Professional Film-Making Secrets
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DVD: Region Code 0Format: NTSC
DVD Release Date: 2007-07-30
Studio: CustomFlix
Movie Reviews of Professional Film-Making Secrets
Movie Review: Quickstart introduction to shooting & transition
Summary: 5 Stars
I first bought this because it was a DVD rather than another printed book. This DVD helped me understand how transitions really worked from both camera and story perspective. I wanted to learn the tricks to shooting with better style so my productions would be more interesting than talking heads on lockdown (camera on tripod). All of us have different experiences to draw upon when learning something new, but in film making I had none yet.
I watched the well made Cinemaker DVD set and Lloyds "Make Your Own Damn Movie" DVD kit without learning any hands-on techniques. Both are clip montages hammered together to get you motivated with some management advice, no real techniques shown there. "Professional Film Making Secrets" (PFMS)says you will learn how to create better video - and it delivered at least ten times it's purchase price. I gave five stars because it did what it promissed by teaching actual techniques which I was able to practice for several weekends. It's been a keeper in my DVD training collection for over a year. It will take time to actually practice everything on this disk.
Truly amazing how an industry of visual story-telling cinematographers can't seem to deliver any good training pieces other than boring blah-blah books or talking head narrations. Does anyone else appreciate the how-to style of "This old house"? PFMS producer Mark Holmberg does. Seeing it done beats reading about it, so I would say too many touted training aids are self gratifying productions genetically related to what falls out the backend of a dog. This DVD uses to-the-point video clips plus simple animation examples in a visual how-to format. PFMS does a darn better job teaching compared to others who just hammer you with words on the subject. Why do all the books use mere words when they preach using story-boards to tell a story? Too much theory while I have a film that needs to be made right now. I think the author/producer did a great job SHOWING ME what I need and how it's done. Kudos Mark.
NOTICE TO INDUSTRY: If everyone did more SHOW ME HOW productions like this we'd have an entirely new level of growth. So stop talking and show us how it's done step by step. Actual net knowledge gained from Mark's tiny DVD production exceeds all lectures or talking head interviews.
Semper fidelis,
David Cannon
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