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Director Interview – Throwing Away the Script & Trusting Your Gut

Director Interview – Throwing Away the Script & Trusting Your Gut

Lights Film School Online recently interviewed Director Kevin K. Shah regarding his independent feature film “White Knuckles”. You can watch the trailer and read the interview below: Even though the films we make at Sabi

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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, [...]

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How to Light a Documentary Interview

If you’re shooting an interview for your documentary you will be using either natural light sources or studio lighting. This blog post will outline how to properly use indoor or studio lighting to optimize the production value of your documentary. If you’re shooting indoors or in a studio, the basic 3 point lighting technique is [...]

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Music Video Deconstruction

Every now and again we deconstruct films, short and documentaries with our students. Today we’re going to deconstruct a widely popular Bjork YouTube video. The purpose of deconstructing films and music videos helps you identify three incredibly important things. 1. It exposes story structure 2. It exposes the technical attributes to the film / video [...]

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