Film Festivals & Contests
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Entering Your Students’ Works – Or Your Own Works, If You’re A Student – Into Student Film Festivals

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Photo by Razvan Cristea @ focusproduction.ro   Written by David Kaminski On many occasions I have seen very good – and sometimes extraordinary work – created by young, first-time filmmakers that has never been submitted to a festival, nor recognized with an award. At the same time, I have been aware of contests and festivals … Continue reading “Entering Your Students’ Works – Or Your Own Works, If You’re A Student – Into Student Film Festivals”

Film Festivals & Contests
How-To Be A Filmmaker Articles

Film Festivals Success Tips to Improve Your Chances

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Written by Fred Ginsburg, CAS, Ph. D. If you are fortunate enough to be able to attend a major film festival or conference, it is a golden opportunity for networking. Let’s face it, you are not spending all that time and money just to watch a bunch of films; you can pretty much do that … Continue reading “Film Festivals Success Tips to Improve Your Chances”

Cinematography
How-To Be A Filmmaker Articles

Exclusive Interview | A Conversation with Uta Briesewitz, ASC: Episodics and Features

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  STUDENTFILMMAKERS: Your career as a cinematographer includes a wonderfully diverse body of work. What are some of the differences between filming styles for feature films, TV movies, episodics, and documentaries? Uta Briesewitz, ASC: In feature films for theatrical release you can live more in wide shots since the big screen of a movie theatre… …

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Cinematography
Interviews

Exclusive Interview | A Conversation with Hiro Narita, ASC

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  Hiro Narita, ASC has a filmography that includes over seventy-three titles ranging from feature films to episodic television series to documentaries. He is known for his work on “Never Cry Wolf” (1983), “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids” (1989), “The Rocketeer” (1991), “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country” (1991) and “The Scorpion King” (2002). Narita… …

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Cameras

“One Big Problem with 4K: Camera features available on some 1080p HD cameras, but not in any 4K camera” by Eddie Barber

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(Pictured above: Shooting FX’s Sons of Anarchy at their Studio Facility in North Hollywood, CA.) With 4K becoming more and more prevalent, there are still a few advantages of 1080p over 4K cameras.  For example, if you shoot 1080p @ 60P/FPS (which I often do for “Speed Ramp” and “Slow-Mo”) and want to, then, immediately … Continue reading ““One Big Problem with 4K: Camera features available on some 1080p HD cameras, but not in any 4K camera” by Eddie Barber”

Cameras
Development

“Shooting Plans & Shot Lists for Different Subjects: 14 WAYS to Capture the Perfect Waves” By Sherri Sheridan

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Have you ever returned home from a day of shooting and looked through your footage to find you have 308 shots of the same thing and nothing to really edit together? Even if you will be shooting on the fly, you need a plan and a shot list for how to approach each setting, subject … Continue reading ““Shooting Plans & Shot Lists for Different Subjects: 14 WAYS to Capture the Perfect Waves” By Sherri Sheridan”

Cameras
Lenses

“Anamorphic Lenses: A Primer” by John Klein

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In the micro-budget world, we’re always endeavoring to craft a more cinematic look for our films. We’ll crop the footage to a wider aspect ratio, go for lenses and sensors that offer shallower depth of field, add fake optical flares in post-production… and yet, we still feel like we’re lacking that certain je ne sais … Continue reading ““Anamorphic Lenses: A Primer” by John Klein”

Cinematography
Lighting

Book Reviews | “Lighting for Cinematography: A Practical Guide to the Art and Craft of Lighting for the Moving Image”

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New Book on Lighting Written by David Landau While there are some great books with interviews of big time cinematographers out there, there are few books immediately applicable to what beginning cinematographers are facing on limited budget shoots. “Lighting for Cinematography: A Practical Guide to the Art and Craft of Lighting for the Moving Image,”… …

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How-To Be A Filmmaker Articles
Screenwriting

Storytelling | “LOVE OF ADVENTURE: A Kind of Love for All Kinds of Stories” by Pamela Jaye Smith & Monty Hayes McMillan

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There’s a type of love that scales mountains, moves rivers, and changes worlds. This sort of love often breaks up families, ruins careers, and ends in destitution and death. Yet it keeps luring people into its web, offering the chance of rewards beyond compare in emotional satisfaction, lifelong relationships, and worldly riches. This love is … Continue reading “Storytelling | “LOVE OF ADVENTURE: A Kind of Love for All Kinds of Stories” by Pamela Jaye Smith & Monty Hayes McMillan”

Acting
How-To Be A Filmmaker Articles

Film Casting into the Unknown: The Hidden Art

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Written by Sky Crompton Actors are what bring the screen to life. A landscape can be compellingly photographed but the moment a person steps into it, it has a greater meaning, a human context that we immediately identify with because we are human. When it comes to choosing the cast for a film, it is … Continue reading “Film Casting into the Unknown: The Hidden Art”

Cameras
Cinematography

A Conversation with Anna Foerster, ASC

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Interview conducted by Kelcie Des Jardins Tips for Aspiring Cinematographers from Anna Foerster, ASC • It’s easy to get hijacked by technical novelties and it’s good to stay up to date with the fast developing technical stuff. But don’t let that dictate your choices. • Stay physically in shape. Somehow those 16 hour days will… …

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Networks and Forums

Announcing NEW StudentFilmmakers Magazine Online Community Updates

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StudentFilmmakers Magazine & StudentFilmmakers.com have updated the Filmmakers Forums Online Moderated By Experts (studentfilmmakers.com/forums), and have launched a brand NEW interactive forums community inside the online news section of the site (studentfilmmakers.com/community). Join the interactive filmmaking forums online. Post your questions and answers. If you are interested in becoming a featured moderator, contact us through … Continue reading “Announcing NEW StudentFilmmakers Magazine Online Community Updates”