Posted on August 31, 2010 in Filmmaking 360, Interviews | No Comments
Robert Rodriguez has a series of “Ten Minute Film School” segments on several of his DVD releases, showing aspiring filmmakers how to make good, profitable movies using inexpensive tactics.
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Posted on August 19, 2010 in 3D Graphics, Digital Effects, Filmmaking 360 | No Comments
At the 3D & Virtual Reality Expo, NAC Image Technology demonstrated a real-time 3D virtual system. This combines a motion capture system, 3D photography system, and the Brainstorm virtual studio system.
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Posted on August 18, 2010 in Filmmaking 360, Interviews | No Comments
Ridley Scott discusses the challenge of creating a convincing cinematic universe and the success he has doing so with his film ALIEN.
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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 August 11, 2010 in Filmmaking 360, Interviews | 1 Comment
Alfred Hitchcock explains how to inject emotional tension into a scene during an AFI Master seminar.
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Posted on August 5, 2010 in Filmmaking 360 | No Comments
While Bachchan and his superstar wife Aishwarya Rai are often in the media spotlight, what is less known is his involvement in AB Corp, his father’s film production company. During the Wharton India Economic Forum in Philadelphia, Bachchan discussed his views about the business of filmmaking in India.
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Posted on August 5, 2010 in Filmmaking 360, Interviews | No Comments
Brilliantly mixing gore, vivid colors, and twisting stories filled with black-gloved murderers and dashes of the supernatural, Dario Argento’s films have combined the best of horror and art house cinema.
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Posted on August 5, 2010 in Filmmaking 360 | 1 Comment
Below we have posted a video from MIT’s course “Film as Visual and Literary Mythmaking.” You can download this and many other courses from their site for free or view them on their YouTube Channel.
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Posted on August 1, 2010 in Contracts and Law, Filmmaking 360 | 1 Comment
Attack of the Show’s Kevin Pereira talks to Rich Demuro, Editor for TechMeme.com more about the DMCA’s new ruling that allows new protections to video remixing and DVD burning for non commercial work. Find out how these revisions will affect you as a consumer and filmmaker.
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Posted on July 26, 2010 in Cinematography, Filmmaking 360 | No Comments
FilmFellas Cast 6: “The DP Edition” features an eclectic mix of cinematographers from all spectrums of the independent film scene: Robert Primes, ASC (Thirty Something), Trent Opaloch (District 9), Philip Bloom (If I were Prime Minister) and first time host Jens Bogehegn, Cinematographer/Producer of FilmFellas/critics.
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Posted on July 15, 2010 in Filmmaking 360, General Screenwriting | 2 Comments
The Bechdel Test is a simple way to gauge the active presence of female characters in Hollywood films and just how well rounded and complete those roles are. It was created by Allison Bechdel in her comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For in 1985. It is astonishing the number of popular movies that can’t pass this simple test.
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Posted on July 14, 2010 in Filmmaking 360 | No Comments
This is a video by Isaac Niemand on Vimeo where he animates Alfred Hitchcock in a MacGuffin.
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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 10, 2010 in Filmmaking 360, Interviews, Production Design | 1 Comment
Scorsese talks about his use of classic Hollywood studio techniques — mostly in “New York, New York,” but his love of movie artifice extends through “Shutter Island.”
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Posted on July 10, 2010 in Filmmaking 360, General Production | 5 Comments
Ladies and gentlemen: the story you are about to hear comes straight from the files of the FilmmakerQ.com Discussion Boards. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. In this episode we bring you “Resume Overkill.”
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