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How To: Make a Movie for Atom.com

Jun 29

Posted by Doug in Online Tools, Tools | 1 Comment

Many DiY-Filmmakers have likely heard of Comedy Central’s online comedy video site Atom.com. With video content provided by big name comedians like Kenan Thompson and Andy Dick, Atom.com is far from being an internet secret.

However, Atom.com prides itself in blending mainstream and indie media. One aspect that highlights this point may also be particularly useful to the DiY-Filmmaker, and that aspect is Atom’s World Famous Cash-Money Internet Comedy Tournament. The rules are simple, and best described by the site itself:

WHAT IS THE TOURNAMENT? The Tournament is a weekly competition beginning April 19, 2010 celebrating the funniest and most popular original comedy videos recently uploaded to Atom.com (“Atom”).

5 Great Video Production Checklists

May 14

Posted by Adam in Online Tools, Tools | 1 Comment

I tend to forget things. Although I never forget when to eat, I have been known to forget very fundamental things such as the need to bring the dog back in after taking her out. It’s a problem (sorry, my dog).

So when I am doing something video related, I like to bring a checklist. You know why? Because checklists are simple. They are idiot proof as long as you actually look at them. Here’s a primer 101 on how checklists work:

1. The checklist has a list of things to do.

2. If you do a thing, you check it off.

3. You keep doing things on the checklist until they are all checked off.

4. When they are all checked off, you are done.

Check that out. Simple. Effective. Idiot Proof.

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How To: Make a Movie using the Internet

Apr 1

Posted by Doug in Online Tools, Tools, Tutorials | 1 Comment

About a month ago, we taught you an easy way to make a movie without a video camera. While simple and cost effective, this method still requires actors, a still camera and some video editing software… and although most people have access to all of these materials, there of still some of us who do not. If you are one of those people, or if you are simply looking for another fun way to tell your story, you may want to check out Text-To-Movie, an online module from Xtranormal.com that allows you to create short, animated movies right on the site.

Don’t Get Caught Up in YouTube Feedback

Mar 11

Posted by Doug in General DiY, Online Tools, Tools | No Comments

About a month ago we talked about Vimeo and its benefits verses YouTube. We noted that Vimeo is much more conducive to the needs of filmmakers in that it provides a much cleaner interface to display your work, and is a great place to get advice from fellow filmmakers.

However, even if you vow to never post another one of your films to YouTube again, and have converted exclusively over to Vimeo, odds are you’ve still got a handful of videos that are already on YouTube and have been for quite some time. If this is true, then it’s just as likely that you’ve received plenty of feedback from fellow YouTubers on these videos, and that none of this feedback is particularly useful, helpful or encouraging. In fact, a lot of this feedback is probably cruel, hateful and often totally unrelated to the work itself.

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As with any other place on the internet that give anonymous users the chance to voice their opinion, YouTube attracts people with problems. Seriously.

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Great Tips Blog for Final Cut Pro Power Users

Feb 23

Posted by Adam in Online Tools, Tools | No Comments

We here at DiY Filmmaking are not NL editing evangelists – Doug is a Sony Vegas man, and I like to sit down with my Final Cut Pro and go to town. We keep it peaceful.

However, if you are a Final Cut user, and you know you’re way around the program pretty well, check out the FCP Daily blog. I have been a Final Cut Pro user 6 years and found a ton of great tips that I am definitely putting to use. There are also a lot of great free resources you’d probably miss otherwise.

Be aware that this is not an ideal place to start for beginning Final Cut Pro users. We’ll be posting some basic tutorials in the coming few days for those interested in learning the ropes.

So Final Cut Pro power users, put this in your feed reader and starting impressing women with these sweet tips.

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Vimeo for Filmmakers

Feb 16

Posted by Adam in Online Tools, Tools | 3 Comments

I’m going to be up front about this: I love Vimeo a lot. They never did anything for me like make me breakfast in bed or anything, but I really have come to appreciate and love their service, so this may be a little biased.

Below are some things to consider about Vimeo and using an online video service in general as a DiY filmmaker.

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