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Although it is just one ingredient of a film, film-makers know that light can make your film look professional, or if not applied correctly, amateurish. Control of lights is an important step in creating images with the big screen quality. The mastery is applicable to both cinematographic and photographic use of light, and both quality and quantity of light matter. To start … [Read more...] about The Fundamentals of Film Lighting

For video and photo editors, using the color correction tools is an everyday occurrence. The tool that manipulates curves is essential in their work. Regardless of which software package you use, the mechanism of the tool should be basically the same, even if the interface and functions are not identical. The tool gives life to images by making color and luminance adjustments, … [Read more...] about The Curves Tool: An Introduction to Color Correction Curves

It's a great movie and you want to share it with the world, that is not the best example of what is called a movie synopsis. A real synopsis is a brief description or summary of what a potential audience might expect to see or hear in a particular work. There are a few guidelines to writing a movie synopsis. To start, you should have a header, a logline along with a present … [Read more...] about A Movie Synopsis: What it Is and How to Write One

Even though it is only a temp track, you should still produce something that will be worthwhile. When you are given a deadline, you might be tempted to throw something together with a track that you like, edit it a bit, and submit it. If your client falls in love with the track that you didn't put your heart into, then you will have to produce content like that again and … [Read more...] about Beware the Pitfalls of Video Editing with Temp Music

There are many different ways that you can avoid the common audio pitfalls that get us all. First, make sure you are close enough to your microphone as you don't want your microphone to not get all of your voice. You also want to make sure you test out your recording room and make sure that it fits for the tone you are looking for. Finally, if you are recording outside and it … [Read more...] about 7 Tips to Help You Avoid Common Audio Pitfalls