In this episode of FilmingLife®: The Podcast for Photographers & Filmmakers our hosts Courtney Holmes and Allison Redmon introduce the next theme in our #6filmchallenge, Double Exposures. They’ll talk about how to create double exposures in filmmaking and how they can be a great storytelling tool.
Read MoreOur #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.
Read MoreIn this episode of FilmingLife®: The Podcast for Photographers & Filmmakers our hosts Courtney Holmes and Allison Redmon talk about what’s changed in their businesses since the beginning of the COVID 19 Pandemic and how they are making adjustments to their client sessions and the ways you can use your time when you’re not shooting.
Read MoreIn this episode of FilmingLife: The Podcast for Photographers & Filmmakers our host Courtney Holmes chats with FilmingLifer Pro, Francesca Russell about her journey into filmmaking, and what it’s been like to build a business around making films.
Read MoreIn 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.
Read MoreHere 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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