Student Project: Short Vertical Film
Looking for a fun project to meet your students where they are? Consider running a vertical short film festival in your program. This article dives into that process.
Filming People in Public: A General Guideline for Content Creators
Learn the guidelines for filming people in public for your YouTube channel. Discover legal considerations, consent, privacy, and ethical practices to create respectful content that respects personal boundaries and follows local laws. Be responsible and ethical while producing engaging videos.
BUT/THEREFORE STORYTELLING APPROACH
Before you ask your kids to go write a script, start here with the But/Therefore storytelling approach and watch your kids become better storytellers.
Common camera supports used in the film industry
Too often our students are lazy and refuse to do the work to get the best possible shots. Sometimes though… we don’t teach them everything they need to know. This article provides some of the information we might leave out from time-to-time, as related to camera support systems.
Copy and Paste Your Way To Great Content
Once again Adobe has irritated me! They always do at NAB. It’s simple… I spend weeks, months or years building a workflow to try to maximize my effectiveness as a content creator and Adobe basically throws that out the door with a new release.
REVISITING A SCRIPT: FOCUS on CONFLICT & CHARACTER
Consider this: most films that you see focus on two characters talking up on the screen.
Sometimes, they’re doing something, but most times, two or more characters are sitting down (maybe they are eating or drinking) and talking -- we call that a talking heads scene because the audience is literally watching two huge heads (on the screen) have a conversation
Adobe Enhance: The Best You You Can Be
Dive into the world of Adobe Enhance and discover the power of pristine audio. With the tools to create engaging and effective content at your fingertips, there's never been a better time to harness the potential of this cutting-edge software.
4D Filmmaking: Make your audience “feel” your story.
Skull Island: Reign of Kong. Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey. Mixed with 3D visuals, a 4D ride incorporates sensory enhancements like heat blasts, water misters, fog machines, and seat prodders. The intention? Immerse the rider in a visual and visceral experience.
Although it may not seem obvious, filmmaking also has the ability to create the sensory enhancements of the 4D experience with the four major elements of filmmaking: sound design, mise-en-scene, cinematography, and editing.
Crafting A Story
Asking teenagers to write a filmable script is akin to making a promise to yourself to lose five pounds – both endeavors begin in earnest with the best of intentions, but the end result is disappointing and never lives up to the original promise.
10 Ways to Promote Your Short Film on Social Media
If you have made a short film, you know that promoting it can be a daunting task. In this age of social media, there are more opportunities than ever to promote your short film. But with so many platforms and strategies to choose from, it can be hard to know where to start.
Filmmaking Tips for Beginners and Content Creators
In addition to the humanities major, various universities offer degrees in film production to offer you an additional chance to bolster a core interest. Here, we have pointed out some bases that are essential to follow. Let's discuss the tips that content creators can utilize.
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.
A Space to Create: Tips for Setting Up an At-Home Performing Studio Space
If you’re a filmmaker or performing artist and you need a space to create, it may be possible to convert your existing home setup into an artist’s studio - here are some tips on how.
Hollyland’s COSMO C1 is a Game Changer for Wireless Video Live Streaming
COSMO C1’s boosted signal strength and superior anti-interference capability in the 5.1GHz-5.8GHz spectrum guarantee buttery-smooth video transmission, even in complex environments. The COSMO C1 is also the first in its field to integrate UVC (USB Video Capture) technology, COSMO C1 offers a whole simplified solution to stream and cloud-share your video works.
Win $600 & Wireless Video Gear for Sharing Your film & Photo projects
Hollyland, an international leader in wireless video technology, launched a new challenge today asking you to share your creative video and photography projects for a chance to win up to $600 and an awesome gear package! All you have to do to enter is create a 30-second video or photoset to show off your innovative application of wireless video transmission. Upload it to your YouTube, Facebook, or Instagram, and click the button below to submit.
3 Work-From-Home Opportunities for Entertainers and Content Creators
Around 71 percent of Americans who say their job responsibilities can be done from home are doing so, according to a Pew Research Center report. And even after the pandemic is in our rearview, many foresee maintaining that trend going forward. If you’ve been affected by the pandemic and have been looking for work, here are some remote opportunities for people in the entertainment and content creation industries.
Editing a YouTube Tutorial in Premiere Pro
Watch me work on various video and audio editing projects in my live stream series Work Watching. I share tips, tricks and best practices for editing audio and video on real life projects I am working on.
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.