Stitching together up to fifty films, shot on different formats, different resolutions, different frame rates (this is the biggie), edited on different platforms, on Mac and PC… It’s a technical challenge of global proportions, never mind one of creativity! Chris Jones www.Impact50film.com
The screenwriting community in phase two of The Impact50 is really vibrant, with some terrific screenplays just waiting to get married to amazing filmmakers. Over the next two weeks, we are planning, prepping and building the final push for filmmakers. This will launch on the weekend of April 6th in the room at the Guerilla Filmmakers …
Last November Vicky began the job of getting filmmakers who made it in to Phase 2 to send their films – raw footage, sound, projects, VFX, renders, exports – the who shebang. And so now the job REALLY starts. Here are some of the things we are now contending with as we conform everything into …
And so it begins… Digital Armageddon to match Impact50 Armageddon! Read More »
Now that filmmaking challenge phase has closed, and yes there will be some latecomers we know about, we enter a month of reworking. We are going to leave edit notes on as many films as we can, and would love you to do the same too. It’s all part of the learning curve and the …
If there is one complaint I hear from Sales Agents over and over, it’s that filmmakers simply don’t provide enough good stills from their productions. And we are going through that right now with Impact50. Most teams are getting shots, but only a few are getting killer shots. And the game is changing too, we …
We stand at the end of a phase, the edge of a decision. In around one week’s time, the existing filmmaking phase of Impact50 will close. ADDENDUM… I am adding this line a day after this went live. All of my suggestions here are about ADDING to Impact50 and NOT taking anything away. Any changes made …
What next for Impact50? As the deadline looms, what should we do next? Have your say… Read More »
Looking back to learn lessons from the past… As part of 50 Kisses, we invited filmmakers to act on feedback from the community. One filmmaking team, Sweet Home Films in LA, made their film over 20% shorter, fixed some audio problems and overall radically improved their work. Watch the first submitted edit below… Above is the …
How to Recut Your Movie… Mini Masterclass in Under Ten Minutes! Read More »
We just had a film submitted to Imapact50 that shows the value of getting a GREAT location, with great props. When you achieve this, the major benefit is that wherever you point the camera, it looks great (or at least credible). This is one reason why we found the location for the Presidents Speech that …
We are SOOOO excited to share this short film about the shoot with Olivia Williams, and even more excited to share the short film once edited and graded. It’s rather special. Expect goosebumps! Chris Jones
I have just uploaded the whole album of stills from the shoot last week, with Olivia Williams playing the President of the United States. Chris Jones