Posted on March 15, 2012 in General Production | No Comments
At SXSW a panel titled “The Great Cinematography Shootout” gathered a group of directors and cinematographers to discuss independent film lensing in an age of proliferating formats and lower-cost, high-quality cameras, like the Canon 5D.
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Posted on May 15, 2009 in Filmmaking 360 | No Comments
Bill Dyszel of PC Magazine shows us with a cell phone and some free editing software, anyone can make a movie.
…Most filmmakers make far more excuses than films. Four common but lame excuses can idle whiny filmmakers almost indefinitely:
“I don’t have time!”
“I don’t have a crew!”
“I don’t have a camera!”
“I don’t have editing software”
Oh, please! [...]
Posted on August 20, 2008 in General Production | 1 Comment
Video from the 2008 Super Session Million Dollar Look on a Thousand Dollar Budget. Stu Maschwitz, key note speaker with David Basulto, Alex Lindsay of the PixelCorps.com, Brian Valente of RedRockMicro.com, and DP Taylor Wigton. Video by David Basulto (he ran out of tape after 45 min)
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Posted on May 29, 2008 in General Screenwriting | 1 Comment
By: Colin Brunton
This tip sheet is intended as a guideline for writing original low-budget scripts. While it would be difficult to write a script that could be produced on a low-budget containing all of the elements on the list, it would be equally difficult to write one that didn’t contain any.
You will doubtless want to [...]
Posted on May 28, 2008 in Effects and Stunts | No Comments
Need your next movie to start with a bang? Eejit’s Guide has full instructions for compressed gas bullet hits.
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