Filmmaking Just Got Easier

Written by Christopher Kelly, Founder at ProductionCrate.com Filmmaking has gotten easier, cheaper, and more accessible for countless creators. When I was a student the DSLR revolution was just barely kicking off. We were still filming with camcorders for most of our projects. Now both the hardware and the software available to student filmmakers is comparable … Continue reading “Filmmaking Just Got Easier”

Zooming to the Head of the Class

  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 … Continue reading “Zooming to the Head of the Class”

11 Ways to Get Ready for Fall Semester

  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 … Continue reading “11 Ways to Get Ready for Fall Semester”

Filmmaking: The Most Toxic Relationship You’ll Ever Have

  Written by Shane Stanley What’s essential to being a good director? First and foremost, its passion. Regardless of what you want to believe, filmmaking will be one of the most seductive, yet volatile and deceptive relationships you will ever grapple with. I’ve quipped it’s my “forbidden fruit” or “fatal attraction” because of the pleasure … Continue reading “Filmmaking: The Most Toxic Relationship You’ll Ever Have”

SXSW Jury Award-Winner BEAST Out Now

“Hints of Jaws and… the haunting mysteries of ‘Stranger Things’ …. ‘Beast’ is a moving, mysterious [pilot]…that immediately draws to mind prominent storytellers like Steven Spielberg…” – Indiewire In Chapter 1 of this award-winning episodic short, BEAST, by Ben Strang, a grieving teenager recruits the help of a fisherman to figure out what happened to his father after a mysterious … Continue reading “SXSW Jury Award-Winner BEAST Out Now”

When Creators Collaborate Virtually

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 … Continue reading “When Creators Collaborate Virtually”

Learn how to raise money with live streaming

A new book called The Virtual Ticket is now available on Amazon here. The book is all about “How to Host Private Live Streams and Virtual Events” which can help students raise money for their schools and other projects. Live streaming has become an amazing way to host engaging fundraisers. A chapter in the book … Continue reading “Learn how to raise money with live streaming”

Screenwriting: Be a Self-Starter but Seek Advice – A paradox exists in the writers’ room

by Neil Landau A paradox exists in the writers’ room. You need to absorb information and find your own way through observing how other people behave in the room, reading draft after draft to see how they evolve and come up from that early writer’s draft through network notes and the process of refinement. If … Continue reading “Screenwriting: Be a Self-Starter but Seek Advice – A paradox exists in the writers’ room”

The New Paradigm | A glance into visionary films and filmmakers who have paved the way for everything that is possible today.

by David Worth The phrase, “new paradigm,” seems to be everywhere today in post production, in capture, in delivery, even in distribution. Exactly what is a paradigm? The dictionary defines it this way: paradigm noun … a typical example or pattern of something; a model : There is a new paradigm for public art in … Continue reading “The New Paradigm | A glance into visionary films and filmmakers who have paved the way for everything that is possible today.”

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