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5 Low-Budget Filmmaking Lessons You Can Learn from Paranormal Activity
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5 Low-Budget Filmmaking Lessons You Can Learn from Paranormal Activity

By Christopher McKittrick   Budget is always an issue for film students, so finding ways to stretch your limited funds on your student films is just as important of a skill as basic camera techniques. It’s not just about finding…
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October 20, 2017
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Thought & Action: How to Make a Book-to-Film Adaptation Not Suck
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Thought & Action: How to Make a Book-to-Film Adaptation Not Suck

by Henry Kulick   Film adaptations aren’t easy, but they do accelerate a major step in the creative process—crafting a completely unique story.   With a written work to rely on, the outlines of the screenplay already…
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September 29, 2017
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7 Essential Tips for Wedding Videographers
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7 Essential Tips for Wedding Videographers

by Renee Sutton   Dearly beloved, in the years following film school, you’ll likely pick up a side hustle or two. Taking on work as a wedding videographer is often viewed as a sweet summer gig, with the potential to make a good…
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August 18, 2017
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How to Write An Impactful Low-Budget Feature

by Johnny Papan   When it comes to modern-day cinema, there are a few key elements that will make or break the chances of your film getting made. One of the most important: money. With the millions upon millions of dollars it…
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July 21, 2017
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The Forced Evolution of Romance Films

by Henry Kulick   There's no genre of film that’s undergone more transformation than the romance genre. From the early days of Hollywood, romance has intertwined its way into almost every story in some way, but the films that were…
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July 14, 2017
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Student Academy Award Winners: Where Are They Now?

By Christopher McKittrick   Academy Awards aren't just for established, working filmmakers -- why not win one while still in film school? The Student Academy Awards (originally named the Student Film Awards) is the Academy…
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July 6, 2017
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The Auteur Theory & Why You Should Become An Auteur Filmmaker

by Ryan Uytdewilligen   In the history of cinema, the grand legends most cinema buffs point to as their master source for inspiration are auteur filmmakers. From Scorsese to Kubrick, Lynch to Burton, Kurosawa to Mallick, the…
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June 30, 2017
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Calling All Screenwriters: Hollywood is Going to be in Desperate Need of Original Scripts

By Henry Kulick   The reboot “boom” is headed towards a crash but original scripts aren’t going anywhere anytime soon.   As Hollywood sinks its teeth into the early weeks of the 2017 summer box-office barrage, they…
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June 15, 2017
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5 Tips on How to Choose the Best Film School

If you’ve made the decision to pursue a career in the film industry, you have a lot of interesting years ahead of you. But before you can jump into award-winning positions on set, you need to start with a film school. Choosing the best…
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June 2, 2017
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What’s So Good About Drones in Film? (Besides Being Super Cool)

Drones, aka Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) or Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), are an increasingly integral part of film. Filmmakers are exploring the possibilities of this new, game changing technology and shooting scenes in ways never done…
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May 26, 2017
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Introducing Our Compositing Program & VFX Diploma Program

By Renée Sutton   From creating fantastical landscapes to trapping a boy in a boat with a tiger (Life of Pi), Visual Effects (VFX) have expanded the possibilities in film and television and made it cheaper to fulfill them. But…
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May 17, 2017
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Violence & Weapons Safety for Films

Though we’re no longer building Colosseums to watch people die gruesomely, violence is still a fan favourite on the big screen. But just because the fights aren’t real doesn’t mean filming them isn’t dangerous. Having violence and…
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May 12, 2017
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Is Film School a Waste of Time?

Is there a good reason to invest time and money into film school or can it all be learned on the job?   On-set learning is better suited for those who are happy to stay in one department with one specific skill set. Those who…
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April 18, 2017
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A Never-ending Story: Julia Ivanova’s Limit is the Sky

by Renee Sutton   At the mercy of the world economy and great forces of nature, Julia Ivanova’s latest NFB documentary was a story that just wouldn’t stop unfolding. While no filmmaker can be entirely sure where they will end…
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April 12, 2017
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Film Festival Tips for New Filmmakers

  If you love filmmaking, overdosing on popcorn, and waiting in line ups, then you’ve probably seen a film at a film festival before. Festivals have a certain exciting frequency to them as audience members, celebrities and filmmakers…
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March 28, 2017
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Shooting Without a Script: Improvised Cinema

No matter how much care a screenwriter may put into their script, it only takes one rogue actor with a penchant to ad-lib to completely derail their meticulously written dialogue. There are a number of infamous scenes that have come from…
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Women in Film: Where They Are and How Far They’ve Come

by Renee Sutton International Women’s Day is a global celebration of the social, cultural, and economic achievements of women around the world, and an opportunity to celebrate and reflect on some of the most badass women in film, both in…
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March 7, 2017
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Prompt Your Way to Better Screenwriting

  Margaret Atwood eloquently captured the struggle of many emerging writers when she said: “If I waited for perfection, I would never write a word.” Although it’s much more romantic to imagine screenwriting as a god given talent…
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