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In my Music class, I was given this 20 second clip as an example of a 'Stinger'. I am trying to find out what movie this is. Can someone please help me? Thanks. https://vimeo.com/230755709

I could answer one question - "How do you guys get access to music?" For my 12 minute documentary, I got the music from killertracks website. It's free copyrighted music (at least it's free for me because I am a student and my school gives me login/pwd). For my other documentary, I had...

My understanding of "poetic film" is, it means something greater which we might not understand clearly but can only feel. Is this right? Wikipedia says "Poetry film is a subgenre of film that fuses the use of spoken word poetry, visual images, and sound to create a stronger presentation and...

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Composer Georges Delerue , in one of his interviews said, in Jules and Jim (1962), he limited nearly the whole score to melodies in 3/4 meter. What is 3/4 meter means? Thanks.

Oscar shorts collection - either DVD or Amazon - includes only Live Action shorts and Animated shorts. Where can I watch Oscar nominated Documentary shorts? Thanks.

In one of the screenwriting book, First look deal is defined as "When an individual or company must allow a studio the first right of refusal on purchasing and or producing a project". I didn't understand the term 'the first right of refusal'. (Why would an individual would allow the right of...

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The director who came as a guest lecturer to our class, was asked what gadgets are necessary from director's standpoint and he mentioned that he always carry director's viewfinder and palm top. Has anyone ever used Palm Top? I understand they are just tools and different person might prefer...

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I was reading an article about Orson Welles. In that article, it was mentioned that during filming of Touch of Evil (1958), Universal proposed a five-picture deal with Welles (but later everything changed). Just would like to know what is a five-picture deal? Does that mean he was offered to...

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We had a sound mixer came as a guest lecturer. During his speech he mentioned "We have to apply audio compression to increase a sound's overall intensity". Can someone please say what does that mean? Thanks for your time.

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One of the special effects artist came to our school as a guest lecture. He discussed a lot about his craft. He mentioned that he prefers miniatures over a scale model for specialty items like spaceship etc. What is the difference between miniatures and scale models? (I thought miniatures and...

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Thank you for your reply. Book: Directing my Michael Rabiger Context: SOUND SOURCE TO MICROPHONE DISTANCES Getting microphones close enough to actors on the move so you can record well is a rare skill. The boom operator’s main task is to stay just out of frame at all times, but also near the...

Hi: In one of the books, I read, the director can lessen the sound crew's difficulties by stabilizing speakers during a dialogue sequence. Does that mean, during dialogue sequence, actors don't move (that much) so that microphone can stay same and be on the speaker's axis all the time? I don't...

Hi: I just graduated and working on some sets as a camera operator, editor, script supervisor. (Sets I mean is short film or some indie music videos). Recently, I have a big problem - focusing on the job. I live in LA and barely making my living expenses. I have huge student loan and thinking...