Articles Posted in the Resources Category
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Free Sound Effects
One element of your short films or movies that could make or break the entire experience for the viewer is sound. If your audio is bad or non-existent, your viewer might catch himself flipping over to something else regardless of how well-written your story is or how clever the twist in your tale is.
The problem [...]
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Red Giant releases Magic Bullet Suite 11
Red Giant Software released Magic Bullet Suite 11 and instead of rambling off a list of what the package can do and offer you for your productions, they instead decided to make a short film to demonstrate it in action. The result is an AWESOME short film called Plot Device.
Check it out by clicking on [...]
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Free explosions and other goodies
For the new indie filmmakers starting out, purchasing a package like Video Co-Pilot’s Action Essentials 2 is not always an option. Therefore, we would like to add Detonation Films to your indie toolbox. This site offers everything from explosions to blood to smoke and much, much more! Also, a lot of it is available for [...]
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Forget About Writer’s Block by Nina Bargiel
Television writer Nina Bargiel has got a few choice words for writer’s block. She shares how “get it down on the page” and keep working.
One of the top three questions I’m asked when people find out I’m a writer is “How do you deal with writer’s block?” (The other two are “Do you make any [...]
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Give them credit – Part 2
Different titles, different jobs! What do they all mean? Our journey continues from Part 1 of our credit list, as we bring you some basic definitions of the most common job titles in film and television…
1st AD (Assistant Director):
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Online Video Contests
Are you a filmmaker that would like to participate in a few online contests, but don’t know where to begin? If so, then Online Video Contests is the only place you’ll ever have to look. The site collects all the online video contests from all over the Web and presents them in one, neat and [...]
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South African Movie Budgets
In this article we delve into the world of the ever dreaded movie budgets in the South African film industry.
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Give them credit – Part 1
Different titles, different jobs! What do they all mean? Every now and again, we will bring you some basic definitions of the most common job titles in film and television…
