Get Someone to Help you with the Scissors
Apple have just announced that they’re lowering the cost of Final Cut Pro software to $299 (probably the same in…
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Lessons Learned on a Microbudget Horror Film
Werner Herzog famously stole a camera he’d officially won in a film competition in order to make his first few…
Anatomy of a Scene: The Building Blocks of a Memorable Movie
From the outside looking in, a movie is just a collection of scenes that are tied together. So what separates…
EPIC and the change in RED from Consumer pricing to Professional Pricing
The RED Epic-M, originally announced to be $40K, is now up to $58K. Addmittedly, it does more than the RED…
So You Want to Make a Movie: Team Work
After deciding to do “In the mixx: Dj’s doing the work” one of the first things I had to remove…
The filmmaking.net Links Directory is Now Live!
Well, it’s been slightly longer in the making than we’d hoped, but that’s ancient history now. The filmmaking.net Links Directory has launched! Founded in…
High School Filmmakers Tear Down Walls
Almost three years ago, our son came home from a summer filmmaking program and wrote a script for a musical video he…
Trailer Festival 2011 Now Accepting Submissions
As a general rule, we don’t do coverage of film festival calls for entry as there are just too many festivals out…
Returning to Super 8
It’s a common question of amateur filmmakers. “How do I make my video footage look like film?” and also “What…
Building Suspense: How to Keep the Audience on the Edge of Their Seat
As a screenwriter, the ability to craft dramatic suspense can turn your script from a basic, by the numbers story…