http://www.lightsfilmschool.com/blog Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:05:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Moby, who has been incredibly helpful and genourous with independent filmmakers has just released a new competition starting today. He is looking for music video directors to direct and shoot the new music video for his song "Wait For Me". The competition starts today Febuary 22nd and goes until April ... http://www.lightsfilmschool.com/blog/music-video-competition/358/?nucrss=1 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 ... http://www.lightsfilmschool.com/blog/free-screenwriting-class/356/?nucrss=1 Lights Film School is currently testing live screenwriting lectures for our students.  We've also decided to offer 50 non students the opportunity to partake in these lectures for free! We will allow a small number of non-students to enroll in each of these live online courses. If you're interested please email ... http://www.lightsfilmschool.com/blog/free-screenwriting-courses/346/?nucrss=1 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 ... http://www.lightsfilmschool.com/blog/subtitle-fonts-sizes/338/?nucrss=1 After you have done your logline you will want to write a treatment. A treatment is usually 2-10 pages double-spaced and states how the audience will experience the film. It’s important to write treatments in an active voice and avoid the use of hyperbole (such as “this unique film will ... http://www.lightsfilmschool.com/blog/how-to-write-a-documentary-treatment/335/?nucrss=1 Lights Film School is currently looking for independent filmmakers who want to share their filmmaking experiences with our students and blog readers. We’ve interviewed filmmakers in the past (example) who have helped shed light on some very interesting ideas and creative solutions to the problem of not having access to ... http://www.lightsfilmschool.com/blog/independent-film-marketing/330/?nucrss=1 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. ... http://www.lightsfilmschool.com/blog/depth-in-film/326/?nucrss=1 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 ... http://www.lightsfilmschool.com/blog/independent-film-mistakes/316/?nucrss=1 We've recently been asked to provide a sample critique that our students get from our teachers. Below is the the first review one of our students received from one of our teachers on their first screenwriting assignment. For privacy reasons we are not publishing the film title or the script, ... http://www.lightsfilmschool.com/blog/sample-screenwriting-review/312/?nucrss=1 You must understand that before you can direct actors you need to establish trust with them. This doesn’t mean that you need to like one another, but it does mean you need to have respect for each others wishes and ideas about how a character gets developed and how that ... http://www.lightsfilmschool.com/blog/how-to-direct-actors-2/309/?nucrss=1