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What It's Like To Attend a Broadway Show By : Jason OConnor Learn what the experience of going to a Broadway play is like. Hollywood Script Reader By : Julie Gray What it's like to be a Hollywood script reader. Scriptus Interruptus By : Julie Gray Encouragement and advice for screenwriters. Camcorder Rental - Inexpensive Film Making To Preserve Your Memories By : Corbin Newlyn On special occasions many people wish to record their special life events so they can look back on these wonderful moments for future memories. For many people though purchasing a good camcorder can be cost prohibitive. That's where a good camcorder rental service comes in to help people preserve their memories. Read on to learn more. A Good Story Transcends Film Production Costs By : Michael Connelly A discussion on the topic of how important it is for independent filmmakers to have a good story when they make an independent film for the film festival circuit. The author contends that film audiences will overlook the poor film production value of a low budget movie if the story is compelling enough to hold their interest. You Must Live In The World Of Independent Film By : Michael Connelly A discussion on how important it is for independent filmmakers to immerse themselves in the world of independent film if they want to find quality cast and crew members who are willing to work on their independent films for much less money than they are worth. The Role of Women in Movie Trailer Voice Overs By : Stephanie Ciccarelli Join us as we explore the world of movie trailer voice overs and the role of women in this male dominated sector of the voice over industry. MySpace & Filmmakers By : Steven Cancel A look at how the MySpace community is helping the independent film community. A Brief Look at the Successful Ventriloquist By : Jimmy Cox After taking a few lessons the student may find that he has a hitherto unsuspected talent for the art of ventriloquism, which only needs proper cultivation to be made a source of amusement and profit. Top 10 Must-See Broadway Plays and Musicals By : Jason OConnor The following is a list of the top 10 Broadway plays and musicals you ought to consider experiencing and why. Magic Has Been Entertaining Audiences For Years By : David Fishman Performing is about your presentation and how you perform in front of an audience, this is what counts your timing and you need to add humor, this is important because you need to distract the audience when performing magic. Get on stage and perform the worst that can happen is that people will laugh and your trick doesn’t work out the way you feel it should have. If people laugh just remind yourself that this is part of your performance and continue with the trick. Call your... Method Acting - Practical Excercises for the Actor By : Brian Timoney The article provides practical excercises and information on Lee Strasberg's Method approach to acting. Reasons To Use A New York Ticket Broker By : Al Terry A New York ticket broker can help make locating tickets both safe and reasonable. A Brief Look At The History Of Ventriloquism By : Jimmy Cox Ventriloquism is almost as old as the world, or at least as old as intelligible spoken language, but just when and where in the dim and misty ages of the past it had its origin will forever remain unknown. Unlike other arts it was not brought to perfection through the slow development and accretion of years. Taking On Acting One Step At A Time By : Jimmy Cox If you want to "live your own life," don't become an actor. As an actor you will have to live the life that will be best for your career. And you will have to accept one final source of authority to determine what that best is. Video Production Has Changed In The Last 10 Years By : David Fishman In the past it used to be a cumbersome problem when you wanted to shoot with video equipment, the equipment was big and bulky and very expensive, there was no digital edited it was all done by analog edited, which when done you would loose the quality after each generation of copying the film. Digital revolution paved the way for film editing, it is highly flexible, the technology allows digital editing to create wondrous special effects, there is no loss of quality or the da... Movie-Making in Snow Time: Some Experience. By : Wayne Rice Making videos in a cold environment takes a little more preparation. Knowing your equipment’s limitations helps. Dress warm, select your shots beforehand Using Costumes & Makeup In Magic Shows By : Ryan Even The field of magic, like any other show business, has different departments created to specialize on a special production process in order to make sure that everything is in order and systematized. One of these special queues is the costume and make up department. The Greatest Actors Attended Acting School By : David Fishman Almost every actor needs to be literate and able to understand language from a variety of eras. A good actor can become anything he or she wants to be. If you want to really stand out as an actor, you will have to make your resume stand out for you. When you look at all the famous actors out there they all have one things in common they all were passionate about becoming an actor, you need to be passionate about acting to become and actor. Plan to study your craft and bec... The Best Actors Went To Acting School By : DMF Almost every actor needs to be literate and able to understand language from a variety of eras. A good actor can become anything he or she wants to be. Japanese Cinema By : Tom Takihi Godzilla probably epitomizes how the west viewed Japanese pop culture, especially since this sometimes lovable, sometimes despicable reptile has evolved and developed as well as Japanese cinema has. Is Theatre Experience Better In London? By : Martin Davies Comparing regional theatre shows to the London West End. Movie Stars and Western Movies Took My Parents Place as a Child Causing Real Life Confusion By : Walter Minton The heros in movies do little or no work to become a brave policeman or cowboy or engineer or even president. I Expected automatic rocket speed to sucess. Make Your Own Scary Movie By : Wayne Rice Fill a few of those long winter nights by making your own horror movie. With a little planning, a few friends for ‘victims’, and some creative editing, you can be your neighborhood’s Wes Craven. Romantic comedy in the 21st century By : nick rauge The romantic comedy has slowly evolved into a more formidable opponent to all of the other film genres present in the modern entertainment world Theatre Magic - Trip Down Memory Lane By : Martin Davies A trip down memory lane as the author describes a trip to theatre as a child. What You Need To Know As An Actor By : David Fishman There are a couple of things every actor should know about auditioning. The Main tool besides their body of an actor is their voice. Get involved as much as you can in live performing to discover how your character ingredients come across to others. The deeper you go with a character the more believable the experience becomes for both the audience and yourself. Since ancient times men and women have practiced the art of acting- playing the role of a character in a story, f... A First For West End Theatre By : Martin Davies A personal review of the London musical hit, Sound of Music Cars In The Movies By : Vicki Churchill You would be mistaken to think the only reason cars would ever feature in movies would be for the sole purpose of an exciting chase. You would of course be wrong as many films have not only included cars in them but the car itself has been the main star. Brief History of London and West End Theatre By : Martin Davies A short article on the history of London Theatre and the famous London West End What You Need To Know About Acting School By : DMF Get involved as much as you can in live performing to discover how your character ingredients come across to others. How Do You Start An Acting Career? By : Francois Botha Becoming an actor is something that a lot of people are interested in, but you few actually pursue. The fact of the matter is that if you want to break into this industry you are going to have to put in a lot of time and effort. But with that being said, hard work can do a lot for your acting career. When you combine hard work with a few of the proper steps you may be able to realize your career as an actor or actress sooner than you ever thought possible. So how do you go... Digital Filmmaking is the Future By : Kallore Gandhi With a digital camcorder in hand, you can now make your very own professional quality film at a fraction of the cost it takes to make a feature film with the traditional celluloid camera. The Actors in Borat Include a Lot of Real People By : Lee Munson The Borat movie is said to have been filmed in one take with no set ups. However, surely there are at least some setups in this crazy, offensive, and hysterical film? The truth is that only Borat knows and he’s not telling. So, you will have to watch the movie yourself to decide what you think. However, there are a lot of real life Americans who ended up in the Borat movie who may not have expected to become “movie” stars even though they signed consent forms. Some of these individuals thought t Popular Ways To See Broadway Shows By : David Fishman There are a number of Broadway plays and shows that people love to watch over and over again. But not all shows last forever on Broadway because the theaters need to make way for new shows and give others the opportunity to show their plays on Broadway. At the moment, there are a number of shows on Broadway that are very popular, and if you are going to New York anytime soon, it would be a good idea to place some of these shows on your itinerary. Websites are a great resource... Tips to Remember in Movie Production Planning & Finding the Talent By : Simon Dumville The usual cause of video material disasters is bad planning that may take place from the pre-production phase up to the end of post-production. Learn How To Write A Screenplay That Actually Gets Made! By : Richard Patton Almost everyone thinks they know how to write a screenplay. We’ve all heard someone watching TV saying “I could write a better script than that”! The truth is that just about everyone does have a story worth telling. Unfortunately most do NOT know how to write a screenplay. Most professional artists are very particular about their tools. The screenplay writer is no different. The key to writing is being organized. Before even writing a single word, you must have an i... Script Writing: How To Write A Good Script By : Mario Churchill - As a writer, your dream on making it big in the entertainment industry is selling a script and making a movie out of it. Movies are one of the best forms of entertainment in the world. Since the invention and advancement in movie technology, people were always fascinated on how a movie works. One of the most important necessities to make a good movie is not the graphic effects you see. You have to know that there have been movies done without much special effects and st... The Big Fear Called Stage Fright By : DMF So you have prepared yourself and you think you're all ready. Act is tweaked, your costume or outfit for the occasion is prepared, and you couldn't possibly be feeling any more sure. Cinematography - A Brief Historical Overview By : Kadence Buchanan Cinematography is one of the man's efforts to portray to others, through the use of techniques that combine motion pictures and text, the world and the messages it transfers as these are understood by the artist. With the term cinematography, one today describes the discipline of making lighting and camera choices when recording photographic images for cinema use. Based on two Greek words, cinematography etymologically means "writing in the movement" and was introduced as a n... The Magnetism Of Performing Arts By : Claire Quaty For many people, the only form of entertainment they are exposed to is television and radio. There is so much that this world offers in the way of entertainment that goes way beyond what you can see on the television. Proof positive of this would be the performing arts. Unlike television, performing arts bring about a sense of culture and class that is surely lacking in the modern day entertainment arena. The basics of performing arts would be those that are performed live... Everything You Need To Know About Purchasing Broadway Producers Show Tickets By : Al Terry Knowing how and what to do can save you money when purchasing Broadway The Producers show tickets. Great Ways To Get Your Broadway Show Tickets for The Lion King By : Al Terry There are great ways to find Lion King tickets on Broadway either at a discount or hassle free paying some extra money. How To Get Discounted Monty Python Spamalot Theater Tickets By : Al Terry There are many ways to purchase theater tickets in New York and with some research major savings can be found. All You Want To Know About Purchasing The Color Purple Play Tickets By : Al Terry How to find discounts on The Color Purple Play tickets for Broadway. All You Need To Know For Saving On Broadway Tarzan Tickets By : Al Terry Tarzan the Broadway musical has gained popularity in New York but discounted tickets can still be found. Magicians Of Tomorrow By : DMF Elaborate stunts and illusions. Beautiful assistants. A crew of well trained exotic animals. You are intrigued by the magician’s life and have decided to give it a shot. Well, don’t be fooled by the magicians you see on T.V. Everything You Need To Find Jersey Boys Tickets Cheap By : Al Terry How to find Jersey Boys tickets in New York at a discounted price. How To Find Theater Tickets In New York By : Al Terry Finding theater tickets in New York can be expensive and difficult. Here are some ways to receive a discount directly from the box office. How To Find Discounted Broadway Play Tickets By : Al Terry Broadway plays have found a revitalized return with increased ticket sales. This article will teach anyone how to find great discounts on Broadway play tickets. All You Need To Find Les Miserables Tickets On Broadway By : Al Terry Les Miserbales will open on Broadway in New York with a limited 6 month run. Tickets will sell out fast and these sources will help find great tickets at outstanding prices. Mary Poppins Continues Her Magic On Broadway By : Al Terry Mary Poppins is one of the most popular children movies ever and is set to take the classic children's story to the hearts of Broadway. How To Purchase Tickets From A New York Ticket Broker By : Al Terry New York tickets are sold through ticket brokers anywhere from decent discounts to hefty over charges. Discounts are available through different channels and some helpful advice may save you money on popular event tickets. What You Need To Know About Getting Mary Poppins Tickets By : Al Terry Mary Poppins tickets will be a hot seller on Broadway this theater season. With these resources you will find your tickets under face value. Hot Tips For Purchasing New York Broadway Tickets By : Al Terry New York Broadway tickets for populular productions can cost and arm and a leg. These hot tips will help you obtain the tickets and have a great night in New York. The Aura Of Films By : Jonathon Hardcastle From the masterpieces of Charlie Chaplin to last year's mind-blowing blockbuster of "Sky Captain & The World of Tomorrow," the film industry seems to have fully realized what technology advancements can be created in relation to ticket sales, while studios straggle to manage and reinvent themselves by allowing the consumer market to explore new entertainment paths. Interrelating art, technology, and mass society, mix to uncover the entertainment gateways and constitute a rath... Everything You Need To Know About Buying Broadway Tickets By : Al Terry Broadway tickets for popular shows can be difficult and expensive to obtain. These helpful tips can get you into the show at a fraction of the cost. What Makes A Movie A Blockbuster? By : Gregg Hall Blockbuster movies are extremely expensive to make, involving big named stars and costly special effects. Literally millions of dollars are spent on them with the hopes that the returns will more than make up for their cost. Back In Time With A Chorus Line on Broadway By : Al Terry A Chorus Line will return to Broadway and try to continue the legacy it started over thirty years ago. A Chorus Line Dances Back Into The Heart Of Broadway By : Al Terry A revival of A Chorus Line has alot to live up to and fans of this legendary Broadway musical cannot wait to see if the legacy will continue thirty years after it's original debut. All About Walt Disney By : Shelley Green An article talking about the life of Walt Disney and what his company has achieved. How Movies Come To Be Recognized As Classic Movies By : Gregg Hall Filming techniques, directing ability and acting all come into play when considering a movie a classic. There is also the most important part of a movie, the audience. The ability of this movie to connect to you on a personal level, tugging at your emotions and touching your soul made it a classic. Marquis Theater A Modern Musical Experience By : Al Terry Marquis Theater is not the historical place to see a classic Broadway show, however the Marquis offers a modern touch and comfort older New York Theaters miss. Wicked and The Yellow Brick Road to Broadway Gold By : Al Terry Wicked has been Broadway's hit production with a storyline based as the prequel to the original "Wizard of Oz". Little Miss Sunshine Yellow By : Kate Smith After all the media hype for "Little Miss Sunshine" I expected to see a movie that played up the color yellow. What I didn't expect to see is how color is masterfully used throughout this film. See what you may have missed if you were too engrossed in the adventures of this disfunctional clan to notice the color scheme. Screenplay – A Team Work By : Yair Packer I am a great believer in team work. "A Man is not an Island ". Every person needs feedback to his deeds and thoughts. Every person has faults – small or big – but almost all of us are not completely aware of them. We need someone who can view the faults and point them out to us. The creator needs another person to read, hear, feel, taste or see the creation – well before it reaches the public – in order to ask the necessary questions and to react. Such questions brings out... Behind The Scenes Of In The Shadow Of The Blade By : Tom Berger In the Shadow of the Blade, a documentary film that follows the flight of a restored UH-1H Huey helicopter, leads to people and places stretching across 10,000 miles of America. People Just Like the Sound of Movies By : Michael Connelly A discussion on the topic of how important it is for independent filmmakers to have good quality sound when they make a low budget independent film for the film festival circuit. Ken and Barbie in Hollywood By : Dan Bessie What happens when THIS dynamic duo hits Tinsel Town? Pitching to Jane Fonda By : Dan Bessie This Hollywood pro pitched a movie to Jane Fonda. What were the results? Falling in Love with the Movies By : Dan Bessie Hollywood pro reveals his first stumbling steps in the movies Great Acting Requires Sincere Effort By : Content Team At Movies-Music-Television.com One of the first true mysteries that children encounter when growing up is trying to understand what acting is all about. The idea of people trying to be other than they really are and involved in completely fictional situations—is a bit difficult to grasp. But, like moths to the flame, even confused children cannot help but watch. There is a good reason for this—a great story is always entertaining. Of course, the acting used to tell a great story is as important as the tale... The King of the Cowboys Rides Again By : Dan Bessie A Hollywood insider reveals his day with Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Independent Films in the Digital Age: A Triumph of Diversity over Scarcity By : Sean Landers The Internet and many new digital distribution technologies are now starting to remove barriers for the makers and distributors of independent films. Top 10 Video Distribution Websites for Content Producers By : Solomon Rothman We are currently only in the beginning of the internet television revolution and new sites offering the ability for anyone to upload video clips and share them with the world are popping up left and right. I recently released a full length movie online and after a lot of research I determined these to be the best website to share your videos with the rest of the world. Review of YouTube, Internet Television and Video Distribution Site By : Solomon Rothman Pros and cons of YouTube's internet television service from a content producers and a content consumers perspective. Lurching into the Film Industry By : Dan Bessie How a boy with a dream found a Hollywood career in the 1950s Faking My Way Up the Hollywood Ladder By : Dan Bessie How a nobody made his way in Hollywood in the 1950s How Not to Become a Hollywood Director By : Dan Bessie Want to direct Hollywood movies? Here's what NOT to do. Memories of a Beloved Scarecrow in the Wizard of Oz By : Dan Bessie A Hollywood professionals memory of Ray Bolger, the Scarecrow in the Wizard of Oz Writing Scripts Basics By : Yair Packer Let your Script breath... Let a script breathe? Come on. A script isn’t human (not before your shoot it) so how can it breathe? Think of it as a child, your child. You must have at least nine months of pregnancy to have a child. There is no instant child. The same is with a script. There is no time limit when you write it unless you are professional and someone hires you to write it. For a freelance writer it can take months or years to have one ready and even then it i... Acclaim For The Dream Of The Decade By : Edward Victor A revival of the play Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell is opening in London, starring Tom Conti. The play is set in the Coach and Horses pub in London, where its owner is selling copies of a novel by another famous regular, Afshin Rattansi. Building Your Actor's Makeup Kit By : Sue Redman Image is everything to an actor, and careful makeup selection is most important in creating the look you want. Get started right with the backstage tools you need. Acting Classes And Where To Begin By : Paul Thomas Acting Classes and where to begin. If you have completed a full year of improvisation training program somewhere and you have completed, as a minimum one acting course then you are qualified to audition for a Conservatory Program. If you have completed a bachelors degree in theatre then you can enroll in a Improvisational Techniques for Actors program. If you can not meet any of those criteria, then you should enroll in a Beginning Improv Program. By starting out with a Begi... Acting Lesson To Be An Successful Actor By : Ian Dennis Successful Actors Advice to anyone who wants a career as an actor. Be on time. On a big film the money is going out the door at about 30 grand every 20 minutes. On a network TV show the rate is only a bit less. If you are ten minutes late for a job that pays five hundred bucks - you will be very disliked by the producer and everybody that works for him. People will scream at you. If you are late for an audition, the casting director will worry that you won't get to the j... Tips On Selecting A Film School By : John Morris Filmmaking is not only an interesting, enjoyable and fulfilling career but very lucrative as well. Unfortunately, realizing the big Hollywood dream entails hard work, commitment and great amount of skill, right attitude, guts and some luck, too... An Advocate for Your Screenplay By : Michael C. Murphy What new screenwriters need to consider before looking for an agent, and some good places to start looking. Koyaanisqatsi a nonverbal film by Godfrey Reggio and Ron Fricke By : Darren Lambert Koyaanisqatsi is a nonverbal film, directed by Godfrey Reggio, and completed in 1982. Koyaanisqatsi contains no actors, no dialogue and has no script. Images from around the world are set to a moving score from composer Philip Glass. Creativity is King in the World of Independent Film Production By : Michael Connelly This is an article about low budget filmmakers and their most valuable tool; creativity. The author contends that the playing field on the film festival circuit has been leveled by technological advances and low cost film production equipment, and that anyone with a creative idea and determination can do well with an independent film at contests like the Sundance Film Festival. Horror Movie Scripts - 10 Steps To Writing A Horror Screenplay By : Henrik Holmberg A horror movie has certain rules. If you break too many the audience will be disappointed. This is a very short, no fluff, blueprint of how to write a horror script. How to Legally Download Movies on the Internet By : Neal Brown There are now several sources to get legal downloads of popular movies. This article will give you highlights of the current sources. It Takes an Iron Resolve to Make an Independent Film Production Happen By : Michael Connelly This article by Author/Filmmaker Michael P. Connelly is an explanation of what it takes to make an independent film production happen with very limited funds.

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