Our #6filmchallenge for May and June focused on the theme of “Motherhood”. This was a beautifully broad theme, full of potential for soul searching and self-expression. Our members, as usual, took our breath away with their unique interpretations of this theme. Take a moment to dive into these films, we hope they both inspire you but also show that documenting Motherhood doesn't have to be complicated to be heartfelt.
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In March and April, our #6filmchallenge to our Academy members was to create a 'Day-In-The-Life' (DITL) Film; a film that focuses on the everyday moments of their daily lives. To up the challenge, we asked each participant to film in a VERTICAL orientation, flipping their camera away from the standard horizontal orientation. For many, this was a new skill both in shooting and in editing! Some chose to use their DSLR cameras, some chose to use their mobile devices, and some combined both devices to create their film.
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Here at FilmingLife Academy, we started off the year by asking our members to consider writing a ‘Love Letter' to someone in their lives and creating a film around that spoken letter. Whether a letter spoken by Mom or Dad to a child, or grandparent or even a favourite furry friend, we wanted to give our members a challenge that not only enabled them to have an incredible Keepsake Film for their family but also ask them to incorporate a fair bit of recorded audio into that film… a challenge in itself!
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In wrapping up 2019, we asked our FilmingLife Academy members to consider the traditions that happen in their lives and make a film that encapsulates those traditions! November and December tend to be busy months, especially for families with young children, but this challenge saw the most submissions our of any of our #6filmchallenge themes and as usual, we were blown away by the creative ways our members chose to make traditions themed films.
How about you? What traditions happen within the span of your year? If there is anything we have learned from this challenge, it’s this: You’ll never regret setting aside the time to film and have those traditions memories preserved!
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Over the past two months we challenged our FilmingLife Academy members to create a personal film that include themselves, in some way shape or form, ‘in the frame!’. This might have been our most challenging #6filmchallenge yet as it requires a bit of planning on the filmmakers part to not be behind the camera for a change! As usual, we were blown away by the creative ways our members chose to make films with themselves in the frame.
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This May & June we challenged our FilmingLife Academy members to create a personal film that included some sort of interview. Our members went above and beyond creating beautiful, heartfelt films of the people in their lives. From new beginnings to little voices chatting about grandparents, to love letters…we just adore the creative ways that each FilmingLife Academy member interviewed their loved ones!
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A Moving Portrait, like a photo portrait, is a piece of art that captures the likeness, personality, and even the feelings of the person in MOTION . Think of a Moving Portrait Film as a film that helps us get to know someone special in our lives. In March and April we challenged our FilmingLife Academy members to create a personal film that encompassed the idea of a ‘Moving Portrait’. Our members exceeded all of our expectations creating beautiful, heartfelt films of the people in their lives.
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In January & February we challenged our FilmingLife Academy members to create a personal film that encompassed the idea of ‘Seasons’. Given that our members at FLA are from all over the world, we were excited to see the creative diversity of the films submitted!
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