Written by Paul Richards
From film festivals to school video clubs, everything has become a virtual experience today as the entire world is facing the threat of a pandemic. While we’re practicing social distancing and doing our part to keep ourselves and our community members healthy, creativity and learning can still flourish. We all may need to step up… …
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Pieter Claessens received the 3rd Place Award in the College Category for his short film, “Pass Age” in the Summer Shorts Film and Video Contest (2017), hosted by StudentFilmmakers.com. Interview published in StudentFilmmakers Magazine. STUDENTFILMMAKERS: What inspired the “story” for “Pass Age”? Pieter Claessens: I wrote the music for “Pass Age” myself. When I was… …
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Janice Chun (Writer, Director, Animator) received the 2nd Place Award in the College Category for her short animation, “Crushed In Space” in the Summer Shorts Film and Video Contest (2017), hosted by StudentFilmmakers.com. Interview published in StudentFilmmakers Magazine. Writer, Director, Animator: Janice Chun Voice Actors: Daren Jannace Calista Nguyen STUDENTFILMMAKERS: What inspired the story for… …
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STUDENTFILMMAKERS: Tell us about the 5th Annual ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship. Cameron Cubbison: The ScreenCraft Fellowship is an ongoing career development program designed to help talented emerging writers sharpen and hone their portfolios, and then strategically introduce them to a custom-matched network of literary agents, managers, studio executives, producers and content creators. The ultimate goal of… …
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Ryan Robson (Writer/Director), Samuel Palm (DP), and Austin Ahler (Producer) received the 1st Place Award in the College Category for their short student film, “Deadbeat Motel” in the Summer Shorts Film and Video Contest (2017), hosted by StudentFilmmakers.com. Interview published in StudentFilmmakers Magazine. STUDENTFILMMAKERS: What inspired the “story” for “Deadbeat Motel”? Ryan Robson: “Deadbeat“ actually… …
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Logan Calder (Writer and Director) and Austin Segal (Cinematographer) received the 1st Place Award in the Highschool / Junior High Category for their short student film, “Two of These Things” in the Summer Shorts Film and Video Contest (2017), hosted by StudentFilmmakers.com. Interview published in StudentFilmmakers Magazine. STUDENTFILMMAKERS: What inspired the “story” for “Two of… …
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#FlashbackFriday #FBF Do you remember our Community Spotlight with Adrian Picardi? Picardi Makes Pro Level Actioner with Just One Camera Color manipulation, artful scoring, and trial-and-error. His Final Hit, the third place winner of The Edgewise Media and Panasonic Digital Media Film and Video Shorts 2008 Awards Competition featuring “AMQ,” is a short film… …
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#FlashbackFriday #FBF Do you remember our Community Spotlight with Michael Brettler? Brettler Captures Introspective Tone and Child-Like Whimsy with ‘Levin’ Genuine Characters Trump Student-Level CG Levin: Maladies of Death wins second place in The Edgewise Media and Panasonic Digital Media Film and Video Shorts 2008 Awards Competition featuring “AMQ”. The short film is written… …
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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… …
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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… …
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Growth of Film Festivals Over the past decade, the film industry has changed tremendously. Its demands and outcomes have evolved. As artists, the fast lighting speed of the industry has led us to become more versatile and therefore adapt ourselves to the circumstances. Perhaps, one of the greatest shifts has been the accessibility to make… …
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by Naomi Laeuchli Connor Simpson, who graduated this year from the University of Alabama, discusses his Sci-Fi short film ‘Manta’ for which he won Best Director at Campus MovieFest, the world’s largest student film festival. Simpson talks about how he created the film, the challenges and the part he was most pleased with. Can you tell… …
