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George RR Martin on Creating Character Names
How do start creating character names such as Cersei and Daenerys? Creating character names is hard, there’s no easy to answer to this question. [...]
GetFilming supports Edinburgh Short Film Festival!
The Edinburgh Short Film Festival As you may be aware, we are on a mission to #supportindiefilm. We are all filmmakers [...]
How to use the Masking Tool in After Effects
Make Things Float in After Effects Have you ever wanted to be a mutant that is a master of telepathy? [...]
GetFilming’s partnership with the NYC Indie Film Festival in 2016!
NYC Indie Film Festival is a go! We are happy to announce a partnership with the NYC Indie Film Festival [...]
What Does a Script Supervisor Do?
To be a script supervisor, you've got to get the continuity right! The script supervisor is in charge of continuity [...]
How to do Visual Comedy
How to Nail Visual Comedy in your Movies Perhaps the most difficult genre to depict on the screen is the [...]
Game of Tinder
How Game of Thrones Characters would use Tinder? You've heard of Game of Thrones. You've watched every episode going. You [...]
Film Budgeting with Amy DeLouise
TV, Video and Film Budgeting There’s nothing that drives fear into a filmmaker’s heart quite like film budgeting. Most of [...]
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Cinematography Tips From YouTube’s Finest
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What’s a Typical Director Of Photography Salary?
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How to Become a Cinematographer
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You want to be a cinematography, but what does a cinematographer do? If you’re about to embark on the fulfilling life career goal of becoming a cinematographer (or Director of Photography – DOP for short), [...]
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Color Grading 2K Footage Like a Pro!
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Face Tracking, the new Adobe After Effects Feature!
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Skeleton Zombie Special FX Tutorial
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Cinematography Breakdown of a Selena Gomez Music Video
A Breakdown of Music Video Cinematography If you're interested in cinematography or you're looking to enter this industry career path, [...]
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Directors are People Too! We all know that twitter creates a lot of noise, despite the fact you're limited to [...]
How to Become a TV or Film Director
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Visual FX of Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Star Wars Visual FX, it's out of this World! The guys over at FXGuide do a sterling job of keeping [...]
Write a Character like James Bond
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