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Raised between Malaysia and Miami, Jing Ai Ng is a writer-director currently based in Los Angeles. In 2019, she was awarded the Student Film Award by the Directors Guild of America (DGA) for her AFI thesis film, FLECK. FLECK is currently on the festival circuit, and she is developing her feature script FORGE. She has… …
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StudentFilmmakers Magazine: What are the most important skills a documentary filmmaker must possess? Michael Rabiger: The ability to: Reject stereotyped approaches to your subject until you find one original. Aim to make a visual film that needs no interviews or narration. Listen, think, and change course when needed. Use a camera like a mobile intelligence…. …
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By Kaine Levy The opening scene of a film is incredibly difficult to get right, yet one of the most important. As a filmmaker, your goal is to draw your audience into the world of your story, but the catch is that you only have a couple of minutes to do it. Think about… …
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#FlashbackFriday #FBF Do you remember our exclusive interview with Brian Lazzaro? This story got the Cover of StudentFilmmakers Magazine, August 2007 Issue. Consumer-Generated Ad Contest Lands Music Video Director His First Commercial Brian Lazzaro’s Videography Methods Contribute to a Successful Transition from MTV to National Commercial Interview conducted by Larry Jaffee The tremendous… …
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#FlashbackFriday #FBF Do you remember our Exclusive Interview with Michael Damian? Director Michael Damian’s “Hot Tamale” wins the Indie Spirit Best Picture Award at the 2006 Fourth Annual Boston International Film Festival, and is an official selection for the San Diego Film Festival in September. The film world-premiered at The Newport Beach Film Festival,… …
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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… …
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Article Written By David K. Irving I think cinema, movies, and magic have always been closely associated. The very earliest people who made film were magicians. ~Francis Ford Coppola The lights go down. Excitement and anticipation fill the air. Images begin to dance across the silver screen. A little laughter, a few tears. And the… …
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Independent Director’s Guerilla Field List Arm Yourself with Back-Up Resources and Ingenuity by Roger Marsh Mix a tight budget with a narrow shoot window, and you can understand why an independent director cannot go into the field without back-up resources and a little ingenuity. • Magic Bag. You start accumulating odd and end items… …
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Reference: StudentFilmmakers Magazine – Storyboarding: Directing Shots: Telling a Visual Story, Varying Shots, & Introducing Movement by Mark Simonand. Pages 42 – 45. As a storyboard artist, you will often be called upon to act as the director when working on a script. This is not to say that you will actually direct the crew,… …
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By Pete Chatmon Timeline? What Timeline? There are no mile markers in the career of a filmmaker. Most of your friends have a certain understood progression that they comfortable anticipate until Enron or Bear Stearns goes belly up. Work five years, don’t make mistakes, and become a manager. Five more years, a VP of something…. …
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“In the world of mostly every successful producer and director, talent is of critical importance.” By John Carrico Every filmmaker who’s ever cast a cousin, a sister, a new friend from the softball team, or some really hot ingénue in the theater department has learned the same lesson: working with professional actors is indispensable in… …
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The Acting is the Thing Written by Jonathan Moore I always enjoy the look on my students’ faces when they learn that they will have to act in a scene for my Directing for Film and Television class. At first, they exhibit surprise and even shock. Many students are likewise surprised to hear that… …
