Student Notes

Festivals for Student Films

All those technical terms ... a picture is worth a thousand words. Curtis Brownjohn was a senior at Darwin High School when he made this video demonstrating a variety of camera techniques including shots, angles, framing, movement, focus, white balance, composition, lighting and other experiments, as well as editing effects including animation, blue/green screen, keying, colour adjusting, cloning, slow-motion, image effects, transitions and sound editing. All set to the music of Coldplay!	Shoot your Friends! How to create bullet-hits. Tutorial by Corridor Digital. Uses After Effects CS5, Mocha. Also suggests stock footage from: Action Essentials, No Control Cinema Detonation Films, and includes free stock footage itself.	By "MyNameIsHalo" on Deviant Art Website.
		Trailer by Adam Bertocci. Keep up on The Force Net forums.
Festivals recommended for under-25s 2008/09 Best of the Touring Reel Youth Film Festival - DVDs are now available for purchase here at $25 including shipping. Insightful and entertaining shorts by guys 19 and under. Brick Films have a huge following. Here's an interview with twelve year old James Whiffin from Australia who won a local contest with his one. And here's our intro to Brick Filming. Have a quick read of: Is there life after Indie rejection? Trying to make low/no budget work? Pop over to Detonation Films for free and cheap clips, lots of hints and tips - and some inspiration! Writing a script - ideas from Young Film Makers Club. Indy Mogul - regular video tutorials are just part of a website packed with good ideas, inside info of special effects, and oodles of fun. Sound Design - all the inside stuff you need to know. Video Maker - info, online tutorials, it's all here.