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| How
it's done
With improvements in video equipment, computers, and resources that the Internet provides, making a movie is something more and more people can actually do. Jason Denzel, a Chico State University graduate who made a movie during his last semester, doesn't see the need for a bunch of equipment. "You need a camera, a computer with the means to capture from the camera, some editing software, and tons and tons and tons of patience," Denzel said. Denzel was able to borrow most of the equipment for his movie. If someone needs to purchase equipment, the Internet is becoming the place to look for it. Mike Ballestero, a senior from Los Angeles majoring in communication design, is currently working on a movie with the help of the Media Arts Consortium on campus. He has researched buying equipment online. "There's tons of places, and usually you can find good prices," Ballestero said. The Media Arts Consortium is dedicated to bringing together those with an interest in media arts. It has been a resource for Ballestero. "It's a bunch of skilled people interested in what they're doing," Ballestero said. Working with them also gives him access to better equipment from the school. The Independent Media Center at Chico State has cameras and everything needed to make a movie. The Multimedia Prep Lab is the part of the center open to students working on projects. Sound effects, cameras, computer animation and editing stations are just some of the things available to students in the Multimedia Prep Lab. Everything a student needs to make a movie is available there, including someone to help. "There's always someone here to help," Chris Cartwright said. Cartwright is a student manager in the lab. "From anybody who is a beginner to an advanced level there's something available." What the lab doesn't have is advice on is anything creative, like writing the script or how the edits should look. For this, the Internet is a bottomless pit of knowledge. Web sites like Cyber Film School have tons of information for the budding moviemaker. It links to many resources on the Web, and has its own guide to making a movie. The guide, The Movie School Encyclopedia, covers scripting, shooting and just about anything else someone needs to know to make a movie. The guide doesn't cover how to make it so people can watch the finished movie. The Internet has really changed this, opening up many more avenues of distribution. Web sites such as AtomFilms and iFilm accept submissions of movies and put them online so someone can watch them over the Internet. "All of these sites are like an ongoing mini film festival," Ballestero said. "Short films that otherwise never would have been seen can be seen by everyone at a low cost." Related Links:
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Chico State graduate Jason Denzel was able
to make a movie for only $200 and receive school credit for it. 
The amount of information on the Web is frightening at times. Here's
a guide to some decent resources.
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