The Horror Channel, FrightFest & Movie Mogul Search for New Filmmakers

Are you an fearsome horror filmmaker? Could you make a short that would frighten even the scariest demon? Do you have some killer ideas?

The Horror Channel have teamed up with FrightFest and Movie Mogul in a search for … Read More

Drama UK New Website Launched as Chair Announced

Drama UK is an organisation that formed in 2012 following the merger of the Conference of Drama Schools (CDS) and the National Council for Drama Training (NCDT). It set out to be a champion for quality drama training in the … Read More

Nikon Launch Nine New Coolpix Cameras

Not ones to be put off by any recession talk, Nikon have launched a whopping nine new Coolpix cameras.  Their new range includes massive zooms, underwater versions, pocket sized cameras and a colour way to match everyone’s personality. It seems … Read More

ShotOnWhat The New Technical Version of IMDb

Is the technical section of IMDb never up to scratch? New website ShotOnWhat? is attempting the amighty task of compiling all the technical data of all the films ever. Compiling information such as what cameras, lenses, editing system, codecs and … Read More

Watch the Skull Sawing Instructional Video for Leonardo DiCaprio and Django Unchained

Quentin Tarantino’s spaghetti western homage, Django Unchained, is hardly based on real history. However, when there’s a special effect to create, the production team turned to the Mütter Museum for some advice on making it look real. Mutter Museum’s … Read More

[Sponsored Video] HitFilm 2 Gives Your Videos the Hollywood Treatment

HitFilm 2 is a unique program from FXhome which gives independent low budget filmmakers video editing, visual effects and 3d compositing all in one single interface.

Film-making is all about sticking to budget and being resourceful, and while there … Read More

Diagram of How to Get A Hollywood Studio To Green Light Your Picture

Straight from the “mommy, how are films made?” series, here’s a scarily accurate, if not somewhat toungue in cheek flow chart of how a film becomes a film from a book and how “they” decide if they’re going to … Read More

Final Call to Enter British Library Film Competition – Sound Edit: Wildlife

In October the British Library launched a unique film competition with IdeasTap at the London Film Festival called Sound Edit: Wildlife

The competition is aimed at filmmakers, animators and photographers and asks entrants to … Read More

Bombay Sapphire Imagination Series Film Experience – Winners Announced

We wrote about the Bombay Sapphire Imagination Film competition earlier this year and the winners have just been announced. The winners will get to produce their screenplays with Europe’s leading production companies and have their films screened at a … Read More

Creative England Announce Plans for a Crew and Locations Database

Creative England have announced their plans to launch a free database of crew and locations in an attempt to stimulate the film industry in regional Britain. The database will be launched at a crew networking evening at Elstree Studios.

Having … Read More