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Even if you're shooting on a tiny budget, you should still consider the advantages of using a professional lighting kit. It could be the determining factor in making a good scene look great.
The basic lighting setup for shooting film or video consists of just three lights: a key, a fill and a back.
The key...
The Paley Center for Media's annual DocFest returns from Oct. 24 to Nov. 2 in NYC. The venerable fest will boast an impressive lineup of premiere and classic docs from the genre's biggest names, bolstered by an introduction and question-and-answer session with all the filmmakers.
To supplement the screenings, the fest also hosts numerous workshops and special events, notably the
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There is a great interview with Kat Candler up at The Austin Chronicle. More than a plug of her latest project, the award-winning indy filmmaker gives a detailed account of the trials of touring fests with an independent film and the nightmare that often in distribution.
It began at South by Southwest 2006 with a screening of Candler's "Jumping off bridges."
It drew a standing...
As an Indy Mogul, or Low-Budget Filmmaker, you might come to a project from a number of angles. Maybe you wrote the script and are trying to attach money and talent. Maybe you're a director who is trying to package a script that you like. If you are a multi-hyphenate writer-director-producer, read no further. However, if like me, you're a writer/producer, then you might reach a point when...
Well, this is what it finally comes down to. After 12,000 submissions, several cuts and weeks of competition, it’s time for the final cut. The three remaining contestants are: Jason Epperson, Will Bigham and Adam Stein.
After last weeks disappointing first part of the finale, you would have expected this week to step it up a notch. Well, this week did step it up a notch, but if you know...
We lucky New Yorkers are usually spoiled with a plethora of options to occupy our weekends. And August 24-26 is no different, with two independent film festivals begging for our attendance.
First up is The Bushwick Film Festival presenting 15 "creepy, stinky, distasteful, offensive, C-line, avant-garde, experimental, saucy" underground features and shorts at several arts-centered...
Everyone take a deep breath and repeat after me: There is life for your films beyond YouTube, and it can be found at blip.tv. Now in its second year, the video-sharing service is enjoying a surge in popularity and it’s about time you jumped on the bandwagon.
Blip.tv was designed for user-generated video with a focus on episodic content rather than the viral video that floods...
The seventh annual New York Korean Film Festival kicked off yesterday with its biggest program yet (check out the promo trailer below). Running through Sept. 2, the Korea Society has curated a diverse fest with screenings throughout the city and special panel discussions with filmmakers.
If Wong Kar-Wai is the beginning and end of your Asian film education, start...
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