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  Filmmaking Tips: Becoming a More Versatile Artist BY  JOHNATHAN PAUL MARCH 18, 2015 Filmmaking Industry Inspiration Video Production Broaden your horizons: Here are 5 quick filmmaking tips for becoming a more versatile and well-rounded filmmaker and videographer. What is true versatility? It’s possessing the skills to do  many   things   competently.  It’s the ability to adapt.  Throughout film history, the best filmmakers have wielded a certain versatility in order to produce the work they envision. The most versatile filmmakers and videographers maintain a wide knowledge base and a strong grasp of  all aspects of filmmaking.  Here are 5 quick tips to help expand your versatility. 1. Develop Your Team and Research Your Idea Research plays a huge role in turning a  solid concept into a solid film .  This research will help you  know your narrative backward and forward,  no matter if you’re shooting a documentary or a work of fiction. Next, open a dialogue with your team and work clos

  My top 10 tips to finding the right teacher for the creative skill you want to develop A question I’m often asked is how to find the right teacher for training and expanding the creative skill of your choice. The relationship between a student and teacher is a sensitive one and you should spend a little time on finding the right teacher for you. I‘ve put together a list of my top 10 tips to finding the right teacher, so lets dive right into it: 1. Recommendation: the „easiest way“ to get a name. Ask those who recommend the teacher why they love working with that teacher. 2.  What kind of education does the teacher have? Do they have any formal training as a teacher? Could they have developed their teaching skills over time as a result of their experience as an artist? Do they keep learning and expanding their skill set? 3.  What kind of experience does the teacher have in the art form you want to learn and of course in teaching it? Of course the more years they have been work

  The Best Movies of 2021 (So Far) The year has already provided some incredible films for you to stream right now. By  Nick Schager Oct 5, 2021 SHUTTERSTOCK As we say goodbye to the blockbuster-laden days of summer and hello to the fall awards season, the movie industry remains in a strange state. On the plus side, theaters are open and a few recent standout releases ( Free Guy ,  Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings ,  Venom: Let There Be Carnage ) have netted considerable box-office returns, thereby confirming that a healthy multiplex audience still exists. Yet even those movies’ receipts have come in at a pace far below their pre-pandemic counterparts, and most of the big-ticket titles that have premiered simultaneously in theaters and on VOD (or HBO Max) haven’t come close to validating that paradigm’s long-term financial viability. All of which is to say, there’s significant upheaval in Hollywood, and that should be the case for the foreseeable future, especially with heavil