If you’re a filmmaker then you’ve undoubtedly had the experience of looking for music to use in your feature films, documentaries and short films. Unfortunately this is often an issue of compromise for filmmakers who lack the budgets to license music from record labels for their films or hire someone to compose music specifically for [...]
Archive for March, 2009
Independent Filmmaking on a Shoestring Budget: Films made for $0 – $30,000
Independent filmmakers are always looking for new ways to create films while keeping their production cost low. Even though there are obvious draws towards the creation of low budget independent films, filmmakers are often fearful that using a low (or no) budget financial strategy for their next feature film will result in great compromises both [...]
Best Video Camera Under $1000
Independent filmmakers are often uncertain when they enter the market for a new camcorder. They become more skeptical when looking for a camcorder for under $1000 becuase gimmicky camcorder options like “100X zoom” or “film look” clog the marketplace. However, you can get many high performance video cameras for under $1000. While it’s true you [...]
Lights Film School Launches New Media Center
We have recently launched our media center. We are going to be adding videos about lighting, cinematography, sound and editing every week. We are currently in the process of publishing our videos on lighting. Next week we will be adding our videos on cinematography. Filmmaking videos added this week 1. How to light a film [...]
