Pre-Production – Page 2 – Adventure Film School

3 Tips for Preparing to Shoot the Night Sky

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With the Perseid meteor shower in full swing tonight (Aug 12, 2015), we’ve got night photography on the brain. What’s dazzling about tonight’s event is the night sky will be nearly at it’s darkest with the moon being close to it’s new phase.…
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The Raw Timelapse Tutorial Series

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Like most things, mastering timelapse photography requires practice. While there is no formula for a great shot, there is a lot that you can do to maximize your chances for success. The following videos are part of an extensive raw timelapse tutorial to provide some useful tools for shooting timelapses.…
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How to Protect Your Camera When Traveling

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One of the challenges you need to deal with when you are traveling is how to protect your camera. In this post, you will find out a few different ways in which you can approach keeping them safe from both damage and theft.…
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How To Shoot A Static Timelapse – 7 Questions You Need to Ask Yourself

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One of the challenges you need to overcome when shooting a timelapse is determining the ideal setting for your camera. Out of all the questions that I get, the most common are what F-STOP (APERTURE), SHUTTER and INTERVAL (DELAY) to use. …
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Traveling Abroad – Why Fixers are So Critical

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Excellence is earned… And I imagine that to get to this point you have worked hard as a freelancer, collaborator, and/or intern. But with all this training, what everything boils down to is the need to rely on others for support in your creative endeavors.…
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Brilliant Pitching Takes Balls

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Pitching your film is crucial to getting people excited about the idea of making your film, seeing your film and enticing them to jump on board and want to invest in some way to get your film shot and distributed. Your pitch should be around a minute long. …
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The Arc and Art of Storytelling

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We are wired for stories. No doubt about that, we love a good story, whether it’s uplifting, heartbreaking, or suspenseful. And the most memorable are the stories that have characters or situations that we can relate to, that we empathize with. …
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Tips for Writing a Killer Treatment

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Who likes hearing a good story? Everyone right? Well I would assume everyone because, despite economic hardships, so many people flood the movie theatres to see a good story play out. That’s basically what a treatment is, a good story in a written format. …
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Visual Writing – Using Emotions to Craft a Story

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It all starts with a feeling, right? Inspiration, from the music you just heard. Anger, at the person who betrayed you. Joy, for the joke you just cracked. Sadness, for the relationship you’ve lost. Guilt, for not finishing the script on time.…
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The Raw Timelapse Tutorial – Story, Scheduling & Scouting

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I am happy to announce the release of the latest instalment of the raw time-lapse tutorial. I want to first off apologize for the delay since the last posting. When first announcing the project, I was not expecting to go as in depth as I am in the videos/posts.…
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