The Star Movie Shop

Helping film students around the world.


 Your
First
Disk

The Star Movie Shop is the only company in the world which sells unedited scenes for film students to learn how to edit a dramatic conversation.

Because of unresolved rights issues, we sell the disks only to serious film students. These disks are not available to the general public.

To start, we offer a super simple scene disk for $20 to give you an introduction to film editing and film scoring. This is the first disk which you must buy.

Once you have edited and scored this scene, we will tell you more about the Editing Workshop disks from the Star Movie Shop.

 

Simple Introduction
Super Simple Scene -- DVD-Video (NTSC) - 24fps

 $20.00

This is an extremely short scene called "The Promotion" for people who want to learn film editing and film scoring for narrative motion pictures. This is an amazingly simple introduction.

The scene is only 11 seconds long yet it shows you all the elements of a scene. On this disk, you see the film dailies for one scene of an actual television drama. This is the real thing.

The film dailies come both as AVI and MOV movie clips. There are no written instructions but there are examples in the DVD-Video section . On the disk is (1) a rough edit, (2) an overview of the film dailies, (3) a spotting session and (4) all of the film dailies (three takes each from two camera angles.)

prices are in US dollars and include shipping worldwide

 


 

Guarantee

We have a 100% satisfaction guarantee. If you are not cmpletely satisfied, we will return your money including postage. You do not have to return the disk.

 


 

 Narrative
Film
Editing

Learning to edit a conversation

If you want to become a filmmaker of dramatic motion pictures, you must learn how to edit a conversation. Conversations are the most important element in a motion picture so film students need to see how this is done.

Careful: There are different kinds of film editing. Editing a conversation is different from editing anything else. That is why these disks are so important to film students who want to make narrative motion pictures.

Editing a conversation is based on the rhythm of the dialog. All other types of film editing are based on the picture. This is a major difference -- audio vs. image.

Once you have edited a conversation based on the best sounding dialog (which is not necessarily the best picture), you lock the audio and roll the picture edits to find the best visual transition.

Rolling the picture edits is an easy way to create "L-Cuts". This are called "L-cuts" because the edit in the timeline looks like an "L". Wow! This is not rocket science. This is easy!

An L-cut shows either the listener's reaction or shows the listener's anticipation. Also, L-cuts can be used to emphasize one actor over the other.

This makes L-cuts a powerful tool for filmmakers. That is why learning about L-cuts is so important.

 


 

Requirements

Film Editing Requirements

The film editing disks require Apple's Final Cut Pro or Adobe Premiere. Apple's Final Cut Express will work with some limitations. (It will not edit at 24 fps.)

Film Scoring Requirements

All film scoring project are designed for Apple's GarageBand and Jam Pack: Symphony Orchestra. More advanced MIDI systems should also work however GarageBand is the easiest and often the best way for filmmakers to create their own film scores.


The film dailies on most disks require Apple's QuickTime Pro. Some dailies require version 7.

 


 

How to Order

Star Movie Shop sells to film students or beginning filmmakers in most countries. The disks are also available through selected film schools worldwide.

If your film school does not offer these disks, contact prabhu_star at starmovieshop.com. Payment should be by PayPal. Prices include shipping.

 

Before you order:

Questions and inquiries should be addressed to r_purser at innercite.com in the USA.

Star Movie Shop
Located in beautiful downtown Triplicane
in front of the Star Theatre on Triplicane High Road

 


 

Beta Testers

For a limited time, we are looking for Beta Testers who have both Final Cut Express and GarageBand with Jam Pack: Symphony Orchestra. Contact r_purser -at- innercite.com

 


 

Talk to us!

Our tech support person would like to talk to young filmmakers who have already posted their own movies on YouTube, etc.. Robert teaches at the Wikiversity Film School and he does most of the product development for the Star Movie Shop. He is looking for hot, new talent.

Then hopefully someday, once you are a famous filmmaker, you will allow us to use your film dailies to teach the next generation of film editors, film composers and filmmakers.

Contact r_purser -at- innercite.com