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Film budgeting expert Diane Cornell leads off this lecture series regarding financing an independent film with these topics: politics of money, your script, budget strategy, financing, unions, the crew, loss and damage, bonds contingencies, SAG, production reports, set safety, sexual harassment, and animals and children on set.
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Valuable for students aspiring to enter the world of filmmaking, The Crew series vividly presents the jobs and lives of film production workers and explores the technical aspects of producing a film by talking to the people who make it happen. The Lead Painter paints all the sets on a production, as well as backdrops. The On-Set Painter is responsible for the upkeep and continuity of paint elements during shooting. The Location Sound Mixer is responsible...
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Valuable for students aspiring to enter the world of filmmaking, The Crew series vividly presents the jobs and lives of film production workers and explores the technical aspects of producing a film by talking to the people who make it happen. The Props Master is responsible for providing items uses during production. The 1st Assistant Director creates the schedule, runs the set and keeps a pace during shooting while operating as a conduit between...
65) Obsession
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While filming on location in scenic Santa Barbara, California, Peter Barrington and Ben Bacchetti look to expand Centurion Studios's business by making a deal with a young Croatian billionaire. But when the magnate's wife is kidnapped, Teddy Fay is brought in to assess the threat and recover the young woman. As Teddy unravels the threads of her disappearance, he quickly comes to find that darker forces are at play and an old vendetta has been revived...
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When Goodfellas hit the theatres in 1990, few could anticipate the unparalleled influence it would have on pop culture: that it would inspire future filmmakers and redefine the gangster picture as we know it today. Kenny chronicles the making and afterlife of the film that introduced America to the real modern gangster-- brutal, ruthless, yet darkly appealing, the villain we can't get enough of. With interviews with the film's major players, the book...
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""On rare occasions I read a book that reminds me of why I fell in love with storytelling in the first place. This is such a book." -Stephen King Peter Blauner's epic Picture in the Sand is a sweeping intergenerational saga told through a grandfather's passionate letters to his grandson, passing on the story of his political rebellion in 1950s Egypt in order to save his grandson's life in a post-9/11 world. When Alex Hassan gets accepted to an Ivy...
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"Bull Durham, the breakthrough 1988 film about a minor league baseball team, is widely revered as the best sports movie of all time. But back in 1987, Ron Shelton was a first-time director and no one was willing to finance a movie about baseball--especially a story set in the minors. The jury was still out on Kevin Costner's leading man potential, while Susan Sarandon was already a has-been. There were doubts. But something miraculous happened, and...
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Readers will discover the many skills, communication, leadership, time management, and storytelling, that make a promising director. They'll find out how high school students can start developing those skills now. They'll learn about the different directorial positions and the difference between working in television and movies, then see how these skills work in careers outside of the film industry.
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"Surely You Can't Be Serious is an in-depth and hysterical look at the making of 1980's comedy classic Airplane! by the legendary writers and directors of the hit film. Airplane! premiered on July 2nd, 1980. With a budget of $3.5 million it went on to make nearly $200 million in sales and has influenced a multitude of comedians on both sides of the camera. Surely You Can't Be Serious is the first-ever oral history of the making of Airplane! by the...
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"At the center of every successful film is a producer. Producers bring films to life by orchestrating the major players--screenwriters, directors, talent, distributors, financiers--to create movie magic. . . . author and journalist Boris Kachka shadows award-winning producers Fred Berger and Michael London and emerging producer Siena Oberman as movies are pitched, financed, developed, shot, and released. Fly between Los Angeles and New York, with...
78) Flashlights
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In this video, Rush Hamden demonstrates different types of flashlights and how to apply smoke to create the perfect shot. Learn how to light a scene like an industry professional in this episode of Digital Cinema Training.