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Dialogue is one of the hardest parts to get right. Even professionals don't always get right, but there is a definite craft to getting natural and memorable dialogue. First, you might want to study up on film acting techniques. Acting on film is unique in that the camera allows for very...

I was using a Sony PD150.

I agree. Looking back on it, the lighting is very flat, especially during that first dorm floor scene. We didn't get to use light kits until our third film so I tried to create some of that mood with color correction... and it shows. No matter how you jimmy with color-correction, a correctly lit...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5hGC_nuAYw In the coming week or so, the final cut of my sophomore film will be available on youtube and I'll definitely be posting here about it. In the meantime, I wanted to post one of my freshman films for you all to enjoy. It's a zombie film, too. Comments...

Absolutely, shoot a scene from multiple angles. Even if you don't have multiple cameras. Coverage is essential to your editor. If he has more angles and more footage to cut to, he has more freedom to piece together the best possible scene with the best possible pacing. If you have different...

Film school has been a rabbit hole of sorts. For the last year and a half, my perspective of films have morphed. All my classes (the ones I go to anyways) are film classes. I've thought about film constantly. All my friends are film majors. I've talked about film constantly. I have completed...

My homies being you guys, fellow filmmakers. WHAT UP? Hi. My name's Mac Vogt. I am a sophomore Cinema & Digital Arts student at Point Park University. I was born in Canada, raised in New Hampshire, and now I live and work in Pittsburgh. Everybody needs a passion. I believe having a life...

Maybe I haven't read the script, but 22 pages seems unnecessary for the story you want to tell. 1 page of script equals 1 minute of film. 1 minute of film equals about an hour of shooting. Boil your script down to the essentials and you will have less to shoot allowing you more time for better...

Well, I think you need to be real with yourself. It's a lot about gut feeling, but there is craft to scriptwriting. Ask yourself these questions: What is the most compelling thing about this story? What about your story sparks your imagination? What are the good aspects of the script? Does...

If this is your first narrative film, you should make a short film no longer than five minutes. Constraints are a good thing, because limits actually help creativity. Squeezing a full story in five minutes will help you to focus your film to only what is needed. What you have here is a really...