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Still Space Available for Free Screenwriting Classes

This is just a friendly reminder to our blog readers that there is still space available in our free online screenwriting courses. These individual screenwriting classes will be held online in two hour durations and will cover topics ranging from character development, story arch, writing for small budget productions, how to incorporate action, atmosphere, building tension, beginnings and endings and of course what screenwriting course would be complete without a class on proper screenplay forma...

Subtitle Fonts & Sizes

If you’re starting the process of adding subtitles to your film you’ll need to take into consideration font styles, spacing, font color and font size. There are certain fonts that lend themselves well to web design, others that work better in print and others that are optimal for use against dynamic content such as moving images. While web fonts such as Tahoma, Verdana and Georgia are great for use in web media, they were designed to work well in static design environments where the backgr...

Independent Filmmaker Mistakes: Lack of Depth

Welcome to our second installment of “5 Common Mistakes Made by Independent Filmmakers”. Today we’re going to discuss the topic of depth as it relates to films and documentaries. There is a sense of flatness and 2 dimensionality in many independent films that hurts the perceived production value of the film. This is caused not only by the safe choice of “fronty” lighting, but also by poor production design. This blog post won’t explore how to use light to help mould shadows around your sub...

5 most common mistakes Made by Independent Filmmakers:

Over the next 5 days we’re going to be adding new blog posts outlining  the most common mistakes made by independent filmmakers. Today our post covers… White Walls Over the years we’ve been asked by our students what the “1 thing” we think they need to improve in order to make their films stronger. Well, usually when mistakes are made in film or video, it’s not just 1 mistake that’s made (especially when you’re first starting out). There are thousands of possible mistakes to be made i...