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Hey guys, just want to ask you business owners how important it was for you to choose the name of your company. Some prodco's have very personal names that don't make sense to anyone else except the owners, and some have names that describe what they do. I've been waffling between a few...

Just layer a bunch of different laugh clips in your sound editing program and make your own. Several layers of three or four kids sounds like a lot more than that. But are you sure you searched enough? There must be more than 22 laughter files at freesound. Besides freesound and sounddogs...

I did a documentary a few years ago about street musicians. I didn't know better at the time, so I never cleared any music in it. Consequently, I can't do anything with it until I do -- including sending it to festivals or putting it up online. And this was all music these guys were playing...

Ah, I didn't catch that! Thanks for pointing it out. .

I shot a subject inside a cab once and the sound was horrible. It got better after the cab driver shut off the AC, but I didn't have a mic on my subject, who was in the backseat, and I was shooting from the front seat, through the partition. It was nighttime, so the background of cars and...

Although the OP started the thread back in October and has surely cast and completed his or her school project by now (hey Bmore Brecka, how'd it go?), if anyone else is looking for tips, this is what I do: Make sure I have a sign-in sheet for them to fill out contact info AND indicate their...

I just took a course with a horror screenwriter (he wrote "From Beyond" which you can see in full here: http://www.imdb.com/video/hulu/vi2109670425/), and there's a few things to keep in mind when writing horror scripts. One is dramatic irony, which is when the audience knows something the...

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I've been told that Action paragraphs should never be longer than 7 or 8 lines. If you need lots of description, you can break it up into more than one paragraph, but the goal is to have a good balance of white space on the page. I think it's safe to say that you don't need nearly as much...

You're in NYC, so just join DCTV (in Manhattan, near Chinatown and just $25/year). Then you can rent equipment very inexpensively and the people in the rental department are super helpful. Plus, they have some great events, screenings, and workshops which, as a member, you pay discounted rates for.

Love it! Will this be one thread (with a weekly post) that I can subscribe to?

Why such a long project? 30 minutes is rather long and ambitious for a short film, especially if this is your first project. If you're planning to get into festivals, they usually look for shorts that are less than 20 minutes long. Will make your job of scouting locations and putting...

Directing is a fun and heady experience I agree that you should get out there and direct some shorts. But don't wait for classes or to have something that you're going to take to festivals, if you just want to get a sense of directing. Do it now. Write or get hold of a 3- to 5-page script...

Yeah, I'm surprised that there are schools requiring such things to be considered for acceptance into a film or media program. This made me chuckle. You make it sound like making the short would be more challenging, or show more ability/potential, than writing a screenplay. Writing a GOOD...

A good example of skillful storytelling and structure in a documentary is Marshall Curry's film, Street Fight, which was nominated for an Academy Award (unfortunately, that year it was up against March of the Penguins - and who would vote for politics over cute penguins?). It doesn't play...

Hello good people, Sorry to keep bugging you all with questions, but I'm trying to figure out my crew (for a short). Can you guys tell me what the difference would be between a Production Manager and a Production Coordinator? I've looked up these positions and they sound very similar...

Hi and thanks for the responses. Alcove, my next questions might seem really dumb, but since I've always used the sound that I recorded with my camera up until this point, I must ask... in what format does the soundperson give me the sound files they record? Do I need to let them know what...

What questions should be asked of a sound recordist when interviewing to work on a low-budget short? What standards or equipment or ____ should they have? What should I listen for in a demo of their work? I don't really know what to expect, and sound is a problem area for me because I have...

Sheesh, that sounds like a lot of work.

Umm, sorry about the dumb question, but what's a "senior video?"