How to Build a Portable Green Screen
from wikiHow - The How to Manual That You Can EditFor film makers, the green screen is a key component in being able to install special effects for a movie. For those of you looking to create your own film, the below instructions will tell you just what you need to do in order to build a portable green screen.
Sheri Candler is a successful marketing and publicity specialist who is putting her skills and expertise into helping independent filmmakers gather an audience for their work. Recently she wrote on her site:
"[Kim Adelman's] first point was an independent filmmaker has to think of themselves as a studio, just like a Hollywood studio. When you have completed your film, you are opening your doors for business. What do you want to invest your time in? How much time and money do you have to invest in your product, your film? What strategy are you going to develop and follow? I believe you really should decide this before your film is made, but for sure it has to be set when you put it out to market. And then you have to market it."
You can read the rest of the article on Sheri's website.
Pre-Production
Scheduling the production of your indie film can be a bit tricky because you have a number of things working both for you and against you. Unfortunately, you have more things working against you, but there are ways for you to overcome those things. You just have to be patient and be prepared. By this point you should have your pre-production tasks finished....
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Gather round people. Get yourself a nice cup of hot chocolate and sit down by the warm fire. It's story time. Well, actually it's storyboarding time, but you can still keep the hot chocolate. Storyboarding your film is a personal choice as it can influence the direction your film goes. That being said, even the most naturalistic films can...
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Let's set the scene: a beautiful actress is being wooed in a gorgeous scene at a park and a huge alien ant creature pops out and eats her boyfriend. She watches in disgust and screams but looks more grossed out than horrified. Or better yet, you've got a scene between a mom and daughter where the drama is flying, but for some reason, no matter how you...
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We all have different personalities. That is what makes us so unique. However, there are some individuals who have less than savory personalities and some of those individuals may end up having acting parts in your indie film. You’ve probably heard horror stories about certain actors and actresses in big productions being a big problem. But they have...
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Whether it's a drama that requires the actor to tear up regularly or a fantasy film which has them dressed in ridiculous costumes, fighting with plastic swords, acting is a great accomplishment. Directors, however, are not always well educated in the world of an actor and often times Indie Directors are afraid to really get in there and boss the actors...
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Hello happy people, let's cover some more ground about editing. Editing is such an important part of the process that you have to spend the time ruminating over what cuts and transitions you want to make and why. If you don't your film will regress to a jazzed up Powerpoint presentation and no one wants that. The thing about editing is that when...
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Some people say that editing is where the magic takes place. Everything else is just preparation for the edit. There's a lot of truth in this as the edit is where the actual story of the film is pieced together in its final, awesome form. Sadly editors aren't usually the ones who get invited to the Playboy mansion and live the lifestyles of the...
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