August 8, 2017

Apply to the 2018 SXSW Accelerator Pitch Event [Video]

The SXSW Accelerator Pitch Event returns for its tenth year to showcase the future of emerging and innovative technology. Now accepting applications – startups have the opportunity to connect and compete in front of a live audience, industry experts, venture capitalists, and high-profile media at SXSW 2018 from March 11-12.

Since its inaugural year, the SXSW Accelerator Pitch Event has raised a total of $4.63 billion in funding. Of the 403 companies that have participated, 70% have received funding and 16% were acquired. Some of the prestigious alums include Klout, Hipmunk, Wildfire, Siri, Foodspotting, and Tango. Explore the Accelerator Archive to learn more about previous winners, finalists, judges, and more.

Accelerate your startup company to the next level and apply for the 2018 SXSW Accelerator Pitch Event before the November 10, 2017 deadline. 50 companies from 10 different categories will be selected as finalists and invited to present in March as we highlight the technology market’s most impressive, new innovations.

For more information, read the FAQ and entry process guidelines. Stay tuned to SXSW News and follow us on Twitter for more tips, 10th anniversary highlights, and announcements throughout the season.

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2017 SXSW Accelerator Pitch Event – Teaser Photo by Alexa Gonzalez Wagner

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August 6, 2017

Awesome tech you can’t buy yet: Home steam cleaning, futuristic pianos, e-skin

Check out our roundup of the best new Kickstarter and Indiegogo projects and product announcements that hit the web this week. You can’t buy this stuff yet, but there’s no denying that it’s fun to gawk!

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Source: Digital Trends VR

August 6, 2017

Here Are All the Reasons Why You Should Stop Making Films

Most of the time, there are more reasons to quit than to shoot.

How many times have you told yourself that you don’t have what it takes to make films? Films take time, money, talent, and creativity and more often than not you feel like you just don’t have any of those things. Maybe your parents have told you that it’s a waste of time. Maybe you’ve already tried to break into the industry and failed. Maybe you haven’t made anything in years because your inner child has been replaced by your inner critic who is constantly telling you that if you try you are going to fail.

If this is you, you should watch this video by Simon Cade of DSLRguide immediately.

When I was in first grade, my teacher asked the class to draw a picture of our favorite animal. Once everyone was done, we sat in a circle so we could show everyone what we drew. When my teacher held up my picture—it was of a cheetah—a boy laughed and pointed at it, and that was the first time in my life that I ever realized that something I made could be seen as “good” or “bad.”

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Source: NoFilmSchool

August 5, 2017

13 Must-Have Accessories for Making Films on Your Smartphone

These tools will certainly come in handy if you want to make movies on Apple and Android smartphones.

Smartphones on their own make for some pretty rough filmmaking. Their lenses, microphones, and settings all have limitations that can make capturing the shots you want difficult at best and impossible at worst. But, if you’re a smartphone filmmaker whose ideas and visions surpass these technological constraints, there are lots of relatively cheap accessories out there that can help turn your device into a pretty beefy cinematic tool. The team over at Film Riot lists 13 pieces of gear, including lenses, stabilizers, and microphones, that you should definitely take a look at.

Here are the accessories (and app) mentioned in the video. (Links are available in the video’s description.)

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Source: NoFilmSchool

August 5, 2017

Watch: How to Create Handheld Camera Shake in After Effects

This simple technique can help you give your static footage a nice handheld feel.

Shooting handheld is really straightforward; it’s literally “put camera in hand and shoot.” But handheld shots are not only created while filming, they can also be created in post-production with your favorite NLE or VFX program. In this After Effects tutorial, Nathaniel Dodson of tutvid shows you how to utilize the wiggle expression to transform your static footage into dynamic and realistic-looking handheld camera work. Check it out below.

So when would you ever need to use this technique—I mean, if you want the handheld look why not just plan ahead and shoot handheld, right? Right. You should probably try to plan ahead and figure out what look you want to give your footage, but let’s be real—that doesn’t always happen. Sometimes your unplanned, casual shoot turns into something much more important or maybe you thought you wanted a static shot and decided later that handheld would look better.

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Source: NoFilmSchool

August 4, 2017

How a ‘Musical Doc’ Became One of Sundance’s Biggest Acquisitions

Amanda Lipitz, director ‘Step,’ shot 400+ hours of footage. Here’s how she did it.

There’s no razzle-dazzle, no fireworks, no mega screens. It’s only high school girls in jeans and T-shirts, stomping and clapping. And yet, the performance on stage is one of the most captivating that you’re likely to see. The work of the Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women’s step dance team is so powerful, in fact, that a documentary film about it had members of the cultural elite at Sundance 2017 on their feet, landing a multi-million dollar deal for distribution and remake rights from Fox Searchlight.

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Source: NoFilmSchool