These are some of the types of stories we are looking for for the magazine. Additiona ideas are welcome. Please contact Kim at kim.welch @ studentfilmmakersforums.com
* DIGITAL AND HD ARTICLES
What is HD? What are the benefits of HD? Who invented it? What is the difference in Shooting HD and viewing HD?
War stories of actual shooting with HD – Pros and Cons
What kinds of Aesthetic or Artistic things do you need to consider with HD
How does workflow work with HD?
Shooting HD on a Budget
Differences
HD verses Film
Equipment Reviews
How to shoot with HD
* Technology
NEW TECHONLOGY
WHAT IS HERE TO STAY
WHERE IS IT GOING
EMERGING TECHNOLOGY
SOFTWARE
HARDWARE
CAMERAS
* CINEMATOGRAPHY
Lighting the scene
Reflective surfaces
Telling the story with the camera
Camera Movment
Camera Language
composition
About light and the qualities of light
Temperature of light
Special situation problem solving
Tight spaces
Pre visualization
Working with the crew
Working with the director
Personalities on the set
Film stocks
Color correction
Color Composition
Working with designers
Color
Job and Duties of the cinematographer
Working with the talent
Getting the Camera Ready
How focus and what stops mean…
Depth of field
Choosing lenses
Choosing filters
Interviews
Studio
On location
Equipment
Cameras
* Recent Student/IndySuccess Stories
Students who won at Festivals (Can be recent grads out for a few years and independent and new filmmaker’s not just young people in school)
Student whose works are getting distribution deals
Older Aspiring Filmmakers new in the Business
Older change of career Students
Professionals Film School Stories (Back in the Day)
* Screenwriting
Screenwriting the are of story telling for movies
Screenwriting the Romantic Comedy
Screenwriting the sit com
Converting a book to a screenplay
Working with the team
Personalities
WAR STORIES
STUDENT FILMMAKING EXPIERENCES
* Distribution
FILMFESTIVALS
HOW TO GET IN AND WIN FILM FESTIVALS
Process of getting into Film festivals
Tips and Tricks
Independent Filmmaking as a business model
INTERNET
Film Festival
Theatrical and Nontheatrical Distribution (Internet) Selling you own DVDs…
How to find a Distributor
* Financing
Independent Filmmaking as a business model
Tips for getting financial help
Where to go to get financial help
Human Interest
Long struggling film artist makes it
Someone on the front line making his or her film
What do you need for a pitch
* Acting
Getting an Agent
Auditions
Schools
Techniques
Doing the Audition
Choreography
Unions
* Camera
How Cameras Work
New Cameras
What is the HD camera and who it differs?
Where is HD GOING?
Camera Reviews
Camera Reviews
Camera Ready
Film Stock Advances
Animation
Avant-garde
The Shot
The moving camera
Task of the Scene
Agents
* SOUND
Digital Sound
How Sound Works on Film
Sound Layouts
Systems
Software’s
Techniques
Equipment
Sound Track
Foley
* Lighting
TECHNIQUES
New Software
Pre Visualization
Color
Tough Scenes to light
Inside
Outdoor
Day and Night
Cars
Water
TIPS AND TRICKS
Camera Movement
* POST PRODUCTION
Editing HD
Editing HD
Final Cut Tips
Final Cut HD Tips
Software Reviews
Editing Tips
Bigger LEVEL
Intermediate and ADVANCED
Post Sound Editing
Post Special Effects
* PRODUCTION
Producers Corner (Column)
* Casting
* Directing
Directors Corner (column)
* Makeup
* Screenwriting
* Special Effects
Mechanical Special Effects
* Societies, Institutions, Unions and Organization
How the Union Works
Union Benefits
ASC
SOC
SMTPE
Academy
Directors Association
Article about the ASC and how to become a member or how a member is selected and the process and things of that nature.
Contact me with ideas and or written works at
kim.welch @ studentfilmmakersforums.com
* DIGITAL AND HD ARTICLES
What is HD? What are the benefits of HD? Who invented it? What is the difference in Shooting HD and viewing HD?
War stories of actual shooting with HD – Pros and Cons
What kinds of Aesthetic or Artistic things do you need to consider with HD
How does workflow work with HD?
Shooting HD on a Budget
Differences
HD verses Film
Equipment Reviews
How to shoot with HD
* Technology
NEW TECHONLOGY
WHAT IS HERE TO STAY
WHERE IS IT GOING
EMERGING TECHNOLOGY
SOFTWARE
HARDWARE
CAMERAS
* CINEMATOGRAPHY
Lighting the scene
Reflective surfaces
Telling the story with the camera
Camera Movment
Camera Language
composition
About light and the qualities of light
Temperature of light
Special situation problem solving
Tight spaces
Pre visualization
Working with the crew
Working with the director
Personalities on the set
Film stocks
Color correction
Color Composition
Working with designers
Color
Job and Duties of the cinematographer
Working with the talent
Getting the Camera Ready
How focus and what stops mean…
Depth of field
Choosing lenses
Choosing filters
Interviews
Studio
On location
Equipment
Cameras
* Recent Student/IndySuccess Stories
Students who won at Festivals (Can be recent grads out for a few years and independent and new filmmaker’s not just young people in school)
Student whose works are getting distribution deals
Older Aspiring Filmmakers new in the Business
Older change of career Students
Professionals Film School Stories (Back in the Day)
* Screenwriting
Screenwriting the are of story telling for movies
Screenwriting the Romantic Comedy
Screenwriting the sit com
Converting a book to a screenplay
Working with the team
Personalities
WAR STORIES
STUDENT FILMMAKING EXPIERENCES
* Distribution
FILMFESTIVALS
HOW TO GET IN AND WIN FILM FESTIVALS
Process of getting into Film festivals
Tips and Tricks
Independent Filmmaking as a business model
INTERNET
Film Festival
Theatrical and Nontheatrical Distribution (Internet) Selling you own DVDs…
How to find a Distributor
* Financing
Independent Filmmaking as a business model
Tips for getting financial help
Where to go to get financial help
Human Interest
Long struggling film artist makes it
Someone on the front line making his or her film
What do you need for a pitch
* Acting
Getting an Agent
Auditions
Schools
Techniques
Doing the Audition
Choreography
Unions
* Camera
How Cameras Work
New Cameras
What is the HD camera and who it differs?
Where is HD GOING?
Camera Reviews
Camera Reviews
Camera Ready
Film Stock Advances
Animation
Avant-garde
The Shot
The moving camera
Task of the Scene
Agents
* SOUND
Digital Sound
How Sound Works on Film
Sound Layouts
Systems
Software’s
Techniques
Equipment
Sound Track
Foley
* Lighting
TECHNIQUES
New Software
Pre Visualization
Color
Tough Scenes to light
Inside
Outdoor
Day and Night
Cars
Water
TIPS AND TRICKS
Camera Movement
* POST PRODUCTION
Editing HD
Editing HD
Final Cut Tips
Final Cut HD Tips
Software Reviews
Editing Tips
Bigger LEVEL
Intermediate and ADVANCED
Post Sound Editing
Post Special Effects
* PRODUCTION
Producers Corner (Column)
* Casting
* Directing
Directors Corner (column)
* Makeup
* Screenwriting
* Special Effects
Mechanical Special Effects
* Societies, Institutions, Unions and Organization
How the Union Works
Union Benefits
ASC
SOC
SMTPE
Academy
Directors Association
Article about the ASC and how to become a member or how a member is selected and the process and things of that nature.
Contact me with ideas and or written works at
kim.welch @ studentfilmmakersforums.com
