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"An ingenious novel about art and revenge, insisting on your dreams and hitting on your doctor, told in the form of 80 movie reviews In near-future America, film critic Noah Body uploads his reviews to an underread content aggregator. His job is dreary routine: watch, seethe, pan. He dreams of making his own film, free of the hackery of commercial cinema. Faced with writing on lousy movies for a website that no one reads, Noah smuggles into his reviews...
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In this installment of the Creating a Short Film series, learn how to enhance and punch up your story using key editing techniques.
Learn what it actually takes to create a short film—from the brainstorming stage, all the way until opening night. Each installment of the 13-part Creating a Short Film series focuses on different aspects of the production workflow. Here, filmmaker Chad Perkins focuses on editing, providing real-world context by showing...
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Learn how to use lights and your camera to enhance a story. Explore the fundamentals of cinematography, including how to adjust exposure, frame a shot, and light your actors.
The 13-part Creating a Short Film training series showcases what it actually takes to create a short film—from the brainstorming stage, all the way until opening night. Each installment of the series focuses on different aspects of the production workflow. Here, filmmaker...
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In this installment of the Creating a Short Film series, learn about the role of the producer: getting financing, dealing with legal issues, and increasing production value.
With the proliferation of inexpensive video cameras and powerful editing and effects software, anyone can make a short independent film. Short films are used to practice filmmaking, get experience working with a cast and crew, showcase talent at film festivals, and pitch film...
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Learn about writing a great script including storytelling, working with screenwriting software, and revising scripts. Discover filmmaking tips for anyone who wants to make a short.
Creating a Short Film is a 13-part training series that shows the actual struggles and challenges filmmakers have to overcome to get films made. Author Chad Perkins and his team made a short film, The Assurance, and documented the process: from writing and directing to...
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This course is part 12 of the 13-part Creating a Short Film series, and focuses on all aspects of creating the audio for the film.
Given that film is, at its heart, a visual medium, you might assume that video is more important than audio. However, in some ways, audio can be more important than video. You would probably watch a movie that had subpar picture quality but good audio, but could you sit through a film that had a clear picture with audio...
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Learn about being a great film director, from directing actors and crew to planning and capturing great shots. Get tips to become a better director, storyteller, and communicator.
Directing movies means being in charge of all creative decisions on a movie set: performance, wardrobe, lights, camera movement, color palette, music, and the overall tone of the film. Some directors focus on directing actors, while others focus on telling stories, building...
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Legend of the Boneknapper dragon: Hiccup and the Viking gang join Gobber in hunting down the legendary Boneknapper dragon.
Book of dragons: Hiccup, Astrid and Gobber rewrite the insider training secrets for 14 different dragon species.
Dragons : gift of the night fury: Hiccup and Toothless discover an island of never-before-seen dragons.
Dragons : dawn of the dragon races: The villagers deft tradition to prove who is the fastest in the island's...
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Learn how to create compelling visual effects for your short film. Get insider tips on how to make CG scenery, add or remove objects from shots, and more.
In the 13-part Creating a Short Film series, filmmaker Chad Perkins showcases what it actually takes to create a short film—from the brainstorming stage, all the way until opening night. In this installment of the series, Chad focuses on VFX, detailing how to use key tools like After Effects...
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Learn how to make your own short film. Explore the basic elements of screenwriting, production, and directing.
Learn how to make your own short film. Explore the basic elements of screenwriting, production, and directing. This comprehensive beginner’s course is for anyone who has good ideas that they want to share with the world. Writer, director, and producer Avi Glijansky teaches the theory, skills, and core craft of visual storytelling for the...
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Get real-world insights into creating visual effects for short films. Learn how to use common VFX tools to create cool, otherworldly effects like magic particles and explosions.
Get a practical look at the world of visual effects (VFX). In this installment of the 13-part Creating a Short Film series, filmmaker Chad Perkins focuses on how to tackle the effects in the VFX portion of the post-production workflow. Throughout the course, Chad demonstrates...
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Learn about pre-production. Find out how to prep your shot list, create a shooting schedule and budget, scout locations, and get props and costumes ready for action.
Creating a Short Film is a 13-part training series that shows the actual struggles and challenges filmmakers have to overcome to get films made. Author Chad Perkins and his team made a short film, The Assurance, and documented the process: from writing and directing to editing and screening...
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Learn about the art of color grading and correction, a critical step in the process of making a short film.
Explore the art and science of color grading, an often underused aspect of filmmaking. Learn about why color is important in the filmmaking post-production process, how to adjust the grade to accurately reproduce the colors that were shot, and how correcting color can completely transform bland or poorly shot footage. See how the process of...
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Anyone can make a short film, right? Just grab some friends and your handheld and you can do it in a weekend or two before being accepted to a slew of film festivals, right? Wrong. Roberta Munroe screened short film submissions at Sundance for five years, and is an award-winning short filmmaker in her own right. So she knows a thing or two about how not to make a short film. From the first draft of your script to casting, production,...
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High school student Chloe is shocked to discover her best friend has taken his own life. She finds herself and those around her, struggling to cope with the complex, confusing emotions of grief and loss. The tragedy leads Chloe to seek counseling to deal with her feelings.
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Learn how to market a short film, from creating a logo to submitting your short film to film festivals. Discover how to find a niche fanbase.
Short films are often used to practice filmmaking skills inexpensively, get experience working with a cast and crew, showcase filmmaking talents at film festivals, and pitch film concepts to potential producers and investors. But there's so much to learn in this lengthy, complex, and often expensive undertaking...