Career Launch – Film Connection

Wardrobe Department for Films and Movies

Film Connection — Fri, 13 Jan 2023 00:26:49 +0000

Life in the wardrobe department can be a whirlwind experience just like many careers in the film industry. Dressing major stars, tracking down the perfect piece of jewelry, and making alterations on the fly can be an exhilarating, if not downright scary, experience. But it doesn’t matter if you’re the wardrobe supervisor, key costumer, or assistant costume designer, your job is all the same…

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Career in Film Directing

Film Connection — Thu, 12 Jan 2023 16:48:55 +0000

Welcome to the Film Connection Directing Program…the film school alternative that trains you to be a director as it helps you to make real-world film connections in your city or town. That’s right—with the Film Connection, you will be put right in front of the people doing the hiring as you learn to be a filmmaker. Did you ever imagine that you could learn how to be a film director…

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Sound Department in Film

Film Connection — Thu, 12 Jan 2023 16:21:18 +0000

Capturing dialogue and the sound of the particular environment that’s being shot, such as the field the protagonist is cycling through or the echo of a grand hall are recorded by the Sound Department on-set. For these professionals, dubbed “production sound mixers,” equipment includes the boom microphone, digital mics, special equipment to measure sound, digital recording software and spools of…

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What is a Casting Director?

Film Connection — Thu, 12 Jan 2023 01:55:40 +0000

The casting director plays a vital role in selecting the actors who appear in a film, TV series, or commercial. In major motion pictures, some of the lead roles are already cast—either because the film’s director or screenwriter has their mind set on a particular actor for a particular role, or because the producer packaged and sold the film idea based on specific actors for specific roles.

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Film Production

Film Connection — Thu, 12 Jan 2023 01:38:29 +0000

The role of film production in creating a feature film can vary from production to production but essentially the producer is the professional who figures out everything that needs to be done and finds the people to do what’s needed. It’s the producer who finds and discovers the story, or comes up with an idea they believe will make a good movie. They’re the person who secures the rights to the…

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How to Become a Production Accountant?

Film Connection — Thu, 12 Jan 2023 00:34:31 +0000

In the entertainment industry or any industry at all, the bottom line is to make money. Sure, thrilling audiences around the world is a happy by-product. But if you lay out more money than you bring in, you won’t be in the movie business for very long, and you can forget about that successful film career you were dreaming of. And you can take an entire studio with you. The famously panned Ishtar…

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Career as a Film Location Manager

Film Connection — Thu, 12 Jan 2023 00:20:00 +0000

As with most things involved in a filmmaking career, the location process starts with the script. The script will dictate what the location should be—how it looks, how it feels and what kind of shots are necessary. It’s the location manager’s job to know the script and liaise with the film’s director and DP (Cinematographer) who will further dictate and clarify what’s needed in the ideal location…

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What is Screenwriting?

Film Connection — Wed, 11 Jan 2023 23:43:26 +0000

Film Connection Will Hook You Up With A Professional Screenwriter To Be Your Private Mentor. The Film Connection Screenwriting School will teach you both the creative and the business sides of the screenwriting process. You will train, one-on-one, under the direct supervision of your mentor, an active screenwriting professional, in private sessions while you work on creating…

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Film Hair & Makeup Artist

Film Connection — Wed, 11 Jan 2023 23:15:36 +0000

On one side, we have the hairstyles of Edward Scissorhands, Harry and Lloyd from Dumb and Dumber, and who could forget Mary’s “gelled” hair in There’s Something About Mary? Charlize Theron in Monster, Brad Pitt’s Benjamin Button, and Johnny Depp’s Mad Hatter all take a seat in the makeup chair. Queen Amidala, of the Star Wars franchise, as well as half the cast of Hunger Games, show up in both the…

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Careers in Film & Cinematography

Film Connection — Wed, 11 Jan 2023 21:54:10 +0000

Let’s get real: the whole reason you are planning to go to film school is to get a job in the film industry, right? (Of course, if you are a professional student, or just downright weird, this may not apply.) So it’s no coincidence that getting you a job in the film business is exactly the criteria we used in designing our courses at the Film Connection film school. Now, no film school can…

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