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Featured Filmmaker ~ Student Film Club: Paper Airplane

Written by: Shirley Baugher

“Kids today!” How often have you heard that expression used—usually by an adult deploring the behavior of young people? Well, Steve Weiss recently used the phrase in an entirely different context. He was marveling at the accomplishments of a group of student filmmakers at a recent meeting of the Illinois International Film Festival. These young people were part of the Student Film Club, an after-school group of high school students from across School District 186 in Springfield, Illinois; and they were showcasing their first feature-length production: Paper Airplane.

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In the News

Event Cinema Workshops Host Educational Event During WPPI in Las Vegas

Professional HDSLR filmmakers, Joe Simon and Kevin Shahinian, are back with a one day only HDSLR-centric workshop and Zacuto is proud to be a sponsor. The all new cinematography workshop will take place during the WPPI convention in Las Vegas at the Aria Resort and Casino on February 21st 2012. The event is specifically geared toward photographers and cinematographers in the wedding industry looking to take their event filmmaking skills to the next level in all areas.

Event Cinema Workshops Host Educational Event

Writing Series

Your First Draft: The Easiest Hardest Draft You’ll Ever Write ~Jill Remensnyder

Written By Jill Remensnyder

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Okay, now what? You’ve been thinking nonstop about your story for months and feel like your ready to write the first draft. How do you approach such a huge task? 90-120 pages is daunting compared to 140 character twitter feeds and Facebook posts we’ve become accustomed to. The answer is simple; approach writing your first draft one step at a time.

Check Out Your First Draft, by Jill Remensnyder

What's New

Danfung Dennis’ Hell and Back Again Nominated for Best Feature Documentary Academy Award 2012

For a year, Hell and Back Again, Danfung Dennis’ powerful depiction of the horrors and daily violence of our ongoing war in Afghanistan, has been all the buzz among journalists and film reviewers:

“Hell and Back Again is a tour de force stacking one astonishing shot atop the next.” New York Times 2011

“…Artistic reach meets hypnotic intimacy in Danfung Dennis’ vital war documentary.” The Los Angeles Times 2011

“…an astonishing achievement in war journalism and documentary filmmaking.” CNN 2011

Danfung Dennis Nominated for Academy Award!

Featured Columnist

Is Wireless Dead? ~Adam Forgione

Well maybe not exactly, but for me, wireless audio is a last resort. Signal always wants to travel the path of least resistance and air is resistant. The same concept applies many times to wireless internet vs. direct ethernet connection.

The goal is always to travel through the least amount of devices and through the shortest and least resistant path. Because you are using the wireless system to “carry” the signal, two more devices (transmitter + receiver) are added to the chain which causes more noise. Fortunately, technology has given us many options to record our audio without wireless. Field recorders are becoming more mainstream and most record directly onto media like SDHC cards. There are 2 types of field recorders – full size and pocket size.

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