Exclusive Interview with Daryn Okada, ASC

An exclusive interview with Daryn Okada, ASC is the Cover Story and featured Close-Up interview in the July 2008 Edition of StudentFilmmakers Magazine, the #1 Educational Resource for Film and Video Makers. There will be excellent articles related to cinematography, lighting, directing, and editing, as well as great film festival tips, an inspiring commentary related to story and screenwriting, and more. Get it via: https://www.studentfilmmakers.com/store

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Attention Filmmakers: Get Featured in SF’s August 2008 Edition

SF Magazine is currently looking for Directors, Cinematographers, Camera Operators, Editors, and Screenwriters to feature in the upcoming August 2008 Edition.

For an opportunity to be featured in StudentFilmmakers Magazine, sign up for a free webpage on the Filmmakers Network (Social Networking Community for Filmmakers, Videographers, and Crew Members) at: http://networking.studentfilmmakers.com/

Upload to your networking page as many of the following things that you have: production stills, your credits, movie clips, your reels, your resume, photos, your biography, and more . Become a part of the searchable community of filmmakers - both new-and-emerging and professional - talents in the film and video industries. Find work, and find people to work with on your film and video projects.

Happy posting, and see you online!
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About StudentFilmmakers Magazine:

Learn about the latest, cutting-edge production, post production, and distribution technologies and techniques with StudentFilmmakers Magazine, the #1 Educational Resource for Film and Video Makers. "With the technology changes coming faster and faster, we are all students."

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Call for Entries: 2008 Annual Summer Shorts Contest

Call for Entries. Free to Enter.

Recognition, Awards, and Prizes.

Welcome to another great summer, it’s again time to gear up to enter your best works into the Annual Summer Shorts 2008 Film and Video competition.

SF invites all of you talented and created filmmakers, videographers, and animators out there in the US and around the globe to enter your short films, videos, and animations into the Annual Summer Shorts 2008 Film and Video competition.

All levels welcome. You don't have to be a student. Whether you are a beginner, or an award-winning independent filmmaker, we invite you to enter your films, videos, and animations of all genres. Multiple submissions welcome. No entry fee; free open call for entries.

Awards and prizes to be announced on the official website.

Upload your film, video, or animation today at:

http://www.studentfilmmakers.com/summershorts08/

This Week's SF Store Special Offers - July 16, 2008

The SF Staff hopes that all of you are returning from a very wonderful weekend this happy Monday, and ready again to continue on conquering the world this week and working very passionately to achieve all of your filmmaking and storytelling goals. If you worked this past weekend, so did some of the SF Staff. Always know that you're not the only one working on the weekends!

This week, the SF Store is very proud to announce special discount packages and free gift offers on educational DVDs focusing on popular subjects such as Lighting for Film; Video and Green Screen Lighting; Wedding Photography; Digital Color Correction; Digital Post Production; High Definition; and more.

Whether you wish to add to your skillset, add to your reference library, or continue to keep abreast of techniques and technologies while in the field, these educational DVDs and books are great filmmaking tools for all level filmmakers, videographers, cinematographers, and editors – whether you are a beginner, or a working professional.

Please click here to view this week's SF Store Enewsletter with special offers and free gift items:

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If you would like to receive news on special discounts, free gift offers, and holiday specials delivered right to your inbox, please go here:

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Have a fantastic week, and happy filmmaking!

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Learn about the latest, cutting-edge production, post production, and distribution technologies and techniques with StudentFilmmakers Magazine, the #1 Educational Resource for Film and Video Makers. "With the technology changes coming faster and faster, we are all students."

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SF's August 2008 Edition at the UFVA Conference this Summer

As highlighted in yesterday's post, StudentFilmmakers Magazine will be at the UFVA Conference (University Film & Video Association Conference) this August 12th through 16th in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This is a very exciting conference, and the SF staff representatives who will be attending hope to be able to meet you there.

If your college or university will be sending representatives to attend the UFVA Conference - whether administrative staff - or film, video, and digital media professors and faculty members - please let them know that StudentFilmmakers Magazine will be there and would love to meet with them. You may run into SF Magazine's Senior Editor at some of the workshops and conferences. Please feel free to introduce yourselves, and let us know who you are. We will be taking photographs for our magazine and website.

About StudentFilmmakers Magazine:

Learn about the latest, cutting-edge production, post production, and distribution technologies and techniques with StudentFilmmakers Magazine, the #1 Educational Resource for Film and Video Makers. "With the technology changes coming faster and faster, we are all students."

Drop by our official website: www.studentfilmmakers.com

Exclusive Interview with M. Night

This month, M. Night Shyamalan and his new film, “The Happening,” is the Cover and featured Close-Up interview in the June 2008 Edition of StudentFilmmakers Magazine, the #1 Educational Resource for Film and Video Makers. Check out this inspiring Q&A conducted by Len Guercio.

The SF June 2008 back issue is available both in print, and available in a digital version.

Get it via: www.studentfilmmakers.com/store

Don’t miss another edition delivered right to your doorstep.

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About StudentFilmmakers Magazine:

Learn about the latest, cutting-edge production, post production, and distribution technologies and techniques with StudentFilmmakers Magazine, the #1 Educational Resource for Film and Video Makers. "With the technology changes coming faster and faster, we are all students."

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SF Will Not Be Attending the New Media Expo 2008

For those of you who received our news and announcements about exhibiting at New Media Expo 2008, we will no longer be participating this August. It is very important for us to give you this announcement update, so that you don’t look for us at the show.

We greatly appreciate and thank you for your support. And, we are always very excited to meet you when you visit us at our exhibit booths at the different film, video, and digital production industry tradeshows and conferences.

This coming August 2008, we will be focusing more on only one particular and very important conference – this is the UFVA Conference (University Film & Video Association Conference), which will take place at Colorado College in Colorado Springs, CO, August 12 through 16, 2008.

About StudentFilmmakers Magazine:

Learn about the latest, cutting-edge production, post production, and distribution technologies and techniques with StudentFilmmakers Magazine, the #1 Educational Resource for Film and Video Makers. "With the technology changes coming faster and faster, we are all students."

Drop by our official website: www.studentfilmmakers.com

Get Featured in SF Magazine

StudentFilmmakers Magazine's editorial staff is always on the look out for cutting edge films and new directors, cinematographers, and editors to feature in the magazine.

The SF Magazine staff also looks for other production and post production crew who work in film, video, and digital production to feature in the magazine - this includes camera operators, HD shooters, DIT's, lighting technicians, sound engineers, and more.

Every crewmember is important.

Let us know who you are.

Tell your PR agents and reps to send your press kits and films (screeners) to us.

Post your resumes, reels, production stills, filmography, and production news online for free at the Filmmakers Networking Community online: http://networking.studentfilmmakers.com/

About StudentFilmmakers Magazine:

Learn about the latest, cutting-edge production, post production, and distribution technologies and techniques with StudentFilmmakers Magazine, the #1 Educational Resource for Film and Video Makers. "With the technology changes coming faster and faster, we are all students."

Drop by our official website: www.studentfilmmakers.com

Welcome to StudentFilmmakers' Blog

Welcome to the StudentFilmmakers Magazine blog on Blogger!

This blog will reflect the day-to-day life and inner-workings of the magazine, along with the latest, cutting-edge filmmaking, technology, and production news, and much more.
We will do our best to post here daily for you, but please remember, we do have a magazine to run – and films to write about, cover and discover, as well as shoot ourselves.

If this is the first time that you are reading about StudentFilmmakers Magazine, and if you are not yet a subscriber, read on!

You can sign up now for StudentFilmmakers Magazine, The #1 Educational Resource for Film & Video Makers, online at:

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StudentFilmmakers Magazine covers the latest technologies and techniques with special focus on the five distinct stages of filmmaking: Development, Pre-Production, Production, Post Production, and Distribution. Article categories include: Cinematography, Camera Work, Lighting, Directing, Editing, Screenwriting, and More.

StudentFilmmakers is a monthly magazine, and publishes 12 issues per year.

We offer both a “print” and “digital version” of the magazine.

(This is not to be confused with our Monthly Enewsletter, which is strictly about Global Filmmaking, Videomaking, and Motion Picture News, Events, and Festivals. Yes, we also include educational articles in our Monthly Enewsletter. You can sign up for it here: http://www.studentfilmmakers.com/signup.shtml )

As a StudentFilmmakers Magazine subscriber, you will enjoy the benefits of reading every month:

• Close-ups, interviews, and Q&A’s with award-winning filmmakers and storytellers.
• Tips and tricks from top film and video makers around the world.
• US and international film news.
• New technologies and techniques.
• How-to Distribution Articles.
• How-to Editing Articles.
• How-to High Definition Articles.
• Film Formats and Film Cameras.
• Camera Movement, Placement, Shots, and Angles.
• How-to Filters and Lenses Articles.
• How-to Cinematography and Lighting Articles.
• How-to Directing Articles.
• How-to Producing Articles.
• Networking Department: Featured Filmmakers and Crew.
• Global Marketplace and Classifieds Ads.
• Global Online Contests.
• And Many More Topics and Categories.

Remember, we are all students. And the magazine is not necessarily for beginners, novices, or students in the traditional sense. The magazine is for everyone of all ages and levels around the globe who want to learn about filmmaking, and for all who want to keep abreast of the changing technologies and techniques. That includes new, up-and-coming, and experienced filmmakers, videographers, cinematographers, editors, directors, producers, screenwriters, animators, audio engineers, students, alumni, professors, educators, indies and award-winning professionals.

Learn about the latest, cutting-edge production, post production, and distribution technologies and techniques with StudentFilmmakers Magazine, the #1 Educational Resource for Film and Video Makers. "With the technology changes coming faster and faster, we are all students."

Drop by our official website: www.studentfilmmakers.com