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Filmmaking articles
- How to make a music video: music video production tips
- Screenplay tips | Three-act structure
- Video lighting tips - Digital cinematography
- F-stops, T-stops, focal length and lens aperture
- Film techniques
- Stanley Kubrick film techniques
- Steven Spielberg film techniques
- How to convert video to the QuickTime format: AVI to mov
- Filmmaking tips
- Lessons from my favorite film directors
- Film editing tips
- RED camera review: my experience with the RED camera
- How to direct
- How to optimize your computer for video editing
- Sound recording tips | How to record great location sound
- YouTube video ideas & tips
- Film lighting tips
- Shoot video with a shallow depth of field
- Camerawork tips: framing, composition, camera movement
- Camera movement: cranes, dollies and Steadicams
- Camera settings: gamma, sharpness, frame rate and shutter speed
- Video color correction: timing/grading
- Non-linear digital video editing tips
- How to make digital video look like film
- How to learn film editing and become a highly competent editor
- Directing non-professional actors
- Film lighting techniques and their effects
- Camerawork tips
- Film festival tips
- Camera movement: equipment, techniques and best practices
- Videography | Digital video tips
- Long lenses vs. wide lenses
- Shooting slow motion with camcorders: frame rates and post-production
- Film sound recording tips
- Production design and your project's color palette
- Screenplay basics
- Technical directing tips
- Role of the 1st assistant director
- Cobra Crane II review
- Why filmmaking needs lights
- Production design: controlling your project's color scheme
- Long uncut master shots in films
- The movie making process: a step-by-step breakdown
- Independent film self-distribution
- How to learn camerawork and develop a strong visual sense
- Independent film distribution tips: a guide for indie filmmakers
- Choosing between the 2.35 and 16:9 / 1.85 aspect ratios
- Zooming and zoom lens tips
- Learning about different focal lengths and the look they produce
- Film continuity
- Character arc
- Film and video competitions: a warning for independent filmmakers
- Tsunami (TMPG) MPEG-2 encoder settings
- How 3D movies work
- Logging takes, finding shots and preparing to edit a film
- Projecting films digitally in theaters (2K and 4K)
- Directing child actors: casting, motivating them and other tips
- Location sound recording, scratch tracks and re-recording dialogue in post-production
- Independent film distribution with CreateSpace
- Film casting tips
- What is HDV?
- Using the word "beat" for pauses in screenplays
- DVD burning guide
- Solving problems creatively when editing a film
- Mixing color temperatures and tweaking color balance
- Film networking
- Directing, shooting and editing projects for the web vs. the big screen
- Learning film direction, screenwriting and film editing
- Shooting aerial B-roll shots on a budget
- Royalty-free production music
- Should the look of a video be achieved by tweaking camera settings or should it be done in post-production?
- Impressive shots to add production value to an abseiling video
- Overcoming writer's block when writing a screenplay: the importance of taking right action
- Teaching screenwriting to young students
Category Archives: Movies
James Cameron to release “Titanic” in 3D
James Cameron recently announced that he plans to convert his movie “Titanic” to 3D and then re-release it. James Cameron had several excellent movies to choose from for this three-dimensionalization process, but it is not surprising th
The first 10 minutes of your indie movie had better be totally amazing
An article in the L.A. Times a couple of months ago described how the star of an independent movie entitled “Magic Man” was disheartened to see that most buyers walked out of the screening in Cannes before the first 10 minutes were up. B
Exceptional marketing for James Cameron’s “Avatar”
It was recently announced that August 21st, 2009 will be “Avatar Day” — a whopping 15 minutes of James Cameron’s new movie will be shown free of charge in IMAX and 3D movie theaters worldwide. This exceptional decision is consiste
Two awesome music videos
In an earlier post I shared some straightforward thoughts on why music videos are dead. While the golden age of music videos is undoubtedly behind us, there is nothing to stop us from enjoying some of the excellent work it produced. Here are two of
James Cameron’s “Avatar” did not disappoint