#35 Filmmaking Manifesto #1

I recently discovered a blog about filmmaking and filmmaking education called Digital Basin. The author, Mike Jones has written a number of posts about 13 issues that he feels are critical to the success of a film student in today's world, but which aren't getting the attention they deserve in the curriculum at most film schools. He calls it his Filmmaking Manifesto.

Read the posts, he makes a lot of valid points. I've always felt that CDIA was quite progressive and I thought it would be interesting to measure my school using his ruler.

I'm not interested in bashing the school, or promoting anyone’s agenda, but I feel his blogs have given me an external perspective on how well CDIA is preparing me for my future.

I'll continue my weekly journal shows, these will run alongside as a special topic.

I hope your find the ideas interesting and more importantly, it gives you your own ideas.

Submit a comment or drop me a line at videostudentguy@gmail.com

#4 Video Dreams

The first half of this show I'm recapping the reasons why I'm taking the classes at the CDIA, the 2nd part I go over what I want to accomplish professionally.

Chapter Times

• Review of personal goals :20
• The joy of learning 2:14
• Exploring ideas 2:41
• Challenging my limitations 4:48
• Networking 5:44
• Being open to alternate visions 6:51
• Using video for learning 7:48
• Video as entertainment 10:21
• Working on a team 12:03
• What's ahead 12:29

I submitted this podcast to iTunes, I'll let you know when I show up. At that point I'll have a link directly to the subscribe page.

#2 Podcast Goals

In this episode I go into some depth about the things I want this show to be about – production video software and hardware, production workflows, video editing and distribution, reviews of the classes, the school, the workshops and visiting artists.

Yeah, I've got dreams as big as the sky, but there's a lot of time to cover all this stuff, maybe. Boiled down to it's tar-like essence I’d like to extend my classroom experience into this podcast. I want to let you know what I'm learning, how it's helping me create a better podcast and ultimately become a better video producer.

Copy the RSS url and paste it into your podcatcher, like iTunes, or Juice.

Chapter times

• Podcast goals 1:21
• Audio 1:40
• Avid 2:20
• Managing my time 3:38
• Applications of Video 4:24
• Topics of discussion 5:58
• Interviews 7:53
• Production Skills 9:20
• Workflow and problem solving 11:34
• Podcast schedule 12:10
• Combining different media 13:02
• Distribution 13:34
• Community 14:53
• Advertising 16:33
• Close 17:54
• Enhancing this podcast 18:27