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FIRST TIME AT THE FEST: 20 Guidelines for a Successful Festival

Here are 20 tips to help you enjoy the event while looking after yourself, your project and your professional reputation.

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The EOSHD 5D Mark III Raw Shooter’s Guide - book on the Canon 5D Mark III

The EOSHD 5D Mark III Raw Shooter’s Guide - book on the Canon 5D Mark III | Indie Filmmaking | Scoop.it
The EOSHD 5D Mark III Raw Shooter’s Guide - book on the Canon 5D Mark III!
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The new Zoom H6 Handy Recorder

The new Zoom H6 Handy Recorder | Indie Filmmaking | Scoop.it
World's first six-track portable recorder, featuring a revolutionary system of interchangeable input capsules
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looks like a nice improvement over the H4n

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How Filmmakers Can Look Bigger Than They Really Are

How Filmmakers Can Look Bigger Than They Really Are | Indie Filmmaking | Scoop.it
I am glad I didn't go to film school. If I had I might have thought twice about choosing a career in the creative industries. It is an exciting prospect, but on
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Some of these are pretty amusing, but all of them work. If you don't like the antics/politics of GoDaddy, go for NameCheap. You can also get great biz cards, postcards and much more at OvernightPrints.com.

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Cutting Trailers - Understanding How To Create One That Works

Cutting Trailers - Understanding How To Create One That Works | Indie Filmmaking | Scoop.it
Ever dream of editing film trailers? In this post, you'll hear from some of the industry's leading film editors and learn the formula for crafting a successful trailer.
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Why Final Cut Pro X's killer feature may be yet to come...

Why Final Cut Pro X's killer feature may be yet to come... | Indie Filmmaking | Scoop.it
Why Final Cut Pro X's killer feature may be yet to come...
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Not sure I'm ready to believe such a concept will exist, mainly because there isn't already easy access for musicians to directly upload their works (yet)... but it'd be great.

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Film Noir Lighting with Lighting Diagrams

Film Noir Lighting with Lighting Diagrams | Indie Filmmaking | Scoop.it
Film Noir, emphasizing low-key lighting and unbalanced compositions and literally translated means Black Film. Not just the colors of the film but the
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Ripple Tools II Plugins for Final Cut Pro X

Ripple Tools II Plugins for Final Cut Pro X | Indie Filmmaking | Scoop.it
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notebook USB 3.0 versus notebook Thunderbolt storage

notebook USB 3.0 versus notebook Thunderbolt storage | Indie Filmmaking | Scoop.it
real world speed test results for performance minded Macintosh users
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you may want to consider the FirmTek miniSwap/U3 bus-powered drive for some very fast external storage

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Crowdfunding a Transmedia Phenomenon: Director Nicolás Alcalá on The Cosmonaut

Crowdfunding a Transmedia Phenomenon: Director Nicolás Alcalá on The Cosmonaut | Indie Filmmaking | Scoop.it
With all the discussion about the future of Kickstarter in recent weeks, it may be appropriate that a film that began its campaign at the beginning of the
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16 Recommendations For Filmmakers To Discover Best Practices For A Sustainable Creative Life

16 Recommendations For Filmmakers To Discover Best Practices For A Sustainable Creative Life | Indie Filmmaking | Scoop.it
Two weeks ago at The San Francisco Film Society we launched A2E (Artist To Entrepreneur), a specific line of programming designed to provide filmmakers with the necessary entrepreneurial skills and best practices needed to have a sustainable...
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this list rules. read it right now. learn. embrace. grow.

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Space Monkeys, Raw Video, and Giving Us All You've Got

Space Monkeys, Raw Video, and Giving Us All You've Got | Indie Filmmaking | Scoop.it
The team at Magic Lantern have managed to hack the Canon 5D Mark III to record 14-bit raw 1080p...
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"What Magic Lantern have done is show camera makers that if they won’t give us all they’ve got, we’ll just take it anyway. The smart manufacturers will try to beat us there out of the box."

right on.

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Creating cinemagraphs with Final Cut Pro and Motion

Creating cinemagraphs with Final Cut Pro and Motion | Indie Filmmaking | Scoop.it
Tutorial: Creating cinemagraphs with Final Cut Pro and Motion
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Find Your Audience in the Educational Market

Find Your Audience in the Educational Market | Indie Filmmaking | Scoop.it

When we refer to the educational market, we are referring to more than just the sale of the public performance rights to colleges and universities. We also include the sale of the public performance rights to any community that might want to host a screening. That includes non-profits, corporations, NGOs, churches, mosques, military bases, learning centers, etc. So, really, the possibilities are limitless.

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IamFilmguy: How To Build A DIY 4K Raid..!

IamFilmguy: How To Build A DIY 4K Raid..! | Indie Filmmaking | Scoop.it
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wow. quite a build for a custom DIY 4k RAID.

CinemAloha's curator insight, June 17, 7:04 PM

Beats a Pegasus RAID but definitely not a plug & play system.

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New Rokinon 16mm f/2.0 Wide-Angle Lens for APS-C and Micro Four Thirds

New Rokinon 16mm f/2.0 Wide-Angle Lens for APS-C and Micro Four Thirds | Indie Filmmaking | Scoop.it
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I'm eager to see this one on-camera.

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12 Ways to Connect, Create, and Collaborate Using Google Hangouts

12 Ways to Connect, Create, and Collaborate Using Google Hangouts | Indie Filmmaking | Scoop.it
You're a content marketer, and you care about connection and collaboration. But you live in a remote village in Alaska, and you can't just hop down to the l
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how can you use google hangouts in relation to your film projects?

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Movie Machine by Rick Young - The Art of Technology of Digital Filmmaking

Movie Machine by Rick Young - The Art of Technology of Digital Filmmaking | Indie Filmmaking | Scoop.it
Movie Machine - Digital technology reviews and launches including product and software releases by Rick Young
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a free PDF magazine on digital filmmaking

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Social media basics for filmmakers

Social media basics for filmmakers | Indie Filmmaking | Scoop.it

For the next several weeks, we will feature information for filmmakers who want to get started in using social media for their personal career and for their projects. These posts will be very basic in nature as we have realized that many members are confused/apprehensive/non tech savvy and we want to encourage them to be excited and proactive about sharing their work with an audience. At the heart of all social network marketing is the authentic, human need to connect and communicate with like minded people. This first post will prime you for the mentality change you need to succeed in using social channels.

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Self-Medicating With Movies to Fight High School Bullies | Film School Rejects

Self-Medicating With Movies to Fight High School Bullies | Film School Rejects | Indie Filmmaking | Scoop.it
Last weekend I was up late and noticed a 16-year-old follower of my Facebook page (and aspiring filmmaker) had a shitty night. He lived a nightmare we all
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my pal Sean writes a great inspirational letter to a 16-year-old

Charles Liburd's curator insight, June 4, 3:58 AM

This is such an interesting piece!

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Showing Hollywood the way: how 'Upstream Color' hit iTunes without leaving theaters

Showing Hollywood the way: how 'Upstream Color' hit iTunes without leaving theaters | Indie Filmmaking | Scoop.it
Two weeks ago, Shane Carruth's Upstream Color pulled off an interesting trick. After about a month in theaters, it went online, streaming from the movie's website and plugging into the larger...
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HOW TO CUT A MOVIE TRAILER | Filmmaker Magazine

HOW TO CUT A MOVIE TRAILER | Filmmaker Magazine | Indie Filmmaking | Scoop.it
Stephen Garrett on crafting a winning trailer
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The web video problem | why it’s time to rethink visual storytelling on the web from the bottom up

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do you think there is a "problem" or not?

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Crowdfunding 201: How To (Not) Fail

Crowdfunding 201: How To (Not) Fail | Indie Filmmaking | Scoop.it
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read and heed, my friends

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HitFilm for Mac Kickstarter

Unique 3D compositing, visual effects and video editing software for creative filmmakers – time to bring it to Mac!
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impressive software for less than $500(?)

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The correct way to archive a Final Cut Pro X Project

The correct way to archive a Final Cut Pro X Project | Indie Filmmaking | Scoop.it
The correct way to archive a Final Cut Pro X Project
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