Introduction to Mobile Filmmaking
Cast and Character
A course by Pete Majarich , Designer and Director
About the video: Cast and Character
Overview
“A central part of your film’s success will be the quality of the actors you work with. In some cases, you might use your friends or family. But if possible, I recommend working with trained actors, or at least people who are studying to be one. Let's talk about casting actors and how to work with them. ”
In this video lesson Pete Majarich addresses the topic: Cast and Character, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Mobile Filmmaking. Learn how to plan, capture, and edit inspiring films with storytelling in mind using just your smartphone .
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, we'll talk about casting actors and then how to work with them. A central part of the success of your film will be the actors that you use. Now, you might want to use friends or family But I suggest if you can, to use professionally trained actors, or at least people who are studying to be one. That will help your film go to that extra next level. You can speak to local acting groups. or local acting schools to find someone who might be interested in working with you. You want to find an actor that speaks to the character that you're creating. do they feel like they represen...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Mobile Filmmaking
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Photography & Video -
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Audiovisual Production, Film, Video & TV, Filmmaking, Video
Pete Majarich
A course by Pete Majarich
Pete Majarich is a designer and director from Sydney, Australia. He originally studied Information Technology and Computing at the University of New South Wales, but quickly realized it wasn’t the field for him and decided to move into the world of creativity and advertising. The diversity of themes in his work is evidence of the wealth of experience he possesses in many creative fields, including VFX, theater direction, copywriting, design, and science fiction writing.
Pete created VFX for the short film Alien: Harvest to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Ridley Scott franchise, and his work has been featured by Adobe, Wired, and even The Academy Awards’ Twitter account. He has also collaborated with brands such as Nike, Google, Coca-Cola, and Universal Music.
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