Film: Guides, Tips & Advice
Welcome to the ‘Film: Guides, Tips & Advice’ section of our Next Gen Area.
Read guides, get tips and hear advice from industry leaders in the corporate film sector. If you’d like to write an article or guide for us, or if there’s specific advice you’d like to see here, please get in contact with Amelia via amelia.brown@evcom.org.uk.
The FOCUS Award: win mentorship and a cash prize
Are you an aspiring film maker but finding the industry hard to break into? Did you know that there’s whole companies who are dedicated to...
The FOCUS 15-18 Award: win work experience in the film industry
Great films aren’t all about the fancy equipment and the big budgets, so that’s why The FOCUS 15-18 Award is calling for short films made on your...
The Creative Scope of Narrative Video by Synima
Expanding beyond its typical usage – a narrative structure can revitalize any type of corporate video content. Storytelling has the power to move...
An Interview with the Director of ‘Woman in the Middle’
The Open University's brief to Hamlett Films was to create an educational film to enable learners to understand and see in ‘action’ the...
Location, Location, Location: Finding the right set
Finding the right location for your film - whether it's corporate or brand, TV or film, can make all the difference. So we've put together some...
Starting Your Animated Project
By Annabelle Angeline Despite what many people think, you don’t need advanced drawing skills to create an animation. There are some benefits, but...
Making a Showreel
Check out more resources from Searchlight for people in the early stages of their careers...
How to Cast Your Documentary Film
If you're making a film with people (which is most films) then the people you choose are going to be instrumental in shaping the final product....
A WORD FROM THE BOARD: Sonal R Patel on finding the remarkable writer
By Sonal R. Patel (Brunswick Creative) Iconic film director Jean-Luc Godard said, “There is no point in having sharp images when you have fuzzy...