Film & Theater

Film & Theater

Aspiring actors, directors, filmmakers, set designers, this is the place for you! Get ready for the Hollywood red carpet and learn about acting, animation, cinematography, lighting, editing, props, sound, and puppetry. Build a camera jib crane, use a green screen or create digital special effects. After you've watched these filmmaking videos, you'll be ready to prepare your Oscar acceptance speech.

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Submit an audition video to Playboy

Sexy Playboy Cyber Girl Dana Dicillo has some advice for you in making your audition video for Holly's 55th Anniversary Playmate Search ...more

How to submit an audition video to Playboy
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Light your video with three options

You've got a camera, you've got some shooting know-how, and your audio is sounding sweet. Now, what about lighting? This video shows you ...more

How to light your video with three options
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Make YouTube web videos, for dummies

Using a webcam for YouTube is quick and easy! Anthony and Ian of Smosh, along with help from Logitech, show you some quick and easy steps ...more

How to make YouTube web videos, for dummies
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Make a professional looking web show for cheap

See how to make a low budget web show, like Pop17, seem like a grand thing. This is low budget basics including lighting, microphone and an ...more

How to make a professional looking web show for cheap
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Use natural light in your video project

Lets keep this short: you can't control the sun, so it's best to adhere to (or slightly manipulate) it. The perk about natural, outdoor ...more

How to use natural light in your video project
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Use voice-overs in your video project

Contrary to some screenwriting gurus, voice-over can be a handy narrative device. By speaking directly to the audience, rather than ...more

How to use voice-overs in your video project
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Scout for locations, guerilla style

No, this isn't location scouting in the professional, industry term, where often paperwork and legal matters become involved. We mean it in ...more

How to scout for locations, guerilla style
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Design sound for your video or film

Sound design is when you mix sound elements to give a scene an audible, tactile sensation. This must not be confused with the art of Foley ...more

How to design sound for your video or film
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Use different camera shutter speeds for great effects

Ever notice the dreamy quality of a British sitcom? How about the "shellshock" look used in war movies? And we're all familiar with the ...more

How to use different camera shutter speeds for great effects
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Use camera angles for more than just a cool shot

Camera angles can be expressed in both physical and psychological terms. The first episode presents the physical angles: low-angle ...more

How to use camera angles for more than just a cool shot
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Create a zero budget sound dubbing studio

Too many zero budget films suffer from poor sound quality, so here's a way to dub your films on the cheap, with a studio-in-a-box! You're ...more

How to create a zero budget sound dubbing studio
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Create anaglyph 3D with two cameras and After Effects

Ben Slotover and Paul Elliott, aka Blunt Productions, shows how to make your own cheap 3D film. You'll need a straight flash bracket, two ...more

How to create anaglyph 3D with two cameras and After Effects
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Make stop motion films

This video is a 5min. presentation on Stop Motion, It was done as part of a Video Project. It's aimed towards people who know nothing about ...more

How to make stop motion films
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Build an inexpensive teleprompter

Teleprompters cost thousands of dollars. This video teaches you how to make a good one for less than $50.00

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Make your own vampire fangs

Scare the crap out of your folks with this one. Or scare the crap out of your audience if you're making a low budget film, because these ...more

How to make your own vampire fangs
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Make fake breakable glass, also known as sugar glass

Want to crack a bottle over your friends head, but you don't really want to hurt him? Okay, well, you won't learn that here, but you will ...more

How to make fake breakable glass, also known as sugar glass
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Rip a heart out of someone's chest for fun - or movies

If you've seen Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, you'll know one of the greatest special effects of the film is where Mola Ram rips the ...more

How to rip a heart out of someone's chest for fun - or movies
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Create an extreme nose bleed trickle and gush

Here, we unveil a brand new type of BFX episode called "BFX On Location"! We've been invited by directors Giancarlo Fiorentini and Jonathan ...more

How to create an extreme nose bleed trickle and gush
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Build your own DIY camera dolly

Does your production need the smooth graceful movement of a dolly, but lack the $1,800 it would cost to buy one? Welcome the DIY Dolly ...more

How to build your own DIY camera dolly
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Build prop break-away furniture cheap

This week on BFX we teach you how to build break-away furniture, because if you break one more real chair over your friend's head, he's ...more

How to build prop break-away furniture cheap
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