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by Richard La Motte I used to work with a friend and fellow costumer named Robert Labansat. Bob taught me a lot of things. His first approach to anything was: The solution to any question has to exist – the only real question is – do you have the experience and imagination to uncover the… …
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Reference: StudentFilmmakers Magazine, August 2007. Safety First: Working with Mechanical and Makeup FX on Set: The End Never Justifies the Means by Myrl A. Schreibman Pages 38 & 39. The end does not justify the means when it comes to directing a movie. With today’s ease and mobility in production this concept is often forgotten… …
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Reference: StudentFilmmakers Magazine, January 2007. Special Make-up Effects for HD: What HD Won’t Hide by Todd Debrecenilt’s. Pages 34 – 36. High Definition Television is not going to go away, and may someday even replace the use of film at all (I hope not). The first question that comes to mind is, ‘Is there really… …
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Assessing Costume Requirements – Not Always a Straight Forward Task By Richard La Motte Usually, assessing background costume requirements is pretty straight forward. You start with the script – list the various crowd scenes and break them down by type, gender and action; then, check with the production department for amounts of extras anticipated and… …
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by John Hart Keep your ‘sets’ as simple as possible, especially, since your ‘set-ups’ usually consist of available ‘on location’ areas, like tables, chairs, benches, etc. Move or get rid of anything extraneous that you do not absolutely need in your shot. If you are working on an almost non-existent budget, just being aware of… …
