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| 5. Summer film school Sipan | | 2008-08-08 04:04:51 | | A „small summer festival“, as the locals call it – 5th Summer film school will be held from August 4th to 14th on the Island of Sipan near Dubrovnik, which will provide the young film lovers with the opportunity to learn how to make their own films from professionals.
According to the school organizers, Sipan film [...] | | By: Valamar Blog on Croatian Travel Attractions | | |
| | Free Film School: Dissonance | | 2008-07-20 19:16:19 | | At long last I am proud to present the movie that Moby doesn't want you to see: "Giant Baby Attack!" This film is a demonstration of the concepts of dissonance and ostinato as they are found in the Poltergeist score, written by Jerry Goldsmith. Dissonance (a clashing or unresolved musical interval) and ostinato (a constantly recurring melodic fragment) are staples of the horror genre. To see how these concepts work to make otherwise brave people sleep with a light on, read more.
"Giant Baby Attack!" initially sets the tone of the film by repeating four vibraphone notes over and over again. Though the initial video images are cheerful, the repetitiveness of the soundtrack is quite creepy. It almost sounds as if there's something wrong with the orchestra. Why do they keep repeating those notes? Don't they have sheet music? Is the conductor dead?Ostinato of deep notes (called "basso ostinato") sets an ominous mood. An extreme example of this technique can be found throughout the | | By: Green Screen Cinema | | |
| | Ten Minute Film School | | 2008-07-07 11:02:24 | | Robert Rodriguez has been in the press lately for his marital woes (pictured here with his woes), but I prefer to think of him as the UT film student that shopped a $7,000 feature for the spanish home video market (El Mariachi) all the way to fame and fortune. If you want to know how he went from total obscurity to being represented by Robert Newman at ICM you should read this early interview. The interview took place during Robert's first trip to Sundance and in it he announced "I created my own film school, the Robert Rodriguez Film School."Though the school only operated for a short time, six years later Robert released a short called Ten Minute Film School that dissected a chase scene from El Mariachi. He's released additional episodes over the years, which together make up a nice primer on low budget filmmaking. The videos are worth a look, but I wanted to know more about the original Robert Rodriguez Film School. After a little digging I was able to find a transcript fro | | By: Green Screen Cinema | | |
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| Free Film School: HDV 24p Workflow | | 2008-07-05 14:52:56 | | If you've ever physically spliced two pieces of film together you know how magical the 24 fps frame cadence is. I don't know if there is a psychometric test that can confirm this, but it seems like the images linger just long enough to make a lasting impression, while maintaining the proper motion of objects. When Sony 24p cameras were first used to shoot a feature it was clear that a new age of cinema was upon us. In today's article I am going to detail a low cost workflow that will allow you to shoot high definition video at 24 fps.This workflow employs the tools detailed in my previous workflow article. To recap, it relies on a low cost HDV camera (the Canon HV20) and a low cost post production environment (Adobe Creative Suite 3). There are two reasons why HDV was selected for the video format: camera cost and disk space requirement. When it comes to cost per pixel, HDV cameras cannot be beat. HDV is considered a consumer format and as a result the cameras are a fraction of | | By: Green Screen Cinema | | |
| | Free Film School: Affordable HD Workflow | | 2008-06-15 01:06:09 | | Today's column is being written for the filmmaker that does not have $10,000 laying around to spend on their cinematic debut. If you have a big chunk of change you'll find no end to the people that'll help you spend it (whenever I want to put a huge hole in my budget I call Snader and Associates ). But I don't want to see you spend that kind of money. HD technology is moving so fast that whatever you buy today is going to be gathering dust in a couple years. That's why an affordable HD workflow is so important. It's a great way to try out the format and learn the pitfalls without parting with your hard-earned cash.I'm going to review a workflow that employs a $600 HDV camera, a $600 software suite and a $1500 PC. What kind of results can you expect for $2700? Take a look at the clip I'm running at the top of this article. The filmmaker, Solomon Chase, garnered almost 100,000 views on YouTube with this clip (which exemplifies affordability). And just look at | | By: Green Screen Cinema | | |
| | Free Film School: Tempo | | 2008-06-04 12:36:46 | | Today were are going to look at a key video concept that is taught at USC: tempo. Three things control the tempo of your film: your editing paradigm, your on-screen action and your music. What do I mean by editing paradigm? Your editing paradigm is the expectation you set up in the mind of the viewer from the edits they've seen thus far. If you take the case of the film "Iron Man", you'll find that most of the action shots run somewhere between two and four seconds in duration. This is consistent throughout the entire film. The audience is trained early on that they need to pay close attention, and they are also comforted to know that scenes will be paid-off quickly. It is a joy to watch a film with a tight and consistent editing paradigm.You can't do much about on-screen action after the film has been shot, so let's move on to music selection. If you take a quick look at the short film I've prepared for this article, you'll see a chase scene set to the theme music from "Indian | | By: Green Screen Cinema | | |
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| Free Film School: HD Workflow | | 2008-05-26 00:21:31 | | It's finally time to get your hands on a camera. Here's Bryan Singer with his. Since this is Free Film School we're not going to have access to the Panavision Genesis HD camera that Bryan prefers, but neither will we waste your time with the silent movie nonsense that USC starts you out with. We're going to look at an affordable HD workflow that will allow you to easily publish to the web. I mean, 86 million people watched Evolution of Dance. That's 47 million more than the number of people that went to see "Superman Returns". You've probably heard me say there's no money in web video, but the web is the best way to get immediate feedback on your work. At this stage in your career you need as much audience exposure as possible. Using an HD workflow and distributing your results online will give you both useful skills and a chance to see how your work resonates with bored teenagers the world over. We'll first look at how workflows evolved over time so that we can come up with t | | By: Green Screen Cinema | | |
| | Is Film School For You? | | 2008-05-25 18:55:44 | | Indie Slate ran a great article this month in which low-budget auteur Jeff Burr (Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3, Puppet Master 4) said,"I think film school can be very beneficial to a lot of people. It all depends on expectation and intent. If you are just going to mark time and then use the school's equipment and feel you know it all already, then don't waste your time and money; just make a movie." Jeff attended USC Film School but left partway through the program after making the short film "Divided We Fall". Jeff said about his student experience,"In making the movie, we broke a lot of rules ... and it was apparent that USC wouldn't back another Burr/Meyer epic, so I felt it was time to leave." Jeff went on to direct over 20 feature films. One could argue that leaving film school launched Jeff's career.At the other end of the spectrum is the sorrow of Wendy Milette. Wendy's bio says she received her Bachelors degree from USC Film School's Critical Studies program (graduating top of | | By: Green Screen Cinema | | |
| | 154. Vancouver Film School and Youtube Scholarship Finalist Result | | 2008-05-21 13:20:09 | | Vancouver Film School is Canada's premier post-secondary entertainment arts institution and one of the most distinguished in the world.Known as VFS and cover all media productions field.Recently, VFS with corporation with Youtube web video have launch the scholarships that want to give away to 10 finalist that have been choose within 2 month.All the finalist are open to submit their video on this field of media coverage:3D Animation & Visual EffectsClassical AnimationDigital Character AnimationHoudini™ CertificationActing for Film & TelevisionDigital DesignEntertainment Business ManagementFilm ProductionGame DesignMakeup Design for Film & TelevisionSound Design for Visual MediaWriting for Film & TelevisionActing EssentialsFoundation Visual Art & DesignGive them a vote, check Vancouver Film School Scholarship Finalist Video.Don't forget to subscribe for their results on 30th May, don't missed the winner VFS updates . Subscribe with Feel My Tube!!
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| | Free Film School: Mise en scène | | 2008-05-19 11:32:50 | | Now that you've heard more career advice than you'll ever need it's finally time to start developing the technical competency you'll need to make compelling content. There are dozens of departments that you could specialize in, but there is one concept that you must learn first no matter who you are or what you do. Since you're enrolled in Free Film School you should refer to this concept as "mise en scène" (you'll sound more like a film student if you use random french terms like this).What this concept refers to (other than the literal translation of "put in the scene") is the unique affect that sets, lighting and camera placement have. Why should you care about mise en scène? Well, since you're not developing content for the theater you can move the audience perspective around (you have the option of using different shots, different locations, etc.). This makes film unique and compelling and as a result we need some way to describe this unique effect. Today we will review th | | By: Green Screen Cinema | | |
| | Free Film School, Chapter 6 | | 2008-05-11 15:14:02 | | Before we get into the nitty gritty of professional film production I'd like to spend a little more time talking about your career. How much money are you going to make? Are you going to have a nice house? Or will you be living off government cheese? So much of this depends on where you start out and what you strive for. If you are primarily interested in money you should probably head straight for a hedge fund and forget about this film thing. But if you have a love of the cinema then you are probably wondering what your life is going to be like pursuing that one great love. Let's start at very the beginning, as Julie Andews was wount to say. Let's look at some origin stories.We'll start with a quick tour through Alpha Cine, where I got my first big break.
You've probably never heard of Alpha Cine, but it's the one lab in the northwest that regularly handles 35mm film. By some miracle I was allowed to intern in their breakdown and check department my junior year in high scho | | By: Green Screen Cinema | | |
| | Free Film School, Chapter 5 | | 2008-05-08 13:51:27 | | To recap the points I've tried to make thus far, you should not pursue a film career for the glory (for there is none) you should simply enjoy the process of making film. You shouldn't worry about networking, you should instead focus on developing skills that other people find indispensable. At this point you must be thinking,"OK, great Jim, I'll keep those gems in mind as I fight it out with the thousands of other up and comers that aren't so noble (and who are networking their way to a studio job as we speak)." Relax, you are in this for the long haul. The studios aren't going anywhere. You'll approach them when you finally have something they need, not before. So how about a little education today? Let's talk about Sergei Eisenstein......and the Battleship Potemkin.
One of the secrets of USC Film School is that before you lay a hand on a camera you've had at least two years of film history drilled into your brain. Why do they torture you in this manner? Part of the reaso | | By: Green Screen Cinema | | |
| | Free Film School, Chapter 4 | | 2008-05-07 08:36:51 | | We've talked a bit about the internship problem and the economic hardship it creates for working professionals. Today I thought it would be interesting to look at an internship posting that USC Film School just sent me: Summer interns needed for Alexandra Milchan, a very busy independent producer based on the Fox lot. Duties include heavy research, copying, filing, putting together packages for submissions, office errands, some phones. This is a great opportunity to read scripts and observe the development side of filmmaking. Must be reliable, organized and able to thrive in a fast-paced, high stress environment. Must pay close attention to detail and have great people skills (as our office deals with a lot of high-level people and A-list talent). We require a commitment of at least 10 hours per week but the schedule is flexible. Candidates must be able to receive school credit. This internship is unpaid. Applicants can send their resumes and cover letters to lcray@newregency.com. | | By: Green Screen Cinema | | |
| | Free Film School, Chapter 3 | | 2008-05-04 21:24:10 | | Since the previous chapter might have dampened your dream of being a filmmaker I think it's appropriate to build it back up now. You can make a great film. Even if you make just one film it can have a lasting impact for the rest of your life. Look at Pietro Mascagni, he sits down to write a one-act opera for a competition run by a publisher and produces one of the greatest operas of all time (Cavalleria Rusticana). For the rest of his life he does this and that, hangs out with Puccini, travels to South America, scores a silent movie but he never writes another monster hit like Cavalleria Rusticana. And you know what? He rides off into the sunset a happy man because the two months he set aside for that competition changed the world. I mean, c'mon, you got two months don't you? Mascagni is a great role model.
You know who else is great role model? People that show up for work each day, that find ways to get along with their co-workers and that develop a set of skills along the wa | | By: Green Screen Cinema | | |
| | Free Film School, Chapter 2 | | 2008-05-03 12:07:12 | | Why would anyone want to work in the film industry? Or more importantly, why do you want to work in the film industry? I only ask because of the many misperceptions that are floating around. It might not be a good idea to embark on a lifelong career with data that is less than accurate. So let's start by covering some of the brutal realities that pock mark the film industry today:
1) You could make more money sewing shoes in Vietnam - This is something you need to know up front. At some point in your film career you will work without pay. At some point you will work long hours at a job that pays no money whatsoever. I will go into the reasons for this in a moment, but the first problem you face is that almost all the entry level jobs in the industry are "internships" that provide little or no pay. Take a look at the Studio Daily job board or the USC job board and you'll see the vast number of employers that think they can get away with paying you nothing. So at this point y | | By: Green Screen Cinema | | |
| | Free Film School, Chapter 1 | | 2008-05-03 01:23:56 | | If you ever wondered what they teach students at USC Film School, but didn't want to spend $140,000 to find out, read on...
I spent four years at USC Film School and created a number of films. I would sure like to show you those films, but USC claims copyright over everything that you create while you are in the program. A program that you, the student, fund with your tuition. Pretty messed up, don't you think? Not only do you fork over $140,000 and four years of your life, you literally have nothing to show for it. So I thought the best way to prevent other impressionable minds from wandering into their clutches would be to give away the knowledge that I have, for free. Welcome to Free Film School. | | By: Green Screen Cinema | | |
| | 10 minute Film School by Robert Rodriguez | | 2007-09-18 03:29:22 | | Good Morning Class!
Now a famous film-maker a while back said something about ‘Everything you need to know about film you can learn in a week.’ He was being generous. You can learn it in 10 minutes.
Set your watches we will be out of here in ten kids.
Okay, so you wanna be a film-maker?
(Class choruses ‘YES’)
Wrong! [...] | | By: Everything About World | | |
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