Scratch Tracks and Why They Matter
A scratch track is an audio recording that provides information on timing and content with the intention of being used as a reference for the final (or replacement) audio. Scratch tracks are used in...
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Film Connection mentor Joel Franco on Niche Filmmaking and Taking Film to Market
Film Connection mentor, director/producer Joel Franco (One Man’s Journey to Truth, Dino Costa: Truth Unscripted, Exit 38) is a firm believer in going the distance and being agile and receptive to learning every step...
The Adobe Film Editing Suite is Sweet
Adobe has a remarkable suite of powerful video editing apps including Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Audition, Adobe Prelude and Adobe Character Animator as well as Adobe Photoshop. Adobe Premiere Pro is...
Famous Movie Producers You Know And Those You Don’t
Do you know why the Best Picture Oscar is awarded to the producer of the film, not the director? Back when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was formed in 1927, during...
The Main Types of Acting Explained
Classical Acting Before talking pictures developed, actors primarily learned and practices their craft on stage in theatres. Acting for the stage required overly dramatic gestures, exaggerated actions and slow, drawn out speech to reach...
Film Connection graduate Tyler McGraw gets hired on Showtime’s Homeland
By the time Tyler McGraw (Los Angeles, CA) enrolled in Film Connection for Film Production & Editing, he’d spent years trying to find his “in.” In fact, he’d even gone as far as making...
What is ‘Coverage’?
Perhaps the easiest way to understand what script coverage is would be to look at it as peer review. It is essentially a third-party “book review” of your screenplay that is done by a...
The Job of the Gaffer Defined
The Definition of Gaffer The Gaffer is the head of the lighting and electrical departments on a film set. They are responsible to the Director of Photography. Their job begins in pre-production where they...
What Does a Key Grip Do?
Key Grip Defined The key grip is the head of the grip department and supervises all of the grips in a film shoot. If the film production is a feature film, the key grip...
Making Short Films
A famous mouse (not that one), an American propaganda film, and a boy named Spanky. A deaf 4-year-old, paper airplanes, and a suicide hotline. These are a few old and new subjects that have...
