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Film Funding | How To's | Kickstart New England | Massachusetts | New England | Reports | Vermont
Crowdfunding Advice from Veteran Filmmakers
NewEnglandFilm.com checks back with filmmakers featured in the Kickstart New England series to find out if their campaigns were successful and what they learned about crowdfunding.
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Headshots How-To
Countless acting workshops, years of vocal training, a stacked résumé that has taken you months or years, but are you forgetting the most important thing? The headshot. Here’s a guide to how to find a photographer and get that perfect headshot to sell your look to the casting team.
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How to Utilize Slow-Motion Footage in Your Next Video Project
Adding slow-motion video can mean the difference between a rough draft and a polished film. VideoBlocks.com provides this list of tips on how to use stock slow motion video in your film. Republished with permission from VideoBlocks.com.
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How to Be a Voice-Over Artist: Understanding Today’s Landscape
If you are thinking, “I’m a good actor, but I don’t necessarily have a great voice,” keep reading. First, the voice-over industry might be different than you thought, especially since recent technology has revolutionized the voice-over industry—changing both the work available and how we get work. Read on to learn about the scope, sound, and sourcing of today’s voice-overs.
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How To's | Screenplay Doctor | Screenwriting
Top Tips on Evaluating Agents and Production Companies
What happens when an agent or production company expresses an interest in your work? The Screenplay Doctor Susan Kouguell provides readers with some tips on how to proceed not only with excitement, but with caution.
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How To's | Screenplay Doctor | Screenwriting
Twenty Questions: Are you *really* ready to submit your screenplay?
Before you submit your screenplay, get feedback from people who will tell you the truth and nothing but the truth. Here are 20 questions to ask them to make sure you're getting feedback that will help. To have your question answered in the next column, email screenwriter@newenglandfilm.com.
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How To's | Screenplay Doctor | Screenwriting
To Pitch or Not to Pitch? Top 10 Pitching Tips from the Screenplay Doctor
Should you pitch your script before it's written? Screenplay Doctor Susan Kouguell finds an answer to this question of the month and provide a list of ten pitching tips. To have your question answered, e-mail screenwriter@newenglandfilm.com.
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How To's | Screenplay Doctor | Screenwriting | Television
Ask the Screenplay Doctor: How to Pitch a TV Series
How can you pitch a new TV series? Screenplay Doctor Susan Kouguell finds an answer to this question of the month with Jeff Greenstein, the Emmy-winning writer and producer of Dream On, Friends, Will & Grace, Parenthood and Desperate Housewives. E-mail your question to screenwriter@newenglandfilm.com.
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Strategies for Music and Sound Design (Part 3 of 3)
Defining an overall sonic approach to a project can be more than half the battle. The third part in our series about music and film covers the importance of the composer in filmmaking.
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Editing | How To's | New England
Final Cut Pro vs. Avid Media Composer vs. Adobe Premiere: Editors State Their Preferences
With the emergence of Final Cut Pro X, Apple continues to make converts out of Avid Media Composer and Adobe Premiere editors, but every editor has their preferences, and their reasons for them.
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