The dream of just about every filmmaker is to make a feature. It’s the Holy
Grail for those who want a career in the film world, but it doesn’t happen overnight…
Making The Transition From Shorts to Features
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Cheaper Alternatives to Final Cut Pro
Listen up, editors. Keep your money in your wallet for a second, and check out these programs that could save you more. 1. LIGHTWORKS “Lightworks is the fastest, most accessible and focused NLE in the industry, because it is based on the simple idea that the editor, not the computer industry, knows what’s best. The […]
The Foley Grail: The Art of Performing Sound for Film, Games and Animation – Book Review
Sound. It continues to be one of the unsung heroes in media production yet one of the most crucial elements. It is unsung because (arguably) all sound design should be invisible and unobtrusive to the viewer, as they should be completely absorbed in the narrative. It is crucial because it manages to emotionally affect or […]
Melancholy and Australia: a piece on The Turning (2013) and The Rover(2014)
One of the highlights from Cannes this year was David Michôd’s dystopian crime thriller, The Rover, starring Robert Pattinson and Australia’s go-to-chameleon Guy Pearce. This film is likely to forge a successful path at upcoming festivals such as Sydney Film Festival where it will show in early June. The bleak crime feature speaks to a larger trend […]
8 Tips for Making Silent Movies
The Artist, won an Oscar. This marked the first time a silent movie has been nominated for an Oscar in more than 80 years; the last silent movie to be nominated was The Patriot in 1928, the second year the Academy Awards were given. Despite the decrease of interest in silent movies in recent years, […]
Documentaries To Be Inspired By
For as long as I can remember, I have loved documentaries. My father is to blame for this. Ever since he realised my interests lay in Film and TV, I’d been bombarded with documentary upon documentary about the history of film, as well as documentaries covering niche subjects, like the success of the Carry-On Films… […]
The New Yorker’s Guide To London’s Independent Film Scene
If you have ever wanted to make a film or write a screenplay, you should check what is happening in London, England. Independent film has flourished there since the early 1990’s when Raindance Film Festival was founded by the charismatic Canadian, Elliot Grove. His first intern was Edgar Wright. Elliot has worked with filmmakers like […]
Searching for a freelance storyboard artist? Jorgen’s List is the answer!
“Do you have a storyboard?” An important question. Whilst it is not necessarily a filmmaking law to use one, a storyboard is the ultimate way of translating the vision in your head on to paper to share with your crew. Not to mention that storyboards have been used throughout the history of live-action […]
The World is Round, People: Cannes’ Poor Inclusion of Female Directors.
Dialogue about the lack of females at the helm of big-budget films has been bouncing around for years. Despite the apparent change of dynamics in television, the film industry seems to have a remarkable ability to resist the equal inclusion of women. Plenty of females within the industry have voiced annoyance at the bizarre male […]
Ten ’90s Films You Forgot Existed
Ah, 2014… It seems we’ve only blinked and suddenly, it has been 10 years since we first met Ron Burgundy, and 20 years since we learnt the meaning of Hakuna Matata. As we get further and further into the 21st Century, Planet Earth has survived a number of apocalyptic prophecies, as well as films like […]
