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How To Make Your Movie: An Interactive Film School

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After great anticipation, I am very disappointed with this package. First of all it was all over too fast, in less than a week I had received that diploma. The amount of information is absolute minimum and sometimes even trivial. You will find that the makers of the course acknowledge this problem by recommending dozens and dozens of books for you to read. The only use they made of computer technology is by showing how the light meter works. Other than that, it's reading, maybe watching a couple of videos here and there, but that's it. Now comes the technical problem, let's say that you finished the courses on the first floor and you are mainly working on the second one, everytime you launch the program you will have to always access the second floor (CD2) from CD1. The third CD has no use if you don't have an editing program. It contains material which you can cut to make a film, but you can't unless you have the program. In the end, it's a relatively good program, but only worth of 20 Dollars, and not the extremely exaggerated 90.

How to Make Your Own Movie is by far one of the best purchases I've made. As an aspiring screenwriter and avid movie-goer, this program taught me more about filmmaking than the last 3 books I've read, combined. I recommend it to everyone who is interested in any aspect of filmmaking.

The How to Make Your Movie contains all of the elements of a real film school, complete with guide. You actually get to create a short film complete with sound mixing and editing.

It is easy to use, entertaining and very interactive. It covers the important stuff - locations, script breakdowns, terminology of storyboards, lighting, camera equipment, scheduling, and budgeting.

I really enjoyed this CD collection and felt it was worth every penny. I am a wannabe movie maker that wanted to learn all about it without the time or expense of going to school. The interactivity of the CD allowed me to learn lighting (by turning off and on different lights) how to cut, how to get shots, everthing, and does it by showing little video clips. It is very well done.

The film school will give u the basics, and it will get you started. It's easy to learn and could be a valuable tool, but you got to go out there and make a movie. The cd won't give you all the detail to filmmaking. But enough to get your started. If you're a hands-on learner and don't like to read, this cd is for you. But keep it mind, the more you know about making a film, the better you're off as a filmmaker. So I highly recommend reading the extra material suggested on the cd. The best knowledge of film is making one, but if you haven't had any experience, get started with this cd right away!

I highly enjoyed this program. It was literally like walking into a 3-dimensional school. In each classroom, you are introduced to expert filmmakers who will walk you through the step-by-step process of making a film.

I tend to agree with a previous reviewer who said this was a little light on information. The concept is a good one---a computer-based, interactive film school, but the information and interactive activities are on the light side. It would be nice to see the author do a more current version and perhaps go into a little more depth. There is a short movie that they produced and they use that movie as a tutorial for certain concepts, including a lesson on editing, that was helpful. There are some good tidbits of information in here, but not a film-school's worth. Also know that this will not run on a 64-bit computer, so eventually, this DVD will go the way of a VHS tape.