There’s something eternally beautiful about black and white film and photography. Having long been a versatile style for filmmakers looking to create differing moods, from minimalist art films - to capturing feelings of nostalgia.
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What shows you are a discerning filmmaker is your attention to detail. To the smallest aspect, everything is important when it comes to making a good film great.
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How many of us have pondered over whether to use stock footage in our films? It’s one of those things that throws up questions like, “So, if I do use stock footage, does that make me less talented?”.
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we speak to Michael, a 27-year-old cinematographer from London. Starting off a little later than most, Michael is entirely self-taught and over the past year has seen his career dream take a positive direction
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It has to be said that Adobe are the kings of their craft. Consistently, for over 20 years, they’ve come up with software that has helped thousands upon thousands of creatives in photography, film, audio - covering the entire spectrum. Adobe Premiere Pro takes the prize as the best video editing software around.
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So, you’ve completed the filming, the editing is all done, and you’re left with a stunning and scintillating film that will have reviewers and audiences alike shouting for more, but the only problem is - how do you promote it?
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The image of public hoards glued to smartphones as they wander their daily course has become something of a cliche, depicted by cartoonists as heralding a societal doomsday. The masses trudge on, oblivious, whilst destruction, salvation, horror and wonder happen all around them.
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Students studying for film degrees at university have increased significantly over the last few years, as have many other students studying for degree courses that focus on the arts.
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Some of the most widely loved films, from the 1930’s to the present day, have used symbolism. One example is the 1939 classic ‘The Wizard of Oz’, which was partly a metaphor for the United States keeping the gold standard over paper money and silver currency.
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Making a period film is often the reserve of big production houses with vast budgets, as the biggest hurdle is always costs, with far more factors to consider, in contrast to when you’re wanting to create something contemporary.
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“Some of it isn’t rubbish!”, says ‘S’ optimistically. He has a ‘glass half-full’ mentality that serves him well in his work as a cameraman, and more, on a shopping channel out in the provinces.
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The art of stop-motion continues to fascinate and remains one of the most creative forms of animation. Today, some of the most adored and revered films have used stop-motion, from Tim Burton's 'A Nightmare Before Christmas', to Wes Anderson's 'The Fantastic Mr Fox'.
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Without a doubt, one of the greatest things about Britain is its wealth of historic properties; from country houses of the aristocracy, to theatres and concert halls, we really are spoilt for choice.
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Although we’ve resolutely “gone digital”, in terms of video production and post-processing for features (regardless of the medium that captured the original footage), there is still mileage in techniques executed in-camera at the time of filming.
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If you genuinely want to grab an audience's attention and are serious about making your video stand out, then it’s not enough to simply have good lighting and filters, no - you need to understand the art of narrative and the crucial formulas that go into making a gripping and ultimately satisfying narrative, that immediately grips the audience.
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There was no specific date, or time, when it started, but somehow domestic T.V. is in the process of slipping from being a must-have, to merely an add-on for the modern home.
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We at Perspective Pictures love a bit of art; well, the whole concept of video making is an art form, with its entire function rooted in creativity, bringing beauty, and indeed sometimes ugliness to life in different and eye-catching forms. Over the years, many, if not all, advertising execs and video makers alike have looked to the world of high-art for inspiration.
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Digital post production is now an established stage of the film and video making process, and has been so since establishing a serious creative foothold in the 1990s. It was a decade that marked a turning point in the film and video industries; things would never be the same again.
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With the array of cameras out there, from DSLR's, to camcorders; there is more than an abundance of great options to choose from when you want to create your own film. Whichever device you use, one of the most important things when filming, and this goes for any film of any style and genre, is the ability to focus.
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