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Japan Camera HunterJapan Camera Hunter. 5 film cameras for under £50 a piece Stephen Dowling wrote this article for his brilliant site www.zorkiphoto.co.uk, and has been kind enough for me to re-publish it on JCH.

Japan Camera HunterJapan Camera Hunter

A nice guide to budget cameras for under £50 ($79 USD or 147781.53 Mongolian Tugrik). Check it out. In the last decade, digital photography has taken over, converting many former film shooters to trade in their analogue gear for the convenience of digital (no more fiddly film loading, scratches on their negs, waiting for prints to come back). Verity Fiction Makeup and Special Effects. Film Archives - Open Culture archive. Shame, shame to have lived scenes from a women’s magazine.

Film Archives - Open Culture archive

—Kurt Vonnegut In his introduction to Welcome to the Monkey House, a collection of his short fiction published in 1968, Kurt Vonnegut shows no compunction about throwing its most mainstream entry under the bus: Bitch Flicks. How Digital Cinema Took Over The 35mm Film. Steve McQueen seems a little het up.

How Digital Cinema Took Over The 35mm Film

The Oscar-winning film-maker is contemplating the shifting sands of the movie industry—specifically, the relentless drip-feed of new digital film formats. “All this technology, it’s changing every five minutes,” he says, “because someone’s making some money out of it.” 6 Tips for Pre-Production on a Very Low Budget Indie Film. We knew, when we started working on ‘Shopping Channels’, that we had a limited budget which indicated limited time.

6 Tips for Pre-Production on a Very Low Budget Indie Film

We had settled on a shoot length of 6 days, for producing a 100-minute feature film – which is kind of crazy. There’s a key I read somewhere that for every day of shooting you’ll have about 3-4 usable minutes of film. On a low-budget indie you can’t work that slow. Below are 6 tips shared by director Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, learned prepping ‘Shopping Channels’. Picture has been locked! Now what? As the subject says “Picture has been locked!”

Picture has been locked! Now what?

These words are so nice to hear after you’ve worked 4-6 weeks on an episode of television, months on a feature, and a week after cutting a web series. I’m currently writing this as my latest episode’s locked picture materials are being uploaded to an FTP, a hard drive, and a web sharing program. It’s a hard job, but someone has to tell you about it. So here we go! After locking picture, you will need to meet with the sound department, the music department, and someone dealing with the online.

Going to be DP for the first time on a shoot this weekend - tips for a first time DP? : Filmmakers. Directors, How do you set up a shoot to make it easier on the editor? : Filmmakers. Hacking Households - Tilen Sepič. 335 Free Filmmaking Tools. Free tools I use every day for my editing jobs I’m always on the lookout for tools and assets that make my film editing and post production workflow easier, quicker and more efficient.

335 Free Filmmaking Tools

Many of them can be expensive and very specific to certain tasks…others are free and just as effective. I’ve shared many of these in the past…but now I have compiled an updated list of all free assets on this one page. Every filmmaker can now easily harness the power of the creative and generous people that provided all these tools and assets. Nicola Leone. Careers. Copyright - Canadian Intellectual Property Office. Copyright Tab list Guide to copyright.

Copyright - Canadian Intellectual Property Office

Www.script-o-rama.com/snazzy/dircut.html. FilmBuff. Butler Ruston Bell - Home. National Theatre Live: SKYLIGHT. FilmInk - Australia's Best Film Magazine. Digital Centric Advertising Agency. The Film Reel - Film Reviews, Interviews, Opinions. Stab Cinema. Canadian Camera Store For Video and Photography, Blackmagic, DSLR Filmmaking, Lighting Equipment, Audio Gear and Post-Production Editing, Computer Accessories, Hard Drives. Independent Filmmaker Project. Production-Now.com Blog. ExposureGuide.com. The Bastards Book of Photography by Dan Nguyen. Watch MAKERS Six-Part Documentary. MAKERS, in collaboration with PBS, is excited to announce six new documentaries for 2014 premiering on September 30th that focus on specific fields where women have broken new ground and reshaped central American institutions.

Watch MAKERS Six-Part Documentary

Building on the 2013 film MAKERS: Women Who Make America, which told the story of the modern American women’s movement, the series will bring a new collection of MAKERS to the site. The six documentaries will tell the known and unknown stories of women in the areas of war, space, comedy, business, Hollywood and politics. A Toronto Based Production Company. Tools for Filmmakers and Photographers. Www.snapfactory.com/startchart/where-to-start-chart.pdf. Crew-Roles-and-Departments-Guide.pdf.

11 Motion Pictures. Do you want to bring more fans out to your shows, sell more tracks on iTunes, or simply get more gigs?

11 Motion Pictures

In today’s social-media-centric world there is no better way to promote yourself and your music than with a YouTube video. The ultimate goal for any independent musician, and the hardest to achieve, is for a video to “go viral” on the internet, propagating itself first among existing fans (Twitter/Facebook followers & friends) and ideally expanding beyond regional borders. For a video to be considered “share worthy” it needs to have good sound & video quality, entice an emotional connection with the viewer, and most importantly, be unique.

Producing such a video requires planning, time and usually some money. What many don’t realize is that there are already many financial resources available to local musicians specifically designed for video production. Teck Vlog. Watch Films, Movies and Documentaries from Around the World. How to Fund Your Movie: A Guide to the Basics of Film Finance. Financing is an important (and often dreaded) aspect of the making of any movie.

How to Fund Your Movie: A Guide to the Basics of Film Finance

Without money, films can't exist, but it's often the topic with the least amount of information floating around. If you're considering funding a movie or producing a film, Matthew Helderman has come up with a handy guide to get you started understanding all of the different ways you can get financing for a movie. This is a guest post by Matthew Helderman of Buffalo8 and BondIt. The difficulty in raising capital for any venture is two-fold: firstly, the market is crowded with opportunities that are currently earning strong returns. Her Shadow. A short film that follows a young girl who is sent to live with her estranged Aunt due to her father's gambling addiction. Her Shadow follows 17 year old Maura as she is forced to live with her estranged Aunt after her father is sent to prison for embezzlement.

She enters the household with negative preconceived notions, which quickly dissipate after she uncovers the truth behind her family's estrangement. As film students in our final academic year, we wanted to create a film that would challenge us and inspire us to create something incredible. This film is essentially our calling card out of school, and we wanted to establish ourselves as confident, well-versed filmmakers and we think that this film proves exactly that.

Film, Theatre, Music, Arts in Canada. Digital Producer / Unit Still Photographer. About Me - Samantha Rice. Deluxe Producer Internship. “[The Deluxe Producer Internship] was an incredible career-changing experience and has prepared me to shepherd my own projects through the postproduction process.” – Marla Black, 2011 Deluxe Producer Internship Winner. About the Internship The three-week Deluxe Producer Internship offers hands-on exposure to the techniques, workflow and areas of expertise required to make the most efficient use of the post-production process. Add skills to your resume and develop your planning and production skills by adding post-production knowledge to your arsenal. The Complete Film Production Handbook - Eve Light Honthaner.