At this point in time, everyone’s probably heard of Pinterest — the pinboard/scrapbook photo-sharing website that allows users to create theme-based “boards” by “pinning” image or video collections found on the web. There are a lot of Pinterest profiles and boards dedicated to film/cinema/movies, but I’ll only focus on the ones that are specific to …
SoShare is a new free file sharing/delivery service (currently in public Beta) that works through BitTorrent. You can send as many large video, audio and image files, or any other type of file – up to a terabyte of data in each transfer. All for free! The only limit that I can see is that …
This is a new playlist (TED’s collections of talks around a topic) that focuses on a theme that we all appreciate: The Power of Film. “These carefully curated talks emphasize the evocative medium of film — be it to convey emotion, to protest, to educate or simply to entertain.” Few things are as magical as …
Every film-maker starting out wants to make the best short film and get the best people and equipment to make it happen but often with little or no budget at all, with the hope that the idea is strong enough to get them to commit. But that’s not usually the best route to go if …
On My Block is a film challenge that brings communities closer together by inviting filmmakers to create short narrative or documentary (1-5 minutes) films on their NYC block . The only rule (besides being located in one of the 5 New York City boroughs) is that you can only use your neighbors within a one …
I was pleasantly surprised that TomCruise.com has a series of filmmaking posts and guides that cover a wide spectrum of information and resource links for anyone interested in a career in movies. Admittedly, I am a fan of Mr. Cruise’s films, but I’m not one that peruses actors/celebrities’ websites. I’ll credit Filmmaking.net for making me …
The Source Filmmaker (SFM) is a software moviemaking tool built by Valve – the video game makers of Portal & Portal 2, Team Fortress 2 and “Meet the…” short films. SFM gives users the ability to make animated movies by repurposing the video game world (the base game assets from Team Fortress 2 and “Meet …
Vyclone, a cool new filmmaking app just launched. It’s a free mobile app that let’s users co-create, sync and edit multiple videos of a shared event. The result can be made into a single movie that incorporates multiple camera angles. It reminded me of how the late Adam Yauch (a.k.a. Nathanial Hörnblowér, a.k.a. MCA) directed …
It’s NAB week, where 90,000+ media and entertainment professionals gather in Las Vegas – so it’s the ideal place to showcase the latest cameras for filmmakers. One standout is the Blackmagic Cinema Camera – priced at $2,995. With its 2.5K image sensor and wide dynamic rage, it claims to offer the sought after “feature film …
Their moniker is “Vimeo: People connecting through video.” This includes many filmmakers who are sharing their knowledge – creative & technical. Within Vimeo’s 28,000+ channels, lives several micro groups dedicated to the filmmaking process. Here are a few good ones: SHOOT FOR THE EDIT – This channel is for sharing editing and shooting techniques for …
