Advanced Movie-Making Techniques and Tools...Tutorials and Questions

[DoolittleRaider]

I am starting this Sticky Thread on Advanced techniques for Movie-making, for discussion of more complex techniques and tools which go beyond the basic "GamePlay" capture videos which use Fraps and only simple editing tools such as Windows Movie Maker.

The thread will allow for discussion and tips on camera selection, cinematography, editing considerations in shot and scene selection and duration, scene transitions, etc. Techniques and tools for screenplay writing, story development, recording of Voice-Over narration and dialogue, addition of text and subtitling etc. This thread can be used for discussions of Advanced post-processing techniques and tools such as those used for Editing, Special Effects, 3rd party animations, green-screening, etc. More advanced software such as Sony Vegas, Adobe Premiere can be discussed.

At some point in the future, depending on MM&V activity level, it might be useful to establish separate threads for "Editing", "Special Effects", "Sound", etc.