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A listing of all film festivals at the NW Film Center. (Less than a week until the Pelotero screening at Portland International Film Festival. 
A shot list is a full log of all the shots you want to include in your film; essentially it is a checklist filled with minute details that will give your film a sense of direction and efficiency. 
Short Film: Nash Edgerton's 'Spider' And A Tease Of Its Sequel 'Bear'/FILM (blog)Spider, the short film by Nash Edgerton, isn't exactly new. In fact, it's pretty old. The IMDB lists it as 2007 but we've never posted it here on /Film. You can get started with film making and be very successful at it, but you will need proper training first and a few tips to help you along the way. Keep in mind that there are many other people out there with the same dream as ... ![[News] Comparing Nikon's D4 to Canon's 1DX Video(a side by side ... | Leefilm Insight | Scoop.it](http://img.scoop.it/DK3Oq05mWR8O2gIyJiFBAjl72eJkfbmt4t8yenImKBVaiQDB_Rd1H6kmuBWtceBJ)
See one of the first side by side video comparisons of Nikon's D4 and Canon's 1DX posted by Fenchel Janisch. This video was shot in daylight using the same settings on both cameras and Sigma 50mm F/1.4 + Sigma 85mm F/1.4 lenses. The 50-Dollar Follow Focus gives you precise, repeatable control over your lenses. Built to last and a joy to use. (A 50-Dollar Follow Focus for your DSLR camera set-up. 
Nikon are taking pre-orders for the D4. But based on the sample videos so far, if you are interested in using one for video I'd hold off. 
One of the major Achilles’ heels for film producers and directors is the distribution game. Once you’ve made your movie, what do you do? How do you play the game? What strategies do you employ? Is there even a strategy? 
Compelling arguments from the Producers Guild/America for the value of making short films; it's not about sales: http://t.co/Ji4FDr5C #film... A short movie filmed and edited in twenty four hours on a Canon T2i EOS 550D, edited in Final Cut Pro. Written, directed and edited by Steve Hodges. Special thanks to Eric Stinnissen for help with the filming. 
Star Wars (1977) was the first film to use 3D wire-frame graphics when the Jedi fighters were briefed on the trench run attack. Superman (1978) was the first movie to sport a computer-generated title sequence. 
Nikon 70-300mm is more improve than the Nikon 75-300mm as this has good quality contrast color and has a fast autofocus too. It even has a zoom range and low price and even light to carry on. Taking a picture while hiking ... |
This visual effects reel from 'Hugo' shows how some scenes were digitally manipulated. 
Aspiring filmmakers often let the contract and business details of film production be an afterthought, thinking “that’s not fun, or creative. And I don’t have the budget for that un-fun, un-creative stuff. 
17-year-old filmmaking student Sacha Powell shot this powerful slow motion film using a $500 Canon 550D/T2i, 50mm f/1.8, 18-55mm kit lens, and Sigma 70-300mm. On the software side he utilized Premiere Pro CS5, After ... Produced 2011 by Uncage the Soul Productions Ben Canales, John Waller, Steve Engman, Blake Johnson www.uncagethesoul.com To plan your adventure to ...youtube.com... 
Just sometimes a very special lens comes along And that lens is the Canon 50mm f/0.95. Despite popular belief, this is not a cine lens. It was originally developed by Canon for the 7 rangefinder system. An excellent short film shot on a Nokia cellphone with a microscope attachment. Goes to show that you don't always need a really expensive camera to tell a story. 
Fantastic tests done at Skywalker ranch, DSLR's compared to (really expensive!) 35mm. The celluloid days are numbered. 
RT @robertshutter: RT @FilmSlateMag Ask the Filmmaker: What Does a Film Producer Do? | http://t.co/kJjFOgmo #filmmaking #producing: Ask the Filmmaker: W... 
We show you how to create, distribute, and screen your own film. 
In action filmmaking, less is more. Not in the usual sense, which is used to imply that being subtle is more effective than having a film scream “LOOK AT. 
The Swarm is a short horror film, shot entirely on Sony's Xperia Arc S phones, following a group of horny teenagers in London who come face to face with an otherworldly terror. 
Filming movies in Washington, DC, just got harderWashington PostEven as Washington story lines are enjoying a boom in movies and television, the nation's capital is losing more and more of the actual location work to other cities. |
