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• New to Filmmaking, tons of ideas, ready to learn

  Posted September 4, 2011 by Chris Brabham

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  Looking to get into filmmaking on the side, never took it up in school, but have been reading a lot on it and realized small projects that I've been working on has been leading me in this path--without me really knowing Read More...

• Editorial Bliss

  Posted January 3, 2011 by sonnyboo

  1 Comment 1,300 Views

  Should you edit your own movie? This is a question I think needs to be asked more often. Some of the great directors never edit their own films and others do. Kevin Smith and Robert Rodriguez famously edit their own mate Read More...

• Popular Forums Thread: Premier vs. Final cut

  Posted February 11, 2010 by Jody Michelle

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  Read what editors are saying, and join the discussion here: http://studentfilmmakers.com/bb/showthread.php?t=6023

• Success on a Tight Schedule (Director's Version)

  Posted February 5, 2010 by redraptor

  893 Views

  Sorry this post is late, I've been putting this off all day but here it is. All you directors out there learn from my mistakes. First point is script obviously. It's perfectly reasonable to have a script floating around Read More...

• Success on a Tight Schedule (Editor Version)

  Posted February 3, 2010 by redraptor

  1,008 Views

  This is for all you editors out there, this is a condensed how to succeed in a short time frame in terms of delivering a final product. Directors, you can help out your editors by taking a look through this since alot of Read More...

• How NOT To Make Professional Film

  Posted February 1, 2010 by redraptor

  966 Views

  The best thing you can do for yourself is learn from the internet bubble a few years back. They started businesses left and right on improbable yet cool ideas that were in no way profitable, but hey they were still damn Read More...

• Close (To the Edit) by Art of Noise

  Posted February 1, 2010 by Jody Michelle

  1,195 Views

  Close (To the Edit) by Art of Noise Whistling while I work... Experimental instrumental music can really help one focus in tighter and increase productivity. Not necessarily for 8 hours straight, but for those hours that Read More...

• 90's Music Flashback: Primus

  Posted February 1, 2010 by Jody Michelle

  1,122 Views

  What can sometimes keep me up better than consecutive pots of coffee with shots of expresso, (in scenarios like when I have to edit from 7am to 3am): good old fashion Primus and a little bit of Nine Inch Nails playing th Read More...

• Stupid Pet Tricks -- The Final Cut Pro Gambit

  Posted February 1, 2010 by temerson

  1 Comment 1,467 Views

  So, as I was browsing the classifieds on a couple of my other favorite sites dedicated to the Dickensian chore of finding work in this global financial quagmire, I find myself continually stumbling across the exact same Read More...

• Editing

  Posted February 1, 2010 by BBDM

  1 Comment 1 Like 1,097 Views

  Currently editing three videos and have another one in the pipe. One is slowly making its way through visual effects, another is finishing the sound mix, one is just beginning the animation phase, and the last one is at Read More...