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2006
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The beginning of a new AMF…
How to find costumes for a war movie
For our short film The Last Patrol we had to look for authentic, or at least semi-authentic, costumes and props.
The first place I searched was the yellowpages for any military surplus stores in my area. I got lucky as there happened to be two surplus stores in Fresno. At one of the [...]
How To Write a Feature Length Screenplay
Screenwriting is about learning to write in a visual form.
After all, that’s what moviemaking is all about, it’s what sets screenplays apart from novels or plays; they are highly, highly visual. The visual element is king! And sometimes it can be difficult to change your style of writing. It takes work, it takes practice. If you [...]
What kind of equipment does AMF use?
Video Equipment
Sony Handycam Camcorder
Model: DCR-TRV11
Format: MiniDV
Details: 1 CCD chip
Audio Equipment
Audio-Technica Shotgun mic
Model: ATR55
Other Equipment
Generic ‘Ambico’ tripod
Generic ‘Guy Graphics’ boom pole
Post Production Software (PC)
Adobe Digital Video Collection…
After Effects, Photoshop, Premiere.
As of April 2005 we’ve upgraded some of our equipment. Our camera is now the Panasonic AG-DVX100A and our shotgun mic is an Audio-Technica AT897. Tripod is Bogen 3046 legs [...]
Yellowish…
So I did a little redesign of the site. (Note: this is now updated, you can view version yellow here: http://www.amfproductions.com/index_yellow.shtml) Not sure how much I like it. It’s very yellowish, and such. Things will likely change again soon because I’m working on another incarnation of the site. COMING [...]
Episode 6 teaser #1
Check out the teaser trailer for SUPERHEROES: Episode VI right here.
Episode 6? For reals…
We said we wouldn’t do this, but AMF has now begun production on SUPERHEROES: Episode VI. Yo.
“Moses” for download
Our latest short film “Moses” has now been released. Click here to read more and download it! Enjoy.
New members join the AMF team
AMF Productions is proud to welcome two new filmmakers to the team: Michael D. Counts and Andrew Toschi. We’ve also posted some new films: “The Breath of Life,” a documentary by Michael D. Counts; and “Sick Sad Little World,” an experimental short film that was co-produced by AMF Productions, produced/filmed by Bryan Harley and produced/written [...]
AMF on MySpace
We now have a MySpace Film account, click here to check it out. Become our friend and support AMF Productions!