In this video Joel Svendson from Rosco Laboratories describes the latest products and innovations. Topics include: correct to blue, correct to orange, balancing lighting, reflectors, neutral density filters, diffusion, chroma-key, plus green and minus green applications, and using Cal Color. Learn tips and techniques of professional gaffers for both HD and 35mm.

The Movie Production volume of Digital Cinema Training applies numerous concepts of basic production in the real world, such as lighting, lenses, shots, depth of field, composition, and axes of movement. Part 2 details the entire process of writing a screenplay. The segment provides step-by-step instructions on how to access the creative mind, explains how to outline the format of a screenplay, and provides tips on how to write the 1st draft.

Television first arrived in American homes just as the Hollywood studio system was collapsing. As the new medium took hold, so did a new era of motion picture entertainment. Top directors, actors, and film scholars trace the influence of each medium on the other, from the live and fresh dramas of the Golden Age of Television and the growth of Hollywood spectacles to the megalithic entertainment industry of today.

Fred Zinnemann, the Austrian-born American film director, won 4 Academy Awards as well as 19 for the actors who starred in his films. He was among the first directors to insist on using authentic locations to create more realism. Among his most-noted films were the western classic High Noon (1952) starring Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly, From Here to Eternity (1953), Oklahoma! (1955), The Nun's Story (1959) starring Audrey Hepburn, The Day of the Jackal...

Paul O’Brien is an entrepreneur, startup consultant, and founder of MediaTech Ventures. Why he says the future is now—and how his secrets could be the key to getting your next big idea funded, whether it’s VC, sponsorship, or grant—Paul breaks down the startup ecosystem as it relates to media and technology. Plus, John and Paul discuss the ever-changing role of today’s CMO, and why data should be at the top of every marketer’s mind. Filmed...

This instructional video, from the Digital Cinema Training series, teaches viewers the basics of makeup application. Makeup artist Maria Guarin McAllister demonstrates how to create a natural look on a male model using concealer and foundation and how to apply foundation, concealer, eyeliner, mascara, eye shadow, and lipstick on a female model. Viewers will learn the importance of having a variety of makeup on hand, keeping organized, and practicing...

Rehearsal Models pays attention to how the models are applied to on-set performance and reinforces the understanding that what we react to in life is external and not from inside us. Hollywood acting teacher and director Timothy Craig outlines the Truth Model and demonstrates how prop use in rehearsal carries over to performance. The Teacup Poodle Model demonstrates that if, as actors, we want a particular reaction, we can create an image to give...

November 23, 1999 sees the first performance for an adult audience in the new Royal Opera House. The newly trained ushers are tested during a gala of ballet performed for the construction workers who have worked in the buildng for the past two and half years.

In this video, Rick Davis interviews Aviva Kempner, a long-time documentary filmmaker whose works cover a broad range of issues, such as homelessness, civil rights, and the Holocaust. The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg is one of her most noted works. The film won many awards, including the Peabody Award and awards from the National Board of Review, the New York Film Critics Circle and the Broadcast Film Critics Association. Kempner is also the founder...

Experience Alexander Ekman´s exceptional ballet, A Midsummer Night´s Dream, created for the Royal Swedish Ballet with a score by award-winning Mikael Karlsson. This contemporary ballet explores the energy and the mysteries of the summer solstice night in the Scandinavian tradition. The program also features experimental pop singer Anna von Hausswolff, acclaimed percussionist Niklas Brommare, and the classical string quartet Dahlkvistkvartetten.