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Di Lu on Her Student Academy Award Finalist Animation “Super Generic
Patrick Cady, ASC Webinar: Location Scouting and Production Design
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Cinematography
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If I Had to Choose Only One Film to Study: A Clockwork Orange
If he could study only one film, David Worth would choose Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange. He explains what filmmakers can learn from it. If I had to…
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Directing & Producing for Television: How the Partnership Works
Transitioning from DP to Director with Michael Goi, ASC, ISC
The Craft of Horror Cinematography with Roy Wagner, ASC
Horror Cinematography with Christopher Baffa, ASC
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Mixed Emotions: Film Editing and the Narrative Through-Line
The essence of cinema is editing. David K. Irving explains how editors and directors shape emotion and keep the narrative through-line clear in the cut. The essence of…
Screenwriting
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No Limitations: The Screenwriter as Writer
by Michael Halperin One of the myths of the motion picture industry silently states that screenwriters only write for the big or small screen. Somehow writers become entrenched…
Editing & Post
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Slumdog Millionaire’s Oscar-Winning Editor Chris Dickens
Oscar winner Chris Dickens explains how he edited Slumdog Millionaire with Danny Boyle: pace, structure, music and working with a mix of film and digital. Working with Danny…
Cameras & Gear
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Anamorphic Lenses: A Primer
In the micro-budget world, we’re always endeavoring to craft a more cinematic look for our films. We’ll crop the footage to a…
Expanding Your Vision with Full Frame Cinematography
Filmmaking Back in the Day vs. Today’s Technology
The Two Worlds of Still and Motion Imaging Collide
Sound
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Use GarageBand to Create an Original Soundtrack for Your Film
Written by Bart Weiss We all know that sound and music can elevate a good film to, well, a better film.…
Foley on a Shoestring
Picking the Right Audio Mixing Console for Your Production
What Makes a Sound Effect Useful or Useless
Lighting
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Exposure: Why Still Use a Light Meter?
Photo by Chris Yang. Instagram @chris.yang.film Written by David Appleby With digital cameras now equipped with waveform monitors, histograms and programmable…
Is There Light at the End of the Tunnel?
Key, fill, kicker; the holy trinity of lighting.
Lighting with LEDs – Best Practices
Documentary
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Documentary Research: In Search of the Truth
by David Kaminski Never Take Something As Simple As a Person’s Name for Granted. Recently, I discovered that my documentary subject…
Joerg Wagner Captures the Wild Ride: Bikes, Speed, and Adrenaline
Addison Dlott on Directing “Queen of the Dinosaurs
News and Documentary Shooter Checklist for the Sit-Down Interview
Film Business
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Composer Film Scoring Art Peterson
Current Projects I currently have 20 CDs on sale under the name Aftershock. One on sale under the name Deep Blue. I'm…
Tips for Makeup Artists from Christine Sciortino
Impatience: A Huge Career Stopper
Starting Your Own e-Media Business
Acting
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Film Schools
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Paul Maertens on Senior Thesis Film ‘The Last Raptor’
by Naomi Laeuchli Paul Maertens, a senior at Biola University, discusses ‘The Last Raptor’ a film he is writing and producing as…
Tutorial: How to Create Fire FX in After Effects
The National Centre for Computer Animation at Bournemouth University
LumaTouch and Google Launch LumaFusion for Learning on Chromebooks
Festivals & Contests
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Congratulations Lynx Yiran Wang!
Lynx Yiran Wang, StudentFilmmakers Film and Video Festival Winner! StudentFilmmakers Film and Video Festival Winner! Congratulations to Motion Picture Artist, Lynx Yiran…
‘Mime Your Manners’: A Student Academy Award-Winning Animation
Exclusive Interview with Liz Guarracino
StudentFilmmakers eNewsletter: Spring Digital Issue
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