Film Festivals & Contests Articles

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• Surviving a 48-Hour Film Challenge
  July, 2010
  by Christa Sadler
  Film and video festivals are great ways to meet other enthusiasts just like you, and nothing gets the blood pumping faster than joining a 48-hour film challenge. Moments after you receive the theme, you then have only two days to plan, shoot, edit and deliver your finished video - do you have the guts to do what it takes?
• Online Documentaries
  February, 2012
  by Andrew Burke
  Documentary storytelling is found across a diverse swath of mediums including celluloid film, DVD, online video and even interactive scrapbooking. Even through these changing mediums, the documentary has stuck with us.
• Winning Video Contests and Film Festivals
  January, 2012
  by Dave Sniadak
  Winning prizes, earning acclaim, and getting your name known are just a few of the perks to competing in film festivals and video contests.
• The Videomaker/Canon 2008 Best Short Video Contest Winners
  May, 2009
  by Charles Fulton
  Videomaker Video Contest Winners: Best Comedy, Best Animation, Best Music Video, Best Sports Video, Best Student Video, Best Educational Video, more...
• Call for Entries The 21st Annual Videomaker/Canon Short Video Contest
  September, 2008
  by The Editors
  It's time once again for the Videomaker/Canon Short Video Contest. You've got the video, we've got the prizes - go ahead ... take the chance. Whether you…
• Quick Focus
  August, 2008
  by Jennifer O'Rourke
  Call for Entries, Romeo Theater, Veterans' Voices, Rootclip, Cast This!, Videomaker Events
• 20th Annual Videomaker Short Video Contest Winners
  May, 2008
  by Videomaker Editors
  There are a lot of video contests popping up all over the place, but we are proud to say that Videomaker was one of the first to offer this fun and challenging event.
• It Could Happen - Festivals
  March, 2008
  by Peter Biesterfeld
  Showtime - Your epic is finally done. The color corrections you meticulously crafted are perfect, and the audio tracks in the edit timeline are speckled with…
• The festival circuit: 8 Film & Video Festivals
  March, 2008
  by The Editors
  Whether you made a feature-length movie, a short subject, an animated or experimental film; whether it's a narrative, a documentary or a music video, somewhere…
• Apple adds AVCHD support to Final Cut | Sony HVR-S270U HD 1080i
  February, 2008
  by Mark Montgomery
  Video Industry News Sony Ups Its HDV Game with New Professional HDV Camcorders. Apple Releases Final Cut Express 4:
• Focus on Monitor Mounts
  January, 2008
  by Jennifer O'Rourke
• Wearing your Camcorder on your Sleeve...
  September, 2007
  by Jennifer O'Rourke
  Topical News
• The Difference Between Depth of Field and Depth of Focus
  August, 2007
  by the Editors
  Readers' letters
• I'd Like to Thank the Internet...
  August, 2007
  by Jennifer O'Rourke
• 2006 Videomaker/Sony Short Video Contest Winners
  May, 2007
  by Charles Fulton
  Over the course of a couple of months, we received hundreds of great entries for the 2006 Videomaker/Sony Short Video Contest. This was a challenging year to…
• Profile: George Aguilar and Video Poetry
  November, 1994
  by Stephen Jacobs
• Quick Focus
  January, 1995
  by Paula Lee
• Quick Focus
  November, 1994
  by Paula Lee
• QF Web Watch
  September, 1996
  by Joe McCleskey
• QF Web Watch
  August, 1996
  by Joe McCleskey
• QF Web Watch
  July, 1996
  by Joe McCleskey
• QF Web Watch
  June, 1996
  by Joe McCleskey
• QF Web Watch
  May, 1996
  by Joe McCleskey
• QF Web Watch
  April, 1996
  by Joe McCleskey
• Zoran Corp, Siemens Team Up to Make PC Multimedia System
  March, 1996
  by Joe McCleskey
  Quick Focus
• Quick Focus
  February, 1996
  by Joe McCleskey
• Quick Focus
  January, 1996
  by Joe McCleskey
• New LCD Monitors and Camcorders to Maintain Parks
  December, 1995
  by Joe McCleskey
  Quick Focus
• QF Web Watch
  August, 1995
  by Joe McCleskey
• Quick Focus
  July, 1995
  by Joe McCleskey