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legal USA Drone Laws
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licensing Fair Use
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cast A preview of life as a casting director
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vfx Using AI to bypass the Uncanny Valley
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animation Thinking inside of the box - the worlds smallest movie
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pre-pro Preparation of a new movie project "Bloedtranen" (Blood Tears) | Teaser
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pre-pro Green Screen Setup
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directing Proof of Concept
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directing Asking to share the Directing title of a Feature Documentary
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misc Edinburgh Short Film Festival 2022 Regular Deadline SOON!
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animation Leap Day
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distribution Streaming services are losing members.
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misc Fake social media app to film on camera?
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legal Ownership Rights To My Own Movies?
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directing How would you best spend 50K and free time to start a directing “career”?
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legal Some characters that will soon enter the public domain.
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financing NO NEED FOR ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES TO FINANCE A FILM
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directing I need help coming up with a simple plot
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diy Nigerian teenagers make sci-fi films from their smartphones.
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misc Score a movie with SFX/Music on stream??
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pre-pro A Good Resource for Scene Designers
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crew Indies don't do dirt
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directing You're not supposed to cast yourself as the main character of your film
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directing “Future of Filmmaking” evolution of the kickstarter model/ Ways around traditional funding
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pre-pro Hey, guys. How many crew do I need for a micro budget documentary?
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business Starting a commercial video production company
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directing The Art of the Reveal
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misc Making a movie about people talking of the interstellar war.
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misc Fred Martin (Brussels Short Film Festival) in conversation with Aidan Stanley at the 2021 ESFF
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marketing Best way to get exposure for my film?
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sfoster
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directing How to Coordinate a Stunt Fall
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licensing Does anyone have experience with music licensing?
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directing Unwritten director norms/etiquette?
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budget Is a streaming/TV episode really $8 million plus now?
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directing Advice on directing actors between takes?
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directing Catering hacks, Let's talk about it
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misc Accidental shooting death on Alec Baldwin set.
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richy
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misc Winter Filmmaking Tips
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misc Would anyone be available to help with criticising an edit?
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crew How much does it cost in the US to film stuff?
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budget Budgets of reality shows?
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financing Has anyone succeeded with crowdfunding a film, and if so, how?
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film-school Should I do a gap semester at nyu?
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business Thinking about franchising my videoeducation program, what do you think?
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distribution Distribution
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pre-pro Short Film, Feature Film or Web Series? - Lots of Different Opinions
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directing Is originality in film dead?
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diy When wearing too many hats, How do you not meltdown?
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crew Shooting in a Moving Car
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directing Directing a Film.
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misc Song Lyric to Script
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financing Can Anyone explain how Cryptocurrency can be used in film funding
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budget How do film departments pay for things?
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crew Importance of collaboration and how it works best
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Nate North
cast Which of these Characters would you Cast?
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pre-pro When to plan the source for the movie?
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marketing Pros and Cons of Creating a TV Pilot vs a Movie
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distribution Question for @mlesemann...
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producing Landing a Producer
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directing How to make a 3 minutes short film?
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financing Funding for a student thesis film
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legal Social Media and Email Substitute for Indie Film
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Nate North
directing How to be a director people respect
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crew Costume Designers, how do they work?
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Martial Petit
Martial Petit
CamBlamo
misc Do most new filmmakers start out too proud?
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Nate North
Nate North
Frikanih
directing Why I give credit to EVERYBODY
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CamBlamo
CamBlamo
Nate North
locations The lost art of Matte Painting
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licensing The role of Performance Rights' Organizations
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Nate North
directing The Obvious Choice
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misc Save Point Artboard
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Mr.Peebles
festivals Doc Film Festivals; Scam or Success?
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Mr.Peebles
Martial Petit
pre-pro THE IMPORTANCE OF PRE-PROD.
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Martial Petit
Martial Petit
Nate North
animation Save Point - A Basic Explanation
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Nate North
Nate North
Mr. Blayne
directing Filmmaker's Journey
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Nate North
Nate North
Maxdosh
pre-pro How true is this?
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misc Brain fade
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animation [WIP] Third draft of my animated movie is done, and it looks delightfully awful!
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Nate North
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pre-pro Web series
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pre-pro How to Choose an Affordable No-Budget Project?
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misc How would you get these shots, frugally?
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marketing Video SEO - Do you use it? What Works?
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marketing No more DVDs
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