I received a comment on the blog today from a gentleman by the name of Garrett. Garrett is wondering where he should go for film school. I figured I would post my answer to Garrett on the blog for the benefit of everyone else reading. Hopefully this gives some insight for others. Hey Garrett, The [...]
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Guest Article by Neil Champagne – Life After NYFA
While I was at NYFA I met my buddy Neil Champagne. Neil is a Saskatchewan, Canada native who moved to NYC to pursue his filmmaking dreams and had the misfortune of running into me. We quickly made a Canadian alliance and although I ended up dropping out and leaving NYC because I didn’t think NYFA [...]
After Thoughts from Film Shoot #2
We finished our second film shoot on Monday evening, and I’m quite happy to be finished. I started to feel very sick on Saturday morning, and really didn’t want to go to school, but we were checking out that day so I couldn’t really sleep in. By the end of that first day of shooting [...]
Project #2: Continuity
We are getting ready to shoot our second project this weekend. We are picking up our equipment Saturday afternoon, and have to return it Tuesday morning. So we have one less day to shoot this time, which is tough considering this project is considerably more complex than the previous one. This film can be made [...]
My First Film Released!
Well here is my first film. I was worried that it would be too dark, but it turned out alright. It is a bit dark at first before the character turns on the lights, but from then on it’s alright. My only complaint about the result was that I didn’t do a good enough job [...]
My First Film Shoot
I had my first real film shoot today, and it was interesting to say the least. We were split into groups of 4 and given the weekend to shoot 4 short films (one for each of us). We were told to to create a single shot focusing on Mise en Scene. The shot was intended [...]