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Written By JC Cummings Throughout my years as a Producer/Director, I’ve shot in several studio stages around the globe. I’ve had the privilege to design and build seven stages for other companies. Each had very different profiles, while all had to perform according to the same requirements to do the job. When I walk onto… …
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Written By Tony Halliwell Working with a student or beginning composer? Deriving from my experiences working as a startup composer, I’d like to share with you some quick tips for improving your workflow and collaboration with newcomers who are just starting out or who have only a few films under their belts so far and… …
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Top Photo: Crowd time! Making five people look like a crowd of applause for the opening shots takes teamwork. MAKING VISUALS SING Written By John Klein Every indie filmmaking conversation tends to start with some variation of “write what you have.” So, when I signed on to direct the music video for Kinglet’s lyric-less… …
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By Scott McConnell I recently rewatched the classic adventure film, Journey to the Center of the Earth (Fox, 1959), starring James Mason and Pat Boone. I encourage every creative to watch this film for its many excellent cinematic and story values: exciting plot, heroic characters, stunning visuals, big life-supporting theme, and evocative music, among others. But I want… …
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By Neil Landau In Hollywood, where episodic TV production budgets tend to be most substantial, showrunners will hire a staff of dedicated writers to bring a diversity of points of view into “the room,” and to maximize productivity, efficiency, and script quality. Staff writer jobs are highly coveted in Hollywood (and increasingly elsewhere) as “entry… …
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By David Appleby Audiences are generally more tolerant of poor images than of poor sound. Students working on location often have problems with the audio but don’t take the time to improve it in post. If you read the credits of a feature film, you’ll notice the number of people involved in creating the soundtrack… …
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Pictured above: Filmmakers and festival managers drop by the Student Filmmakers Magazine exhibit booth at the NAB New York Show in Manhattan, NYC, to say hello, pick up magazine editions, and network. How to Maximize Your Productivity at Film Festivals By Fred Ginsburg CAS PhD If you are fortunate enough to be able to attend… …
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By JC Cummings We’ve always enjoyed productions with fun-loving puppet characters. Puppeteering is an art and one of the first forms of entertainment throughout the ages. When it comes to producing an entire series with puppets or even a commercial, there are some technics we need to follow. Over the years I’ve produced several ‘puppets’… …
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By Amy DeLouise, Producer/Director Film festivals and industry events are back in person! Can we remember how to do this? Here are some of my top tips. Digital scans Most conferences now include QR codes on badges. The good news is, they scan right into your contacts. The bad news is, you might not… …
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By Shane Stanley It’s that time of year to brush the sand off your feet, let your suntans fade and the hangovers heal as you head back to class or get back to work. Or is it?… I’ll admit, I am obsessive compulsive when it comes to work. I don’t say that with any shame… …
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Simplicity and Magic in Filmmaking By Michael Goi, ASC, ISC I’ve always been fascinated with magic. From the time I helped form the Magic Club in high school to my first experiments in doing stop motion animation with my Regular 8 film camera, I was obsessed with how to make the audience believe what I… …
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By Neal Bell In traditional horror movies, there’s a fairly simple formula: ‘normality’ is threated by the monstrous (from bug-eyed alien to crazed human being)… The ‘normal’ fights back – and the story ends when the monster is either destroyed, or it lives to run amok again. But how does one create horror when there… …
