President Kevin Burton moderated an insightful conversation with past Digi60 winners Arjan Atwal (2019 Winner, Best Director & Best Technical), Hingman Leung (2020 Winner, Best Film & Best Director), Angie Mills (2021 Winner, Best Director) and Patrick Mulligan (2021 Winner, Best Film) as they discuss their experiences, give advice to registered filmmakers and answer questions.
This “Ask Us Anything” style discussion saw over 30 attendees and hopefully motivated the filmmakers in attendance for the final 30 days of the challenge.
We were joined by a talented group of creatives this past October 5th at Atari Gardens in Byward Market.
We are excited to see BIPOC filmmakers building community and we hope to foster more events that celebrate diversity in Ottawa.
We kicked off our 18th year of the festival at the DARC Loop Space where over 60 filmmakers and enthusiasts attended the event. Attendees were treated to screenwriter pitches and some presentations by ACTRA, DARC, and new Ottawa Film Commissioner Sandrine Pechels de Saint Sardos.
The main attraction of the evening was the catch release for this year’s festival, “Escape”.
Filmmakers now embark on a 60-day adventure to produce a film, from beginning to end, ahead of the screenings during the festival running December 16-18, 2022.
Sound is one of those invisible things that very often takes a lower priority during production precisely because ... yup, it’s invisible.
It is still possible to get decent sound for your micro budget film if you plan well and have a few basic tools on hand during production. Here are some things to consider to get good, solid sound on your next project.
When you endeavour to make a short film with a micro budget (or none at all), you are taking on some interesting challenges. Every aspect of your production is a series of compromises, and the sound department is no different.
This article is geared specifically for the rookie filmmakers, with concepts and tips written with the assumption that they are about to make their first short film, and are looking for low or no-cost ways to get usable sound to tell the story. I make some gross generalizations, and only touch on some topics that people have spent lifetimes studying.
