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The best way to improve your movie making skill is to make more movies. IAC Online offers help and advice:

Learn from others ...

• Over 100 articles by film makers on winning movies.
• The Video Maker's Journey a guide for beginners - practical tips on all aspects of moviemaking by Arthur Bullock.
• Check the diary for talks / training / open days/ festivals. Make the effort to go along, talk to people and learn.
• Take One - a film maker's diary practical notes of the trials and tribulations of film making by multiple-award winner Ken Wilson.
• How to make Holiday Movies - notes by Michael Gough on making his prize-winning film about Hawaii.
• How to make an excellent film by Ray Puleston
• Join a movie making Club.
• Tips from the Top - various moviemakers.
• Underwater Video - John Fletcher & Sue Daly
• Don Mouatt's Master Classes - a decade old but good advice never dates.
• Links to external websites help you to locate the services / kit / music / contacts you need.
• Use the links on the left to explore this huge area of the website.
• Need actors / musicians/ cast / crew - use our Small Ads.
• If you are stuck - ask on the Forum.
• Festivals - check out the competitions you might enter and festivals you might visit.
• Check out the advantages of being an IAC member:
  • Copyright Clearance - helps you to choose music for your movie.
  • Music Advisory - a low cost solution to a complex problem.
  • Video Library - access to great amateur movies.

Article Archive

Browse through the articles in our archive. Just some of the goodies are:

• Beyond the Blue Horizon - put your movies on the web - by Albert Noble.
• Camera Filters - getting the best image by Ned Cordery.
• Copying Film to Video - by Colin Jones.
• Distribute Your Film - how to get your DVD out to the market place - by Laurie Calvert.
• Archiving Film - the East Anglian Archives by Chris Taylor.
• This is Ciné - sprocketed film rules the day for Lee Mannering.
• Image Copyright - for still photographers - by Lewis Buckle.
• The Use of Music - various ideas - various authors.

Happy Movie Making!!!

Page updated on 21 March 2008

Authors' views are not necessarily those of The Institute of Amateur Cinematographers

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