6 Apps to Help Film Students Develop Writing Skills
The importance of these skills for a student is not hidden in the sense that they are a sort of filmmaker, turning their piece of writing into a real-time picture through the description. Hence, the students need to learn these skills to make their writing more intriguing and captivating for the desired audience.
The Most Affordable RAW Cinema Camera
You may be asking yourself why is Stream Semester still talking about a mid-tier camera from 2012? We are going to let you in on one of the best-kept cinematography secrets of the last few years. The Canon EOS M, with the latest version of Magic Lantern, transforms this unassuming little camera into a fully capable cinema camera. It is on par with the Black Magic Pocket Cinema cameras in many regards with a little know-how. The best part is that you can get this camera for under $200.
How To Find Your Niche In Filmmaking
Armed with that knowledge, I entered the world of entrepreneurship at the tender age of 24 with a fancy camera, some basic shooting skills, and a lot of unearned bravadoes. One of the first things my father – a fractional CFO with more than a few years of experience – told me was that if I was going to be successful I needed to find a niche.
What You Need In Your Portfolio To Get Into Film School
University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts only accepts roughly 3% of applicants into the program. So, we took a look at their application requirements to give you a list of what the most prestigious schools expect from their film school applicants. If you create your portfolio around the best, you’ll be prepared for any other application.
EditMentor: The Hands-On Way to Teach Video Editing
EditMentor is a web-based program that allows you to walk your students through the production process via an interface that is simple to use and editing software agnostic.
5 Camera Tips For Beginner Filmmakers
The number one thing I found out from throughout my experience in video production is that many beginners don't take advantage of their youth to get better at their craft. If you know at a young age that you want to be a filmmaker, I think that you should honestly start as soon as possible. At that note, you may not have an outlet on where to start with your brand new equipment. By writing this article, I hope to help someone with their first steps on the right path to success in camerawork.
Don't Hold Back: The Only Camera You Need Is The One That's With You!
Waiting on expensive gear is just an excuse for you not to create when you have a very powerful tool in your hand. Telling a story in the 21st Century has never been more accessible! The films below were all shot on early models of iPhone with some simple lens setups.
What is Dogme 95 and Does It Still Matter?
Raising above all other film manifestos, the lasting effects of this infamous dogme can still be seen today. Dogme 95 was a manifesto brought forth by Lars Von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg. This Danish film movement based on a manifesto also known as the “Vows of Chastity” caused quite a stir in the filmmaking community.
How To Name Your Files To Streamline Your Video Project
Are you looking for a suitable method of tracking projects for grading and archiving? Here is a standard of practice I developed for our students about ten years ago that drastically improved our workflow process. With hundreds of projects, shows, and events being produced each year, we needed a better system in place, and it had to start with project naming.
Veteran Documentary - The Best Production Project
You get to do so many great projects with students when you run a video productions and broadcast journalism program. News packages highlight some of the exciting things happening in your school and community, music videos bring out everyone's creative side, short films generate some unique narratives, and live sports provide a rush that is hard to beat. We have all of these forms of production going on at Hoover High School in North Canton, Ohio, in what we call our NCtv Media program, and it makes for an excellent comprehensive education.
What Student Filmmakers Can Learn From Watching Horror Films
As a starting filmmaker, horror is a scary genre to get right (pun intended). In this article, I am listing five movies that are great to introduce yourself to the horror/thriller genre. These five movies combine storytelling, aesthetics, and filmmaking in order to complement the horror genre. I’m also not trying to spoil anything about these films, so I apologize in advance if my comments are vague in this article.
The Truth About Documentary Filmmaking
In partnership with the Arizona Community Foundation, the Cronkite School launched a special year-long project to cover the rise of youth suicides in Arizona, including exploring the underlying causes and looking for possible solutions. The class is led by David Ariosto, an author and journalist who has managed, produced, and written for National Geographic, Time Magazine, NPR, Reuters, CNN, and Al Jazeera America — needless to say, I landed a pretty decent gig.
Working from Home as a Student and Journalist
Who is running toward the fire and not away? I have asked myself that question a hundred times and I wanted, more than anything, to be included on that list. Which brings me to where we are now (roughly). On Tuesday, March 24, 2020, Cronkite News made history. After three days of trial and error with my friends and colleagues Tina Giuliano and Veronica Galvin, we released a completely virtual, at-home newscast with anchors, graphics, weather, commercials...the whole thing. I am still beaming just thinking about it.
Scott Pelley’s Lessons for Aspiring Journalists
I recently started the second semester of my junior year at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism in Phoenix, Arizona and much to my surprise, a well-known figure in journalism welcomed me into this jam-packed half of one of my most important years of college. Insert Scott Pelley, journalist and author who has been a correspondent and anchor for CBS News for more than three decades.
Reed College of Media at West Virginia University
West Virginia University is an R1, land-grant institution located in Morgantown, West Virginia. It’s home to 30,000 undergraduate students. The WVU Reed College of Media is an accredited student-centered journalism school that has been graduating journalists and strategic communicators since 1939.
LipDub 101 - Getting Your Whole School Involved in Video
On September 25, 2010, almost 1000 students at the University of Victoria in BC came together to film a lipdub. They were inspired by the AMAZING lipdub put together by the other UVIC in Spain. See how the video turned out here.
5 Tips for Video Editing Beginners
Just because all of us have a video camera does not mean we can professionally record events. It is not as easy as it looks and it is a craft that takes years to become proficient at. Especially video editing. Once you record that great video, how do you make it look good and entertaining.
Building Flats: Step-by-Step Guide
A step-by-step guide to building muslin flats for your school theatre productions. The advantages to muslin are that it is light-weight, cheap (when bought in bulk), and has a very nice finished surface that tends to absorb stage-lighting more.
8 Tips for Beginning Videographers
Avoid these beginner mistakes that nearly everyone makes when they pick up a video camera. The worst offender is the constant zooming and panning that pervades every shot. Do you really need to get a closer look at your subject?