How to Write a Screenplay for a Movie
Most of us, at some point in our lives, have had at least a kernel of a movie idea. Even something as simple as, “Hey, you know what would make a good movie?” Maybe...
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Lighting Techniques in Film
Perhaps more than anything, lighting is responsible for setting almost any scene–except for when the lack of light is needed to provide some tension. When shooting an external playground scene on a beautiful sunny...
How to Make a Film Script
How to Make a Film Script: Formatting There’s a bit of a joke–okay, maybe a huge joke–that all Hollywood produces anymore are sequels, prequels, and reimaginations of past movies. And you can probably add...
Tips for Film Networking
“It’s not what you know, it’s who you know.” – Just about everyone Nothing too earth-shattering about that quote. You’ve probably heard it a hundred times while trying to find work in the film...
Film Connection grad Saif Zwainati Finds His “In” & Gets Going on Festival Short and Feature Film!
By the time Saif Zwainati enrolled in Film Connection, he’d already completed a number of smaller film projects and commercials and thought he knew just about everything there was to know about film. Once...
How to Get Work in Film?
How to Get Work in the Film Industry? Although every industry has its share of “insider” hires, the film industry can be notoriously difficult to break into. Once film directors, cinematographers, and other production...
Film Connection mentor Jared Hancock on Hiring our Grads & Helping Students Find Their Film Job Niche!
Meet Jared Hancock, Film Connection mentor and co-founder of Surefire Creative Studios whose clients include Netflix, Puma, VH1, Under Amour, Chevrolet, and rapper Millyz, just to name a few. We recently connected with the...
Define Film Theory
It can seem like a daunting task, trying to come up with one succinct definition of film theory. Just the term “theory” can elicit images of academic discipline, of stuffy people in a stuffy...
Get Film Industry Training
There’s much more to filmmaking than just pointing your camera and yelling “action!” Every good movie, TV pilot, short film, and commercial has a script. Then there’s lighting, sound, setting marks for those in...
Film Connection grad Hannah Salazar Gets Hired by Global Audio Visual Leader Encore!
When Film Connection graduate Hannah Salazar came to us she had a newfound interest in editing and a lot of curiosity about her career path. After training with mentor Roger Zamora Chavez of Rogy...
One-on-One Mentoring for Filmmakers
There’s no denying that certain fields require a lot of time in the classroom. Film Connection doesn’t think working in film is one of them. Sitting in front of a professor for four years...
