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Director Interview – Setup a Blog About Your Production Experience

Lights Film School Online recently interviewed Director Russ Pond about his recent feature film entitled Fissure. Russ talks to us about many different elements of the independent filmmaking process.

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Online Video Contests

Online video contests provide a great opportunity for filmmakers to practice their craft, potentially earn money and win awards for their work. Companies often run video contests to help create viral media at little or no cost to them.

If the video contest is run well, it could be a great win-win opportunity for both filmmakers and corporations.

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Filmmaking Tips: Using Vignettes

At Lights Online Film School we teach our students that it’s equally as important to know how to use shadow as it is to know how to use light. Shadows serve many purposes and come in an assortment of stylistic designs to support a filmmakers creative vision. A vignette is one of those lighting designs. [...]

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How to write a Logline

Once you’ve done your preliminary research on your film or documentary you’ll want to start the process of crafting your logline.  This will help you identify some of the most important elements of your story and it’s a great reference to keep you on the right track. A logline is generally a one to two [...]

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