Today is the day when we know Emmy awards winners! HBO took the night with 30 wins, followed by Netflix with 21. There was a fair amount of predictable outcomes, but the biggest surprise of the night was the explosion of Youth. Nobody expected that!
Event of the week: Emmy 2020
2020 Emmys: Everything you need to know about this year's awards
The first-ever virtual Emmys happened last night and we were for sure very curious, how it will end up. So, if you are not one of those ones who did stay up all night streaming it (and on a way to work just a few hours later regretting it), here is a summary of the whole broadcast and its ups and downs. Oh, and the winners, too.
Los Angeles Times
This Week's Curated Articles
What Does Shooting a Film Look Like at 3 Different Budgets?
Wonder sometimes what it means to have an industry budget for a movie? Well, it's basically having a control. No-to-low budget films mean you have to work with what you got, rely on natural light and accessible locations. If you got some money, use it wisely on the most important elements – locations, actors and be smart with lighting. But you know what? More in the article.
NFS Staff
Here's How Music Can Add Meaning To Your Film
Somebody said, that great soundtrack in a movie you don’t even perceive. But can you imagine watching Lord of the Rings without hearing the famous chords composed by Howard Shore? We neither! Well, let’s have a look at some hacks which could give you some ideas how to work with the music in your movie.
NFS Staff
The Do's And Don'ts of Writing a Tagline for Your Film or Video Project
What is a tagline? That's the sentence that sells your movies to the audience. It's part of marketing, in comparison to the logline, which sells your movies to producers. Few rules for making a tagline: don't be boring, don't be too descriptive, but be clever. Also, you need more than one. Dive into the article and learn from 15 case studies!
Darin Bradley
From the Archives
What Does A Producer Do: Various Types of Producers in Film & TV
There are so many different types of producers in the movie industry one can't wrap its head around it the first time. This article helps you orient in it. Executive producer, co-producer, line producer, associate producer – all explained.
Herman Wilkins
Festival Window
Film Festivals in a New Era: 5 Keys to Virtual Success
Most of us can imagine, that current covid situation is changing the world of cinema (as you also might read in our previous Spotlights, and if you didn’t - get back to it!). What can it really change in the actual day to day festival organization and how is the situation looking up?
Jon Fitzgerald
This Week's Recommendation
Yellowstone (TV Show)
It would be so easy to choose an Emmy winner as our recommendation for this week. But we won't do that. Instead, we're going for something else.
So for those of you, who are grounded and/or isolated indoors (given the current situation), Yellowstone is a thing to watch. Sure, it's little melodramatic, sometimes it feels like over-the-top soap opera, but the locations? Fuck, they're awesome. You just have to see those exteriors.
Also, it's a pretty fresh take on Western and that's thanks to Taylor Sheridan, an actor-turned-writer/director. You don't believe me? Have you seen Sicario? Hell or High Water? Wind River? You gotta, trust us. Btw: that's 4 recommendations in one, pretty good deal if you ask me.
