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Cinematographers - how knowledgeable/proficient should directors be in cinematography? What about at the professional level, when larger budgets are involved? How about the indie level, when directors are making films on micro budgets (and probably won't be able to afford an experienced/well...

Why is it that some posts/threads you created still have the editing option up, while others don't? Edit: anyone?

I'm a high school senior, looking into what I should do after graduation. Right now, I'm entertaining the idea of going to a state school or UC, going to a community college to save money (this would automatically leave me at home), or biting the bullet and moving to Los Angeles. If I did make...

Article: "Film bosses accused of mutilating scripts and pushing out writing talent" I saw this article on The Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jan/09/screenwriters-heavy-handed-script-editing-pushing-talent-out-of-film The article was essentially talking about how many...

I'm planning on going to college this upcoming fall. While I'm not going to major in film, I do plan on taking a few film production courses (or even minoring in film) so I can efficiently work on my filmmaking part time during college, because film is still my number one interest. Even though...

Here's my situation. I live near two colleges, both of which have film programs. The first one is a community college (Sacramento City) - they have a great website with detailed descriptions of all their classes and programs, although the school itself is not known to be one of those gem...

I've made the firm decision I don't want to go to film school. But, I was wondering this - what are film programs like at community colleges and junior colleges? Do they have decent editing software? (I'm aware they don't have state of the art equipment; not by a long shot!) More importantly...

I was reading a very distressing article today about female filmmakers, and the reality of gender inequality within Hollywood: http://blogs.indiewire.com/womenandhollywood/an-oscar-nominated-director-gets-real I was very disheartened to say the least. Being a young female, I was always worrying...

I'm coming to a big milestone in my life. Thanks to anyone who takes the time to read about my situation I'm a 17 year old female approaching the end of my junior year. Most of my classmates are applying for college, and I haven't even started. This is for two reasons: one, I want to be a...

I'm talking about camera angles and shot setups. What film(s) do you think have the best camera work? Why?

It would obviously take a lot of time to shoot, say, 15 short films or commercials and pull out three or four good shots from each for a total of about 5-10 minutes of footage for a directors reel. Because this is such a time consuming process, could a director (in theory) go out and shoot a...

I'm in High School. I understand that digital filmmaking is becoming very popular, and I absolutely intend to practice shot framing and composition with a digital camera. At some point in the near future though, I'd like to learn how to make 35mm films. I don't want to spend a hundred thousand...

I'll be graduating high school soon; I'm a 17 year old female, in my junior year. My parents aren't exactly loaded, and the "college talk" is stressful because they have not one, but two kids to be sending off to school at the same time (my identical twin sister and I). I haven't had the heart...

I recently read a great book on indie filmmaking: from reel to deal. I feel like I've learned a lot, and understand the process of making an indie film so much more. Despite all of this, there was something I wasn't quite able to retain. I still have one question left that (for whatever reason)...

In your opinion, what are some good books on framing and shot composition. I know there are plenty of good books on filmmaking in general, but I'm looking for something that specifically deals with these two things Thank you! :)

I currently live in California, about 6 hours from Los Angeles, and I'd like to be a filmmaker/screenwriter when I'm a little older (I'm 17 now). Screenwriting is my first passion; it's something I've been working on for about 3 years now (unlike filmmaking, which I'm still relatively new to)...

I'm sorry this is such a broad question. By "film look", I don't necessarily mean something that looks as if it was shot on film, but rather something that looks like it could play in theaters (whether it be digital or traditional) I was watching a few short films on YouTube the other day, and...

I'm already aware of the different roles managers and agents play when it comes to screenwriting. However, I was wondering what the roles of an agent and manager are when it comes to directors. Do directors even need managers or agents? If so, one, or both? I'm curious to learn more about what a...

I know filmmaking is a very collaborative medim, but I have no friends. I find that I can be a pretty social, funny person once I've acquainted myself with someone; it's just that taking the initiative to talk to strangers terrifies me. Because of this, I have few friends, none of which are...