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As jobs in the film industry become increasingly competitive to acquire for recent graduates, and as funding for films is a similar challenge, filmmakers and students or recent grads find themselves relying on each other more and more. The relationship … Continue reading →

Interning in film is not easy; it’s a whirlwind of mistakes. Here are some tips to get you through production. If you’re not early, you’re late. If your call time is 4:30am, you should get there at 4am. This is … Continue reading →

Greetings from the year 2000. While I’m certain this time capsule contains many antique objects for your curiosity and enjoyment, my personal feeling is that you’ve come here looking for something else. Though I can’t foretell the exact extent of … Continue reading →

Whenever I teach workshop classes in film editing, one of the first questions I ask the students is why, in this age of nonlinear digital-access editing systems, are they interested in learning a technology that is antiquated, if not primitive, … Continue reading →

Because family home movies have played such an important role in several of my films, I am often asked how the presence of a movie camera in early childhood influenced my decision to become a filmmaker.  
Everyone naturally assumes that … Continue reading →

By Matt Weiss People often like to include underwater shots in their films of music videos because it’s provides an interesting effect or perspective, however they are unaware of the difficulties this presents. Most of the time, its helpful to … Continue reading →

The Film Production Forum is arranging its first meetup in London on the 2nd of July 2013 at the SAE Institute in London. For producers, directors, set designers, lighting directors, film audio engineers, film score sound design and music producers, … Continue reading →