Here is the movie trailer for the Bansky film "EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP" I can't highly recommend this film enough which is now out on DVD and BluRay. It is truly a genius film about mad men. The film is clever and provides a tremendous insight into the art world and underground poster art culture.
Here is the movie trailer for the feature film "The Tempest" by Julie Taymor Here are 4 movie clips from the feature film "The Tempest" coming out December 2010. Julie Taymor is a visual master and Im sure this film will be quite visually inspiring. She just needs to learn how to hold an audiences attention with story, but perhaps tackling Shakespeare will help in this effort.
Not only is Jacob Medjuck the talented writer/director of Summerhood, but he also came up with a brilliant way to get his film seen in theatres...
Jacob Medjuck, writer/director of SUMMERHOOD talks to The Film Lab about his writing process and the collaboration of his cast and crew in making his film (Part 1).
This is a film I created for a school project about the working conditions of garment workers in Los Angeles. The garment workers in my film are parents of some of the students in my school. Please let me know what you think of my film.
He talks about 127 Hours and goes into detail about the way he approached this film with 2 different cinematographers. He goes into great detail about his approach to the film and what he hoped to achieve by having 2 DPs.
Google announced the creation of "Life In A Day," a film project that solicits video submissions from YouTube users around the world--the criteria is that they must capture some kind of moment filmed on July 24.
SlashFilm Offers a Frame-by-Frame Analysis SlashFilm has a very interesting article examining the striking similarities between the 2009 Academy Award-winning film Up and a French university student's short film, Above The Beyond.
For an ivy league freshman in 1973, it was simply a rite of passage to take a date to a foreign film. I would pretend (oscar worthy effort by yours truly) to adore each film...for the simple purpose of maybe getting lucky with an ivy league female. By accident, I actually enjoyed this insane film. Border-line pornography, it made excess an art form.
Here is the movie trailer for "Enter the Void" Talking about "ENTER THE VOID" at Sundance Here is the Crew talking about the film at Cannes Film Festival 2009. Here is the mad paced acid enhanced opening title sequence from "ENTER THE VOID" Can't wait to see this F#@$% up film.
Can't help but love that visual, who knows how much longer this possibility will be around. The film gets jammed in the gate, the intense heat of the bulb begins to melt the celluloid.
Ben Lyons (Producer) gives expert video advice on what are examples of budgeting for pre-production? What would a general breakdown of a budget look like and more about budgeting a film. Create a budget for your independent film.
Ben Lyons (Producer) gives expert video advice on: What is 'scale', what different unions will I work with, how can I get actors, make-up artists and crew to work for little or no money? What if the actor or actress belongs to an agency? What safety precautions should I take while shooting my independent film? Hire cast and crew for your independent film.
This tutorial shows a variety of tools within Frantic Films' Awake plug-in package for eyeon Fusion, including the lens distortion, digital film noise and workflow enhancements for stereoscopic imaging. Use the Awake plug-in for Fusion 5.
Film canisters, remember those? Those black containers with the grey lids that used to contain... camera film?
This is The Substream's "The Film Lab" series on cinematography basics. This is an intro into the basics of exposure. What is the difference between exposure and shutter anyway?
This is The Substream's lesson from The Film Lab in Composition: The Rule of Thirds. Composition is how you choose to show the audience your story.
In this Final Cut tutorial, Richard Harrington discusses what to do to correct your film when you shoot footage with the wrong white balance setting. This is a common problem if you step outside after shooting inside and you forget to rewhite balance. Richard uses the three way color corrector to do a digital white balance on the clip inside of Final Cut Pro.
In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Michael Park shows you how to achieve that classic introduction to all of the James Bond films using only basic After Effects plugins.
The independent film Juno featured one of the most distinctive opening credit sequences in recent memory. It has a wonderful handmade look - which it turned out was created by hand! Whether you have seen Juno or not, Cow leader Simon Bonner shows a much easier way to create unique, handcrafted looks, without the pain.
This video is geared toward filmmakers, specifically cinematographers and gaffers, on what diffusion gels are and when to use them on a film set. This is a part of The SubStream's "Film Lab".
Adding a vignette is a great compliment to a softened edge. This Essentials plug-in tutorial for iPhoto teaches you how to use the vignette control to add a dark or light edge. Also learn how to use the Film Grain control within the Blur It! tool of Essentials 2 to further adjust your iPhoto images. Use vignette & film grain control in Blur It in iPhoto.
In this video tutorial, we learn how to create film title treatments with Knoll Light Factory within Adobe After Effects. Whether you're new to Adobe's popular motion graphics and compositing software or a seasoned video professional just looking to better acquaint yourself with the program and its various features and filters, you're sure to be well served by this video tutorial. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, watch this free video guide. Create a film t...
iKITMovie is stop motion animation software for PC's running Windows XP or Vista. All you need is a computer and a USB webcam or USB streaming camcorder and you are ready to make your own brickfilms or clay animation (claymation) movies. If you wish, you can simply import your JPG images (640x480) that you have already taken with your camcorder or digital still camera for simple editing.
This tutorial shows how to use Frantic Films' Flood:Surf to create realistic ocean surfaces. Create oceans with Flood:Surf.
This video shows how to make a camera setup for filming what you're doing on a table. It's a great video even if you don't intend to make one, but if you're trying to teach someone how to do something, this is an awesome setup. Either way, it's entertaining to watch. The creator, Paco Warabi, says:
Since its release three years ago, Canon's EOS 5D Mark II has been the most sought out digital SLR for photographers everywhere. But it's also becoming a favorite amongst cinematographers, thanks to its compact size and high-def video recording mode, seeing action in everything from independent features to Hollywood blockbusters and even big network TV shows.
Were you horrified when Gwyneth Paltrow's head ended up in a box in Se7en? Do you share Harrison Ford's opinion that Han Solo should have died in Return of the Jedi? Think Kurt Russell could have handled aliens better in The Thing? Well, sorry—you're out of luck. There's nothing you can do to prevent William Wallace's beheading or Carrie's mayhem. But thanks to MyndPlay, controlling the plot to future films is totally possible.
Here are 8 video clips from the feature film "Fantasia 2000" Fantasia 2000 is a 1999 American animated film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. A sequel to 1940's Fantasia, the film is the thirty-eighth animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics. It premiered in the United States on December 17, 1999. As with its predecessor, the film visualizes classical music compositions with various forms of animation and live-action introductions. Se...
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 24 Tonight one of the worlds most intense directors has a premiere of his new film.
Review: Get Him to the Greek So much puke
I recently shot a short film for director Keegan Uhl for Canon’s Beyond the Still contest and our film “The Beach” won first place. We had a lot of fantastic support getting the film done, and I’m really glad to see people liked what we put together. Keegan put in a ton of work and it’s always rewarding to win something like this, especially when the film was done all out-of-pocket. My Gaffer on the film, Matt Irwin was awesome as well. He provided a lot of his own equipment, and even provide...
‘EARTH MADE OF GLASS‘ is a documentary that follows the Rwandan President Paul Kagame and genocide survivor Jean-Pierre Sagahutu
Mike from the SubStream's "Film Lab" has some tips regarding lighting, gripping and gaffing. Mike's soul screams for Rosco's magic Cinefoil wrap (aka Black Wrap, aka shroud-of-death wrap). Made from black holes. Learn what it's used for and how to use it! It's really just thick black aluminum foil with heat protection. The easiest and cheapest lighting accessory.
Mike from the SubStream's "Film Lab" has some tips regarding screenwriting, specifically... documentary scripts.
In this software video tutorial you will learn how to use elapsed duration in MS Project 2007. A simple project has been created with a few tasks and the durations have also been entered. Say you have an important task that's essential for the completion of the project. For example, if you are shooting a film, developing the film is an important task. You might know that this task may take 16 hours. If you enter the duration of 16hrs against the task, the start and finish dates will be, for e...
In this clip, Sin City's Visual Effects Supervisor, Stu Maschwitz, shows you how to get the Summer Blockbuster look seen in Transformers 2, Terminator: Salvation, and The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3 using Magic Bullet Colorista & Magic Bullet Looks within Adobe After Effects. Whether you're new to Adobe's popular motion graphics and compositing software or a seasoned video professional just looking to better acquaint yourself with Magic Bullet, you're sure to be well served by this video tutorial....
This is The Substream's "The Film Lab" series on lighting basics. This episode covers Rembrandt Lighting.
Mike and Rajo from the SubStream's "Film Lab" have some tips regarding pre-production and development for proper script format.
"Picture Perfect" is a five minute film that won Best Cinematography in the Gainesville 3 Day Film Challenge in January 2012. A Portuguese photographer struggling to reconnect with his artistic passion admires a woman from afar. Made in two days with three Canon 7Ds and various Canon lenses.
