Directing

Videomaker's Complete Book of Forms contains 91 essential forms to make shooting and producing video easier. The following is one section of the Complete Book of Forms.

Script forms include: Script Cover, Script, Videotape Script Cover Sheet, Instructional Media Script, Videotape Script Example

Videomaker's Complete Book of Forms contains 91 essential forms to make shooting and producing video easier. The following is one section of the Complete Book of Forms.

Production Planning forms include: Shoot Planning Sheet, A/V Info Sheet, Credits Information, Title/Credits Form

Videomaker's Complete Book of Forms contains 91 essential forms to make shooting and producing video easier. The following is one section of the Complete Book of Forms.

Includes: Lighting Plot and Lighting Layout.

Videomaker's Complete Book of Forms contains 91 essential forms to make shooting and producing video easier. The following is one section of the Complete Book of Forms.

Release Forms include: Videotape Consent Form, Videotape - Photographic - Sound Release, Model Release, and Audiovisual Department Release Form

Videomaker's Complete Book of Forms contains 91 essential forms to help you plan, get organized, stay legal, and ask the right questions. These include: Release Forms Production Planning Forms Production Cost Forms Storyboard –Scripting Forms Location Surveys/Scouting Reports Production Scheduling Forms Field Equipment Checklist Maintenance Forms Administrative Reports and many more! Total pages 131.

Learn how to move your story from dream to distribution!

From dream to distribution Part 3!

Someday, you may have to hire, beg, borrow or coerce some people to join you on your video adventure. Keep it friendly, stick with a plan and you - and they - will enjoy the trek.

Documentaries are about real people in real places doing real things. Documentaries were the first films ever made.

Getting the Most Out of Your Actors or Subjects

We treasure our memories, but we can be easily overwhelmed. Fearlessly dive into your archives and uncap your camera lens for the holidays to create a video that will stand the test of time.

For aspiring video producers, it's always hard to find some interesting subject matter. Are you looking for an audience?

One of the most difficult, important and rewarding things a director has to do is find, recruit and work with talent.

Turn time and tape into treasure.

Multitasking when you are directing is not easy but sometimes necessary. Here are a few suggestions.

How to use Cinéma Vérité techniques to make compelling documentaries

(gales of laughter erupt on the set.) CUT! Somebody PLEASE help Jimmy untangle the rope from his foot, re-stack all those bottles of motor oil and, somebody wash off the cat... again.

You don't need puffy pants and a megaphone to be an assertive, successful director. But you do need to take control.

Many of the little things that you learn from from a lifetime of planning, directing, editing and producing videos can easily be applied to life as a whole.

New Titles - Technology of V/A Streaming & Total Directing

Style

Part 2 of a 3 part series on movie and video production planning.

Churchgoers around the world are experiencing a transformation. Many worship services now incorporate video elements, and there are several reasons for the change. Most obvious is the fact that time marches on…

Whether it's shooting a wedding, baseball game, church service or two-person interview, shooting it with more than one camera can be a time-saving and very creative endeavor.

Make your music video a success!

A light-hearted look at wedding video. The Goal: Create a top-notch video keepsake that will be treasured for generations to come.

As a solo artist, what happens when you land a gig with a budget for crew? Your most important relationship will be with your Director of Photography.

Voiceovers are the mainstays of advertising, instruction and promotional videos, television programs and feature films.

Now more than ever, it's possible for one person to venture into the world and capture great video. By following a few simple guidelines, you too can be an on-the-fly guerrilla filmmaker!

Something wicked this way comes.