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CINEMATOGRAPHY Lights and Cameras Changing Our World By Dean Goldberg I’ve been a full-time academic now for a dozen years—and being older than time itself, I spent a lifetime before academia, as a filmmaker. I can remember all the way back to my film school days in the late 70s, learning how to load an … Continue reading “CINEMATOGRAPHY | “Lights and Cameras Changing Our World” By Dean Goldberg”
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Written by David K. Irving As the leader of a production unit, the effective director will select the right tool at the appropriate moment with command and confidence. And each director is different – some come laden with gear, while others manage to get by solely on their wits. Most fall somewhere in between. Let’s … Continue reading “DIRECTING | “The Director’s Gear” by David K. Irving”
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ON-CAMERA AUDIO Award-Winning Filmmaker/Producer Carey Missler Talks Beachtek Interview conducted by Jody Michelle Solis StudentFilmmakers Magazine catches up with Carey Missler, certified, licensed drone pilot and award-winning filmmaker/producer at DCD Productions. (www.dcdproductions.ca). What differentiates Beachtek from other similar on-camera sound devices? Carey Missler: I have been using Beachtek products for about 5 years for audio … Continue reading “ON-CAMERA AUDIO | Award-Winning Filmmaker/Producer Carey Missler Talks Beachtek”
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Casting Color blind. Gender blind. Age blind. By Tamar Kummel Think about some recent movies or TV shows starring Meryl Streep, Melissa McCarthy, Sandra Oh, Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman, Robin Williams or any other of your favorite actors. I bet you can’t picture that movie or TV show starring anyone else. They are perfect. But … Continue reading ““Casting: Color blind. Gender blind. Age blind.” By Tamar Kummel”
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“Is There Light at the End of the Tunnel?” Now Let’s Think Outside the Box By William Donaruma It depends on the tunnel and how it plays in the story. We can get caught up in motivated light sources within a scene. Where is the window or practical light source? What time of day… …
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What new looking cliffhangers can you create that fit your story? (Images courtesy of the author.) ART OF STORYTELLING 19 Types of Cliffhangers Scene Cliffhangers To Keep Them Watching By Sherri Sheridan Cliffhangers are visual and emotional mousetraps. How do you make viewers worry about what will happen next and want to keep watching? … Continue reading “19 Types of Visual Cliffhangers By Sherri Sheridan”
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Introduction to Raising Independent Capital “There are different ways to raise capital for your movie and sometimes the easiest place to get it is where you’d least expect it – from people with deep pockets interested in dabbling in the motion picture industry. In my new book, ‘What You Don’t Learn in Film School: A … Continue reading “Independent Filmmaker Capital By Shane Stanley”
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Camera Composition That Tells the Story By David Landau Composition is selecting placement of everything within the frame and deciding what has emphasis. If we fail to do this, if we just shoot a shot, the frame could become visually dense, filled with details that turn out to be extraneous to the story and… …
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DOCUMENTARY Audio Techniques for Documentary How to Capture Good Location Sound By David Appleby As with all recording, good audio demands that you keep your subject’s volume as strong as possible (signal) while keeping any competing sounds (noise) to a minimum. What’s different about documentary production is that you will need to accomplish this … Continue reading “Audio Techniques for Documentary By David Appleby”
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Currently at it’s peak, the indie film scene offers a vast realm of opportunities for actors. Either you are starting your career or simply exploring new acting spectrum, independent films have a lot of benefits to offer. Having started my acting career in independent short and feature-length films, I will go through the advantages of … Continue reading “The Benefits of Acting in Indie Films”
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Article Written By Bart Weiss In most film schools, if you look around the hallways, there are notices about Study Abroad Programs. Some of these are done by your university, but there are many places that do these programs through companies that specialize in these. I have heard of programs from going to the Cannes … Continue reading “Study Abroad: Broaden your view of the world By Bart Weiss”
