Question by Allison: I want a career in film, but I don't know what part..? I'm 17 years old, and I'm a senior at a Catholic school in Des Moines, Iowa. I love making movies, and I make little youtube videos for fun. I always liked editing, but I'm really starting to dislike it. Plus, when you edit, you're always alone and you don't get to do any of the fun stuff. I think it wouldn't be a very self-rewarding career for me. I think production … [Read more...]

www.egs.edu Mike Figgis, English film director, writer, composer, and filmmaker, lecturing about the movie Time Code, a choreographic approach of filmmaking, experimental character, a narrative without editing, the language of film, notation system, guidance, punctuation, directing, filming, acting, story, synopsis, scripts, plots, cuts, frames, cutting, improvisation, technology, mainstream, playing the trumpet, and participating in a questions … [Read more...]

by jpchan Question by foryourconsideration: To everyone that wants to study film, is school holding you back? I have to ask, is your school holding you back from studying what you want to study? I go to UMBC. Having just transferred from a community college after a year of courses and submitting a portfolio of visual artwork to the school to gain acceptance into the visual arts program, I thought that after transferring that I would at least get … [Read more...]