Posted on August 12, 2010 in Featured, Filmmaking 360 | 8 Comments
Film Noir… black film. The genre conjures up images of private eyes and femme fatales – of obtuse shadows and smokey night clubs. The endless night. It’s a style and genre – but what is it? In this guide we hope to shed some light on what exactly does Film Noir refer to, how it has been used and how it’s being shaped even in contemporary films.
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Posted on July 29, 2010 in Contests, Featured | 5 Comments
FilmmakerIQ.com with sponsor B&H Photo wanna give you the opportunity to both create and learn the dark world of Film Noir. Here’s your chance to really show off your filmmaking skills by creating a short Film Noir themed video.
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Posted on July 12, 2010 in Featured, Filmmaking 360, General Production, General Screenwriting, Storyboarding | 4 Comments
For this feature we have rounded up some of the best and most useful Filmmaking Apps that our Deal Leader Steve Jobs has approved for the App Store. As more filmmakers explore the possibilities with these powerful mobile devices, we are sure this list will continue to grow.
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Posted on July 5, 2010 in Digital Effects, Featured | 1 Comment
Adobe After Effects Plugins can add even more capability to your AE software. In this feature we bring you 55 plug-ins that along with all their cool enhancements and ability to extend your creativity and productivity the have one other great feature, THEY ARE ALL FREE!
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Posted on July 5, 2010 in Featured, General | 6 Comments
We are happy to announce today, on our second anniversary the release of FilmmakerIQ.com v4! It doesn’t seem like that long ago, but two years ago today IQ was born. We want to thank everyone that has stuck with us and welcome all of the new members that have discovered our little home. Maybe it’s not so little anymore. Millions have passed through; and now hundreds each month are putting down roots and becoming members.
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Posted on April 22, 2010 in Digital Effects, Featured, Marketing | 3 Comments
In Life you only have one opportunity to make a first impression, your film is no exception. Before someone sees your film they most likely will see your poster, cover art or website. Those quick first impressions could mean the difference between success and failure.
We’ve searched the internets to bring you the largest collection of [...]
Posted on April 14, 2010 in Featured | 4 Comments
At FilmmakerIQ.com, we’ve always been a community, even before we had a site. And now we’re excited to announce that we’re about to take a huge leap forward. IQ has always been built around the idea that information and knowledge are your most powerful filmmaking tools – now our community has some powerful tools of is own.
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Posted on November 5, 2009 in Featured, Selling Your Script | 4 Comments
You’ve spent months, maybe years, you have given your blood sweat and tears. You’ve read it through a dozen times, you have exorcised all your grammar crimes. You have tied up all the loose ends and have a story that transcends. Now that is time to sell, you may be saying what [...]
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Posted on October 30, 2009 in Costume Design, Digital Effects, Effects and Stunts, Featured, Makeup | 9 Comments
It’s that time of year again, so we thought it was time to update last years killer feature “Horror Filmmaking: From Script to Scream.” That’s right a sequel!
This time we are narrowing the focus a bit and concentrating on the DIY (Do It Yourself) elements. Hopefully this will help you slash the budget [...]
Posted on October 8, 2009 in Featured, Lighting | 7 Comments
Good lighting is one of the most important aspects of any professional production. Unfortunately your budget may not allow for all the expensive equipment required for that perfect look. With that in mind, we created this list of over 100 DIY (“Do It Yourself”) lighting tutorials.
As always, whenever you are dealing with electricity [...]
Posted on October 7, 2009 in Digital Effects, Editing, Featured | 4 Comments
All of you Vegas users out there will be happy to see we updated of our feature “202 Sony Vegas Tutorials.” We have removed all the dead videos and added about 200 new ones.
Sony Vegas is a non-linear editing system. It is designed to be used on Microsoft Windows XP and Vista. Vegas [...]
Posted on August 23, 2009 in Digital Effects, Featured | 14 Comments
It was brought to our attention by a member that we were lacking in Motion tutorials here on IQ. Being the most comprehensive source of filmmaking knowledge we had to fix that. So here are 222 tutorial links to get things started.
Apple stopped selling Motion as a stand-alone product in 2006. Motion is [...]
Posted on August 10, 2009 in Cinematography, Featured | 15 Comments
How to pick a Professional Camera
by “Gospel” John Hess
The term “professional camera” is very subjective term. As technology continually improves, the line in quality between consumer cameras and professional cameras gets increasingly thin. But as any serious filmmaker/videographer will tell you, the jump to a professional level camera comes with huge improvement in the amount [...]
Posted on July 1, 2009 in Featured, General Screenwriting | 3 Comments
Effective writing skills are as important to a filmmaker as their camera. Many filmmakers believe writing begins and ends with the screenplay, but from development to distribution there are endless amounts of required writing.
Acquiring good writing skills takes time, patience and determination. Even gifted writers need to polish their skills to stay sharp.
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Posted on June 24, 2009 in Featured, Screenplay Format | 4 Comments
When it comes to formatting, screenplays follow strict rules. Proper format is the first thing agents and other prospective readers look for in a script. In this hyper competitive world, you can’t afford a bad first impressions.
Beyond the basics of layout and margins, there are some gray areas of formatting that every writer will eventually [...]
