Subscribe by EmailI took French in high school, which was more than a few months back. So I’ve forgotten a lot of it (um, ok, all of it.) But when I go to France and spend a week having to get around, I find a huge amount of my early learning comes back. Which is why I’m a big fan of immersion learning—your brain remembers and internalizes a lot more than you think it does.
One easy way to get better at video is to immerse yourself in great film and TV. I’ve got a list of a hundred or so of my favorites in the Do it Yourself Video Grad School section of the book (page 247, in case you’re frantically thumbing through right now.) Another great way to internalize video lessons? Read downloadable scripts from great films and TV shows.
Paper-lovers can find plenty of film and TV scripts at the local book store and your neighborhood library. Everyone else can find downloadable scripts all over the net. You’ll find some great ones by their authors at these two awesome screenwriting sites put up by well known screenwriters. Great tips on writing for film too, if you’re interested:
Less legitimate, but still useful are sites that post scripts mostly with the consent of the writers. The best of these: Drew’s Script-o-Rama.
I was happy to see that I own and love most of the movies in your Do it Yourself Video Grad School list. After reading your book, I think I'll go and watch them all again, looking for some of the techniques you mentioned.
You dropped the word "find" … You'll find some great ones…
Very good book.
Thanks, Jim. Correction corrected!
who are some great home vloggers to immerse yourself in?
YouTube is full of them– but here’s one of my favorites.