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When Independent Casting Directors & Filmmakers Aren’t Clear About The Pay

How Not To Fall For The "Okie Doke" When Starting Out In Independent Movies When you're just starting out as an actor, filmmaker or crew…

The Fiction WriterJuly 6, 2019

How to create animated gifs using Premiere Pro

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How To Create Animated GIFs In Premiere Pro

Create Animated GIFs Using Premiere Pro Check out the above video on how to create an animated GIF using a video clip. It's fast and…

The Fiction WriterMarch 21, 2019

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Best 4K Cameras Under $500

Best 4K Cameras Under $500 You're looking for a camera that can go where you go, while you bring your adventures to life with video,…

The Fiction WriterMarch 12, 2019

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Placing Video Inside of Text With Premiere Pro

Video Inside of Text Effect This is a cool little trick you can use in any of your projects. You've seen this many times in…

The Fiction WriterNovember 7, 2018

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Steadicam Shot :: Behind The Scenes

Steadicam Plus Choreography Equals Magic We all know how smooth and creative you can get with steadicam shots, however check out this behind the scenes…

The Fiction WriterOctober 21, 2018

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Amazon Has Decided To End IMDb’s Withoutabox Festival Submission Platform

The Internet Movie Database Rolls End Credits For Withoutabox Withoutabox is IMDB's online film festival submission platform that's been going strong for the past 10 years.…

The Fiction WriterOctober 20, 2018

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Free Adobe Premiere Pro IGTV Export Preset

Free Adobe Premiere IGTV Export Preset If you edit in Adobe Premiere and are interested in uploading your videos to Instagram's IGTV platform then save…

The Fiction WriterSeptember 10, 2018

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45 Animated Lower Thirds Pack

45 Animated Lower Thirds Pack These 45 lower third animations are built in After Effects, but able to be edited in Premiere CC. You can…

The Fiction WriterApril 8, 2018

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Best Way To Sync Audio in Adobe Premiere

Best Way To Sync Audio in Premiere Adobe Premiere makes it really easy to sync your audio in video when the audio has been recorded…

The Fiction WriterApril 1, 2018

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Things You Need To Know About Lighting

Best Way To Make Your Film Look Cinematic -- Light It Properly When we talk about how to make our indie films look and feel…

The Fiction WriterMarch 23, 2018

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Quick Way To Crop & Resize Your Composition In After Effects

Resize & Trim Your Composition In After Effects There are a couple of ways to resize your composition in After Effects. The most obvious way…

The Fiction WriterMarch 10, 2018

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Check Out How The Camera Adds 10 Pounds

Why Does The Camera Add 10 Pounds? This topic has been covered to death, but to keep things short and to the point -- when…

The Fiction WriterMarch 9, 2018

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Storyboarding For The Movie “Skull Island” & Free Templates

Storyboarding A storyboard is a visual aid that makes it easier for you to explain and share the vision for your movie, short film or…

The Fiction WriterFebruary 28, 2018

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Ryan Coogler Breaks Down Black Panther Fight Scene

Box Office Smash In case you've been sleeping under a rock -- Marvel's "Black Panther" movie just released last weekend and has turned out to…

The Fiction WriterFebruary 24, 2018

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The Best Cinematic Shots Of All Time?

Best of The Best Shots in Cinema Is there even such a thing as "the best shots of all time" in cinema? Take a look…

The Fiction WriterFebruary 9, 2018

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Christopher Nolan “Shooting Short Films” and “Sticking to Your Guns”

Playing to Your Strengths In this clip we hear Christopher Nolan go in depth into why you should focus on what uniqueness you bring to…

The Fiction WriterFebruary 6, 2018

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How to Export a Video With Transparent Background

Check out this quick tip on how to create a transparent background when exporting a video with After effects.

The Fiction WriterJanuary 26, 2018

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Dave Chapelle Interview “I’m Not Crazy…”

Way before there was Key and Peele, Kroll Show, and Inside Amy Schumer, Dave Chappelle ruled the non-Saturday-night sketch-comedy scene. But in 2005, he walked…

The Fiction WriterJanuary 26, 2018

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2 of Alfred Hitchcock’s Best Interviews On Suspense

The Master of Suspense Alfred Hitchcock (UK, 1899-1980) is undeniably the world's most famous film director. His name has become synonymous with the cinema, and…

The Fiction WriterJanuary 19, 2018

Filmmaking Tips & Tricks

When Independent Casting Directors & Filmmakers Aren’t Clear About The Pay

How To Create Animated GIFs In Premiere Pro

Best 4K Cameras Under $500

Placing Video Inside of Text With Premiere Pro

Steadicam Shot :: Behind The Scenes

Amazon Has Decided To End IMDb’s Withoutabox Festival Submission Platform

Free Adobe Premiere Pro IGTV Export Preset

45 Animated Lower Thirds Pack

Best Way To Sync Audio in Adobe Premiere

Things You Need To Know About Lighting

Quick Way To Crop & Resize Your Composition In After Effects

Check Out How The Camera Adds 10 Pounds

Storyboarding For The Movie “Skull Island” & Free Templates

Ryan Coogler Breaks Down Black Panther Fight Scene

Christopher Nolan “Shooting Short Films” and “Sticking to Your Guns”

How to Export a Video With Transparent Background

Dave Chapelle Interview “I’m Not Crazy…”

2 of Alfred Hitchcock’s Best Interviews On Suspense

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~ James Cameron

Pick up a camera. Shoot something. No matter how small, no matter how cheesy, no matter whether your friends and your sister star in it. Put your name on it as director. Now you’re a director. Everything after that you’re just negotiating your budget and your fee.