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Mike Witherow, witherow@mail.csuchico.edu
While making a movie
is something that many people are interested in, the costs involved
have kept it out of the hands of most.
This is changing as new
cameras, technology, and the Internet make it easy and affordable
for anyone to make a high quality movie and allow the whole world
to view it, regardless of how much knowledge or experience the person
has.
Digital video, the main
component of this change, looks much better than the standard video
a VCR uses. While not reaching the same quality as film, it doesn't
cost much more than standard video and much less than film.
Once footage is shot
on digital video, getting it on the computer where it can be edited
and have special effects added is almost no challenge.
From there it's just
a short distance to letting anyone watch it online. Web sites such
as AtomFilms and iFilm.com accept submissions from anybody and anyone
in the world can watch them.
With the technology getting
cheaper and better every day, anyone can become the next Steven
Spielberg or Quentin Tarantino.
Students are just one
group benefiting from this new technology. Despite having no film
degree available on campus, several Chico State University students
have finished or are working on movies. With the resources available
to them through the school they are often able to make these movies
for even less than someone making one at home.
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Chico State graduate Jason Denzel was able
to make a movie for only $200 and receive school credit for it.
Interested in making your own movie but unsure how to do it?
The amount of information on the Web is frightening at times. Here's
a guide to some decent resources.
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