Saturday, November 16, 2013

Video Copilot!!!!



Do you want to have cool optical flares in your films like J.J. Abrams or huge explosion like Michael Bay then check out these cool products by Video Copilot. They also have free templates,  free presets,  and great tutorials to learn how to give your work a top quality Hollywood look!!! 


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Roundtable: 6 Top Directors on Fighting With Studios, Firing Actors and Quitting Film School


Great article in this month's " The Hollywood Reporter" as directors Steve McQueen, Paul Greengrass, David O. Russell, Ben Stiller, Alfonso Cuaron and Lee Daniels gives a great interview about filmmaking, their experience in film school and the business. A must read!!! Enjoy


Thursday, November 14, 2013

One Minute Films

It's possible to follow the three act structure in 60 seconds. Contests and commercials have proven that a story can be told in even shorter lengths. Check out the article by FSR below that highlights ten one minute shorts. These shorts are inspiring and telling to one's craft.

Film Minute - Web Contest
Filmschoolrejects - 10 One Minute Short Films

Monday, November 11, 2013

CAPTAIN AMERICA IS BACK!!!!


For all you comic book movie fans, Captain America, is back on the big screen in the action packed sequel, titled "Captain America: The Winter Soldier"
The movie stars Chris Evans (Captain America) , Samuel L. Jackson ( Nick Fury) , Anthony Mackie (Falcon),  Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow) and legendary actor  Robert Redford (Alexander Pierce) The film opens April 4, 2014. Check out the trailer!!!

Contracts are important!



We as film student who are going to film school to become directors get very excited easily when it comes to making our movie and we should be. It's our passion. It's the reason why we are attending film school in the first place.  We write the script, we have actors come in for auditions, we get our fellow classmates to become our crew, we scout for locations and get the equipment we need to shoot the film. But there one thing that sometimes get's lost in the excitement of making the movie and that's living up to our obilgations as directors. When we are directing our films no matter what size the project is we are held to certain standard and must meet that standard. Many student directors at the last minute decide to drop out the project leaving everyone in limbo, not returning actors calls or not informing the crew on what they are filming that day on set. You never want to have a repuation where your cast and crew drop out of your project due to your behaivor on set. And you never want to drag into court because of it.



Allegedly, Director Lynne Ramsay, is being taken to court
for breaking her contract for the film "Jane Gota Gun". One of the reasons she is being taken to court is not having proper contracts on set. She was paid $750,000 to rewrite the screenplay and direct, but on the day shooting , she was nowhere to be found. Number of big name actors have drop out the project since then, allegedly due to her behavior on set. Ramsay, is also being taken to court for proper safety control for handling weapons on set, when pointing the prop  gun at the camera,  the camera crew before first taking proper safety procedures and coming to work drunk, allegedly.

So, film student directors stay professional at all times on your set, have the right contracts and paper on your set right,  treat
your actors with care and  crew with respect! P.S.  - ALSO COME TO  YOUR SET SOBER:)

failed to adhere to proper safety protocol for handling weapons on set, when she pointed a prop gun directly at a camera and, in turn, at the camera crew before first taking proper precautions.” - See more at: http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/features/jane-got-a-gun-lawsuit.php#sthash.wnes0S8Z.dpuf
failed to adhere to proper safety protocol for handling weapons on set, when she pointed a prop gun directly at a camera and, in turn, at the camera crew before first taking proper precautions.” - See more at: http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/features/jane-got-a-gun-lawsuit.php#sthash.wnes0S8Z.dpuf

Friday, November 1, 2013