Question by karahnm: Most resourceful bonus features in a movie DVD for learning filmmaking? I am teaching a creative writing class, and we are working right now on film making. I would love to show my high school students some DVD bonus features that discuss topics like storyboarding, script writing, etc. I have already shown a part of the Finding Nemo making-of featurette, but I'd love to show others. Thanks in advance for your help! Best … [Read more...]
Police State 4: The Rise of FEMA Full Length
Order The DVD at: infowars-shop.stores.yahoo.net POLICE STATE 4 chronicles the sickening depths to which our republic has fallen. Veteran documentary filmmaker Alex Jones conclusively proves the existence of a secret network of FEMA camps, now being expanded nationwide. The military industrial complex is transforming our once free nation into a giant prison camp. A cashless society control grid, constructed in the name of fighting terrorism, was … [Read more...]
Once-Delayed Pollution Film To Show At U Of M
Once-Delayed Pollution Film To Show At U Of M A documentary on Mississippi River pollution makes its premiere Sunday at the University of Minnesota, after sparking controversy on campus. Read more on WCCO Minneapolis - St. Paul It's not Lady Gaga, but ag film draws crowd After weeks of ruckus, the documentary on farming's role in "Troubled Waters" played to full houses Sunday at the U. Read more on Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune MVFF … [Read more...]
How does an independent filmmaker get a major retailer (Wal-Mart, for instance) to distribute his/her DVDs?
Question by Joey Doolittle: How does an independent filmmaker get a major retailer (Wal-Mart, for instance) to distribute his/her DVDs? Best answer: Answer by klikBy picking up the phone and calling VP Sales of walmart. Explaining how you can make them money and why walmart shoppers will rush to buy this movie. Which they won't because to sell a movie you need a massive marketing machine. Who is your target group? Kids, adults, young mothers. … [Read more...]
CAREER IN FILM MAKING / DIRECTION
by imNicholas CAREER IN FILM MAKING / DIRECTION Pursuing Courses in Mass Communication opens out a world of careers to an individual instead of restricting options. Courses in Film making is the process of projecting ideas and insights, plots and relationships on the screen through either a story or a documentary. The making of film involves producers, directors, script and screen play writers, camera people, … [Read more...]
Cathy Sullivan 2010 Directing.mov
2nd edited version of directing documentary! Video Rating: 0 / 5 You're watching a clip from my 2 hour program, Making Docs www.thehoffmancollection.com. My video shows many clips I made as part of my television documentary career. The film I show as an example in this clip, King Murray, won every award in the books but was mostly loved by filmmakers. It never made in the big theaters. If you make movies or videos, you … [Read more...]
Milwaukee Film Festival: Two more days to go
Milwaukee Film Festival: Two more days to go It's the penultimate day of the 2010 Milwaukee Film Festival and there's still plenty to see. Read more on OnMilwaukee.com Call for submissions: PELIKULTURA 2010* The University of the Philippines Los Banos (UPLB) and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts , in cooperation with pelikuLAB-Samasining, Department of Humanities, bring you PELIKULTURA: The Calabarzon Film Festival 2010. The … [Read more...]
Which is more valuable in the entertainment industry, formal education or experience?
Question by Lucy: Which is more valuable in the entertainment industry, formal education or experience? I have a choice. I can do a few years worth of study in film production, media studies, etc. I will leave with a formal qualification. OR I can join a group where I will be trained and assisted in producing a short film (as part of a team). This group also provide lessons on everything from screenwriting to directing, and provide assistance … [Read more...]
How To Apply For Arts/Film making School?
How To Apply For Arts/Film making School? When you apply for an Arts/Film making course from a reputed university or college you would asked t submit your resume and submit an application for film school. Here is an important discussion on how to prepare your resume and make an application for a film school. Remember your resume and the application would play a pivotal role in your admission to a good film making school. They tell … [Read more...]
The Kings Cross Tube Station and my Mother’s Qattayyev LFS 167/3E
The London Film School is recognised as one of the best graduate film schools in the world. It prides itself that during the six term course its students will make a short movie each term and they're all shot on film. This third term short is a documentary about the personal journey of a young Palestinian woman, Fatma Mohammed El Moghunni through the passages of the London Underground, as she looking for a home. Video Rating: 0 / … [Read more...]