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Shooting Film on a Budget
I played around with the idea of calling this article “How to shoot film on a Budget”, but it isn’t very detailed and I can’t remember all the exact prices and different costs all that well anymore (for instance, things like the cost of costumes or how much was the exact price of the rawstock). But, believe it or not, I managed to produce and direct a feature film for the sum of $10,000 on 35mm film. Yes, I cut a few corners here and there, but the biggest reason I was able to produce a film on such a micro budget was that I did my homework (and I had a lot of help from some very good people, namely the cast and crew!). I shot with an affordable … Read entire article »
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Casting Call: Actor Auditions Students from Towson Looking for Actors for Film II Project
Bridget Rafferty from over at Towson University sent this in: Students from Towson University are looking for male actors for their Film II project. We need 2 male actors (age range, late 20′s to early 50′s) for roles as co-workers in a typical office setting. Role 1 (Herbert) – A frumpy Convert this post to pdf … Read entire article »
What Are 35mm, 16mm, & Super 8mm Films?
Since video has been so prominent in filmmaking lately, many new filmmakers don’t get the exposure to film that they used to and often don’t know the differences in these three film formats anymore – and why they are used in the particular areas they are. Many new filmmakers want to shoot with film, because of the benefits they’ve heard film has over video, but they don’t know which size film to use, or why. I listed the three most used films, and a little about them, for your reading pleasure: 35mm film has been around since motion picture’s beginning – over a century and it still looks great! “Citizen Kane”, “Star Wars”, and almost everyone’s favorite 2006 movie “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” Convert this post to … Read entire article »
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Shooting in HD versus 16mm
High Definition is definitely the new rage. But shooting HD versus 16mm? In our business, we’ve found a majority of the people that originally wanted us to use 16mm were really just wanting something better than Standard Definition, but felt the price of 35mm wasn’t in their budget. When we started offering HD, the people interested in 16mm quickly switched to HD. Those that know the differences between film and video, or those that have been willing to be educated on the differences, usually go with Convert this post to pdf … Read entire article »
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