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Here’s what 3 award-winning filmmakers share about that topic… Pictured above: Photo taken in Saskatchewan, Regina, Canada, by RoyalZProduction on a music video set shooting a performance scene. Follow @royalzproduction | royalzproduction.com “Should I Go to Film School, or Get a Job?” “I think it really depends on where you want to end… …
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With a new school year approaching, one that is filled with uncertainty for so many, I wanted to provide guidance to the many educators navigating this new phase of normal. My latest book is a guide to help K-12 teachers navigate online learning environments. “Technology Tools for Online Education” is meant to give educators guidance… …
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By Bart Weiss As we begin Summer Semester 2020, the universe and the university have been communicating though Zoom and its brethren since the COVID-19 situation and social distancing started in March 2020. We have all been on Zoom, and some of you may have used Zoom to make a documentary. (By the way, make… …
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By Fred Ginsburg, CAS, Ph. D. The first semester of having to teach online is over. It was a unique experience both for faculty as well as students. Some were able to handle it fairly well; we are a profession of technically adept filmmakers, after all. But with the high probability of the Fall… …
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By Bart Weiss The Spring of 2020 was quite an experience for film students. Students, admin, and faculty did our best to shift on the fly during the COVID-19 situation. As I write this article, we are in Phase 3 of reopening the state of Texas. Students, admin, and faculty are now starting to… …
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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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Interview conducted by Jody Michelle Solis STUDENTFILMMAKERS: What’s new at the Ohio University Film Division? Steven Ross: The Film Division continues to be a hotbed of creative activity. Our MFA graduate students and BFA undergraduates (through OU’s distinguished Honors Tutorial College) are in constant pursuit of excellence and originality. The three-year MFA (and BFA) sequence… …
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By Fred Ginsburg, CAS, Ph.D. As I write this, the Spring 2018 semester has just ended; and many of my current or former students walked proudly down the aisles, diplomas in hand, at my university’s commencement ceremony. That made me want to reflect on what advice I might have for our incoming crop of aspiring… …
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Compiled by Howard A. Phillips Technology is the physical embodiment of the solutions to needs, from earning a living to expressing our dreams, anything from our fears or a way to express our achievements. With the constant improvements and upgrades – and at times the radical changes that happen in our technical lives, this seems… …
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Emerging filmmakers looking to crew-up, discover the basic elements of camera composition and lighting design through ARRI Creative Tools? Our NEW 2-day Block, Light & Shoot workshop is for you. Register for November Brooklyn BLS class, Nov. 9-10, here: http://arri.academy/Block-Light-Shoot-Brooklyn Register for December Burbank BLS class, Dec. 7-8, here: https://arri.academy/Block-Light_Shoot_Burbank-Dec Experienced Cinematographers, Operators, ACs, DITs… …
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Block, Light, Shoot Workshop ARRI Academy | BLOCK LIGHT SHOOT from Hype Alliance on Vimeo. This 2-day class will explore the art of cinematography through intensive practical group experience while emphasizing creativity and collaboration. Students will learn how to build the lighting design and camera set up in a professional environment. This unique opportunity sharpens… …
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Media Instructor Andrew Hwang talks with StudentFilmmakers Magazine about award-winning student video “Safe Spaces,” created by students from the Wide Angle Youth Media Organization. STUDENTFILMMAKERS: What inspired the story for “Safe Space”? Andrew Hwang: What was funny was that this wasn’t our original idea. The students and I were working on another idea, but I… …
