Interviewing a documentary subject can be challenging enough. Thinking about technical or editing opportunities while filmmaking can kill the creative spirit of the shoot. However, the technical elements of filming an interview are incredibly important if you want to create a high production look to your documentary. We’ll publish another blog post about how to [...]
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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 [...]
Cinematography: Color Simplicity
Cinematography is such an important part of the filmmaking process it’s a shock that more independent filmmakers don’t spend the necessary time to fully understanding the artistic and technical components of color that aid in the construction of breathtaking footage. Lights Film School recommends that our students read books on painting and photography to better [...]
