Tag: Film
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Movies and Entertainment – The Definition of the Documentary Film
A documentary film is one of several creative modes, including narrative fiction and experimental avant-garde. Documentaries have a purpose, viewpoint and approach, and evolves from the formative process – as either scripted or spontaneous. Documentaries are limited to reality or actuality. Most of the production requirements for documentaries refer to the fact that there are…
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Five Essential Steps For Developing Your Own Reality TV Show Or Documentary Film
These five steps will help you set out on the path towards developing your own reality TV show or documentary film with a professional, well thought out concept and a solid 30 second pitch. 1. THE HOMEWORK: The first step in developing your show or documentary film is research. As you begin flushing out your…
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History of Film: Pt 3 The Silent Era
Believe it or not, there was a time when the U.S. was in the backseat of the film industry bus. Despite Thomas Edison’s and W.L.K. Dickson’s successful pursuit of advancement in film-making, European countries like France and Italy were world leaders in production and distribution. But with the onset of WW I in 1914, France…
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How to Research for Short Film Grants
The Internet One of the first places to begin how to research for short film grants is right at your fingertips. It’s the internet. You want to start seeking out the film organizations that gives grants specifically to work at any stage in the project’s development. This gives you flexibility on your project, so you…
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Selecting a Safety Consultant for Film and Television
The issue of selecting a safety expert in any area is always a decision that’s important to get correct; within the highly specialised world of film and TV which can often be multinational projects the decision is increasingly complex with many “experts” available. What Kind of Expert: The first question is what you specifically need…
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How To Make Money From Your Film Knowledge
Obviously the best way to make money from film is have your story bought by a Hollywood producer, or just any producer. But until that happens, what can you do? Well, quite a lot as it turns out. Well, you can create recorded adverts for local businesses, to be shown at small film nights or…
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How To Sell a Movie Script – Volunteering on a Film Set
Volunteering on a film set can be the solution to how to sell a movie script, as it will give you the opportunity to network with a lot of people over the course of the production, but there are a couple of things that you need to keep in mind if you are going to…
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Colocation Services For Film Companies
When you open your film production company you will start thinking of ways to ensure growth of your company. Colocation is quite an important thing to many businesses especially if you have an upcoming film production company. If you get this service your business will be able to subcontract the infrastructure for its own internet…
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Casting Directors – How the Film Casting Process Works
“How does the film casting process actually work?” is a question that as professional casting directors we are often asked: whether by up-and-coming actors seeking jobs, or by new directors and producers. In this article, we hope to provide a solid insight into the process and give some guidance as to what casting directors, producers…
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Film Schools and Their Benefits
Phoenix, Arizona has long been thought of as among the film industry’s favorite locations for shooting movies – what with “Gunfight at the O.K. Corral” and “Little Miss Sunshine” on the list. Phoenix is considered as one of the primary movie industry hubs in Southwestern United States as it’s home to several locally-based film, commercial,…
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Successful Film Marketing Strategies
“It’s not what a movie is about, it’s how it is about it”. — Roger Ebert Unlike any other art, Films have a much greater impact on human’s mental consciousness. It holds the capability to impose an emotional instability in human minds. This is why it is said that movie making is more about observing…