Filmmaking

DIY filmmakers tend to be a pretty resourceful lot, but for some reason most of the small indie sets I’ve been on didn’t seem resourceful when it came to craft services. Part of what makes a DIY crew successful is creative problem solving

The first question to fall off of every film student or self taught filmmakers lips when they reach the point of no return and decide to actually try to make a film is, how the hell am I going to pay for this?  Over the years I’ve done a lot of research on this subject, [...]

Focus is one of the first things any filmmaker, young or old, new or experienced has to deal with when setting up a shot. If not given the attention it needs you may find that it stabs you in the back When the time comes to edit the footage.

The Scriptwriter’s Life is a new approach created by BAFTA nominated screenwriter Tim Clague to help Scriptwriters achieve success in their professional careers. The diagram contains, all in one place, the life of a scriptwriter. Its a map that can be used to see what you need to tackle next. Successful writers must…

Final Cut is one of the UK’s top independent short film screening groups and every year they release a compilation DVD containing a selection of the best work shown during the previous 12 months.

The Self-Distribution Starter Kit gives filmmakers the knowledge you need to get your film in front of audiences, start putting money directly in your pocket and creating your own self-distribution success story.

Since the dawn of movie making film has ruled the sets & screens. Only in the past 25 years has the digital format crept up to Hollywood with pioneers such as George Lucas pushing the digital format to what it is today. Although films like Star Wars Episode II and III, Sin City and Superman [...]

In all types of visual arts there is one key rule of thumb, ‘The Rule of Thirds’. The Rule of Thirds works like this, imagine the screen was split into thirds both horizontally & vertically. By placing the main subject in to either the left or right third where the vertical & horizontal lines meet [...]

Cinematography [Greek: kinesis (movement) and grapho (to record)], is one of the most important parts in the film making process. Cinematography is the lighting and camera choices that symbolises your films look. It is controlled by the Director of Photography (DOP, DP, Cinematographer) who closely co-ordinates with the …