’t build a building without a blueprint, and you … Continue reading “Television Development with Bob Levy”
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STUDENTFILMMAKERS: What changes have you seen in the computer animation and VFX industry over the years? Lee Lanier: When I began working as a 3D animator, in 1994, there were only a few places that possessed the technology usable for film – Los Angeles and San Francisco. Now, 3D animation software is available to everyone … Continue reading “Aesthetic 3D Lighting with Lee Lanier”
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 StudentFilmmakers Magazine: What changes in storyboarding have you seen over the years? Giuseppe Cristiano: There has been quite many changes in the business since I started up. One of the most important, of course, was the introduction of computers, the evolution of tablets and digital screens and, of course, the internet. My source for … Continue reading “Storyboarding with Giuseppe Cristiano”
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Pictured above: Amedeo D’Adamo with his film students in the AFI Directing class.  StudentFilmmakers Magazine: How have you seen producing for film and video change over the years? Amedeo D’Adamo: Looking beyond COVID, I’d say it’s a great time to break into producing through TV. There are so many opportunities in all the many … Continue reading “Producing for the Screen: Amedeo D’Adamo Shares Film Producing Insights”
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Filmmakers Global Network :: Community Spotlight with Ed Hartman Award-winning Film/TV Composer & Producer  Work and Current Projects: I am a composer, scoring features, documentaries and shorts, and I’m a producer. I have music in many television shows and films. I write a variety of styles of music including jazz, Latin, world, classical and … Continue reading “Community Spotlight with Ed Hartman”
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Filmmakers Global Network : Film Composer and Sound Engineer Lauryn Kurniawan Film Composer, Pianist, Collaborative Piano  Work and Current Projects: Currently, I’m working as a music composer and sound engineer at Yellow Frog Media Ltd. in Hong Kong under Rob Porter. At the same time, I am interning as a video producer and social media … Continue reading “Film Composer and Sound Engineer Lauryn Kurniawan”
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Filmmakers Global Network :: Community Spotlight with Ndum Stanisla Student, Director, Producer, Writer, Actor  Work and Current Projects: I started as a cast member for a friend’s feature film, Ekoneman Kingdom, playing a supporting role in 2009. By 2010, I was an actor/director in another friend’s feature film, Maiden Festival. In 2011, I handled … Continue reading “Community Spotlight with Ndum Stanisla”
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 Written by JC Cummings As the summer heat makes all of us enjoy the invention of air conditioning, production crews who hustle in it, welcome a nighttime shoot. All of us in the production game know hassles of location shooting, but when ‘heat’ is a factor, it seems to really send us on a … Continue reading “Summer Heats Up: The Reel Story”
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 Written by Bart Weiss In my last article, I had a throwaway line about using an iPad instead of a computer for soundtracking. There is one great advantage of using Garage Band on an iPad or iPhone compared to using it on your desktop computer. Instead of using the Mac’s keyboard to perform your … Continue reading “Create Your Soundtrack Using Garage Band on iOS”
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Filmmakers Global Network :: Community Spotlight with Joe Sanders Film Composer, Songwriter, Producer  Work and Current Projects: I’m a composer who primarily composes film/TV scores and assists other composers on their projects. Working with people I really respect and vibe with, is a huge priority for me. A little unsolicited advice here: do surround … Continue reading “Community Spotlight with Joe Sanders”
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Filmmakers Global Network :: Community Spotlight with Karlina Veras Reid Dominican Writer based in London. Â Work and Current Projects: Besides writing for the screen, I also write a wide range of poetry and literary fiction in both English and Spanish. At the moment, I am working on a feature film, written both in English … Continue reading “Community Spotlight with Karlina Veras Reid”
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Filmmakers Global Network :: Community Spotlight with Christopher Rinaman Film Composer, Arranger, Orchestrator, Trombonist  Work and Current Projects: Early in my career, I was interested in jazz arranging and writing for large ensembles. That led me into wanting to compose for films, and I had the chance to work as an assistant to Howard … Continue reading “Community Spotlight with Christopher Rinaman, Film Composer, Orchestrator”
