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ICYMI: The Best of March 2017 on Moviemaker.com

For the moviemakers featured in our slate of content throughout March 2017, resourcefulness was the name of the game. Whether…

7 years ago
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Cheap Tricks: An Easy-To-Follow Guide To Making a Feature Film For $1,000 From Someone Who Did It

You're aching to make a movie. Not a trailer, not a sizzle reel, not even a short film—a full blown, honest-to-Betsy…

7 years ago
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We Make Movies (Better): iZotope RX 3 Turns Picture Editors into Audio Editors by Sam Mestman

We Make Movies' Sam Mestman reviews the iZotope RX 3 for this week's DIY Monday blog post. Okay, so full…

10 years ago
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We Make Movies (Better): How to Score, Indie Style

The We Make Movies (Better) blog returns for a new installment about another new music option for independent moviemakers, by…

11 years ago
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We Make Movies (Better): How I Learned to build an Avid Editing bay for under $1,500

MovieMaker is reintroducing the We Makes Movies (Better) blog from our friends over at We Make Movies! Look for their…

11 years ago
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How They Did It: Making Movies Under $10K

In this installment of DIY Monday, moviemaker Eric Kochmer explains how to make a movie for less than $10,000. I’m…

11 years ago
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We Make Movies (Better): Final Cut Pro X/RED, Part 3

Finishing your RED movie using Final Cut Pro X, Redcine-X, and DaVinci Resolve In Parts 1 and 2, I showed…

11 years ago
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And the Lord Declared: Let there be really high stakes!

Attention all Screenwriters, Graphic Novelists, Novelists-Afraid-Of-Screenwriting, and Waiters, Bankers, Accountants, Teachers, Custodians, Firefighters, Cashiers and Parking Lot Attendants who Dream…

11 years ago
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We Make Movies (Better): Final Cut Pro X/RED, Part 2

In Part 1, I dealt with how to properly prep your RED project for long-term feature film success in Final…

11 years ago
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Shooting The Kitchen: Keeping one location visually interesting

In early 2011, my longtime friend and collaborator, director Ishai Setton, told me about a (very) low-budget feature he was…

11 years ago
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We Make Movies (Better): Final Cut Pro X/RED, Part 1

Part 01: Project Prep - How to properly bring in your RED footage and build your project in FCP X.…

11 years ago
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We Make Movies (Better): Making Your Movie with Zero Money

Prologue This is the article you've been waiting for. You have a movie that you're aching to make but you…

11 years ago
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We Make Movies (Better): Your down-and-dirty, first-timers guide to Sundance by Amanda Lippert and Élan O’Connor

It's natural to have high expectations when you're looking forward to a first-time experience. We spent weeks reveling in excitement…

11 years ago
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We Make Movies: How I Started an Indie Film Collective

My name is Sam Mestman, and I run a film collective in Los Angeles and Toronto called We Make Movies.…

11 years ago