Horror Filmmaking - How to Make A Horror Movie (2017) On this special Halloween edition of The Piedmont Motion Picture Show, I wanted to go over some general tips and techniques for horror filmmaking and hopefully help you guys put together some ideas on how to make a horror film ! In this homemade horror tutorial video, I'll go over some general filmmaking tips for script writing, lighting, color grading, atmosphere, locations, casting, camera angles, props and more as they pertain to the horror film genre. Making a horror movie is one of may favorite topics, as the horror genre is my favorite. So, hopefully this will be the first of many of these types of videos here on the channel!

Horror Buffalo Films - Screening Room Cinema Cafe - June 10th @ 6:30pm Come see the premiere screening of award-winning short film Last Trip along with other local short films such as Delivery from Hell, Murder Zone, The Noise Within and more. Recommended $5 minimum donation at the door to support local art/film. Anything larger is even more greatly appreciated!  MORE INFO HERE The night will include: Last Trip  Attempting to impress the new girl, an awkward teenager agrees to a camping trip but it could be their last when they come across two hillbillies in the woods. 2018 NCCC Film & Animation Festival People's Choice Award

NEW Buffalo Short Horror Film - The Noise Within Widower Professor Roger Trenton meets his worst nightmare in this original Buffalo short film created as part of Sabrina Pena Young's Filmmaker Boot Camp. 6 Weeks to write and shoot a film in Western New York. DIRECTOR: GREGORY CHITTENDEN ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR: CHRIS THOMAS WRITERS: GREGORY CHITTENDEN AND JASON RAY PRODUCER: SABRINA PEÑA YOUNG CAST ROGER TRENTON - JASON RAY EMMA - NIKITA J WILLIAMS JERRY - TAYLER SPETH DAUGHTER - ? NIKITA? DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY AARON WEBB PRODUCTION DESIGNER TAYLER SPETH EDITOR (DEPENDS ON THE CUT) AARON WEBB SABRINA PEÑA YOUNG MARK MAZUR TAYLOR SPETH MUSIC COMPOSER SABRINA PEÑA YOUNG or WHATEVER MUSIC YOU USE LIGHTING MARK KAMAZUR MAKE-UP SABRINA PEŃA YOUNG COSTUME NIKITA J WILLIAMS JASON RAY PROPS TAYLOR SPETH SOUND RECORDING MARK MAZUR SABRINA PEŃA YOUNG AVERY WEBB PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS MARK MAZUR AVERY WEBB TAYLOR SPETH SABRINA PEÑA YOUNG CLOCK OPERATOR SABRINA PEŃA YOUNG ...

Horror Films showing today in Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival If you are in the Western New York/Niagara region, check out my short film "The Pearl of Tia Maria Magdalena" today at 1 at Dipson Theaters in Williamsville, New York. On Thursday they will be showing my animated film "The Murder Zone" at 9:30pm.  More information:  http://www.buffalodreamsfantasticfilmfestival.com/schedule/ The Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival is a WNY staple event, celebrating independent cinema in horror, science fiction, drama, animation, and family films. This year the festival took a step towards promoting female filmmakers with their first annual Lois Weber award for excellence in female directing. This year's winner was Devi Snively, writer/director of Bride of Frankie.  If you are in the the area, take the time to enjoy this unique festival of future cult classics and indie film.

READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE:  5 Ways to Make Your Songs Spooky for Halloween 5 Ways to Make Your Songs Spooky for Halloween by  Christopher Sutton  |  Oct 15, 2015  |  Halloween  | As Halloween approaches this year we’ll all be surrounded by spooky tunes, haunted melodies and scary soundtracks. As a musician you might find yourself wondering: what makes that music so Halloween-y? Wonder no more! Whether you’re a budding song-writer or film composer, want to improvise some suitably scary sounds during October, or just wish you understood why the music you hear does (or doesn’t) sound like a horror show, here are 5 tried-and-tested ways to add some spook to music.

DOWNLOAD THE  New track! \"Halloween Robo-Bop\" teaches Chord Progressions New track! "Halloween Robo-Bop" teaches Chord Progressions by  Christopher Sutton  |  Oct 26, 2012  |  Halloween  | Have you been joining in our  trick-or-treating ? Some dreadful delights await you! Today we have an  extra special  spooky gift for you… A new  Unravelling Music  to help you  hear more  in music! Who said that ear training couldn’t be fun? Enjoy learning while listening to great music on your iPod! The  Unravelling Music  series is designed to help you learn, wherever you are – just by listening to music. Spend a little time getting to know the track using the extra clips and track notes provided, and then simply listen to the track to reinforce what you’ve learned. For this Halloween special, the audio examples will help train your ears to hear chord progressions commonly used for pop songs – with...

READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE :  8 Excellent Halloween Music Activities 8 Excellent Halloween Music Activities by  Stella Bautista  |  Oct 20, 2015  |  Halloween ,  Children ,  Teaching ,  Websites, Apps and Downloads  | It’s that time of the year again! Halloween costumes, crazy and freaky Halloween-themed food and parties — and none of it would ever be complete without some spooky, scary Halloween music… To help make your Halloween suitably musical we have compiled this list of 8 excellent Halloween music resources you can use to bring a terrifying twist to your kids’ (or your own) music learning this October. You can also use them during a party or while trick-or-treat-ing. Of course, these are all beginner friendly so that everyone can have a good, musical Halloween. So without further ado let’s indulge in these spook-tacular goodies!

READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE:  Improvisation: How to Score Halloween Horror Improvisation: How to Score Halloween Horror by  Sabrina Peña Young  |  Oct 29, 2012  |  Halloween  | Learn how to improvise your own Halloween horror music. Before laptops and Logic, TV and and Technicolor, early horror film composers at the dawn of the 20th century used  improvisation  to enhance the silent silver screens. They composed hauntingly dramatic scores, freaky monster music, and thrilling moments of Halloween horror by combining improvisation and traditional classical music scores.

DOWNLOAD THE FREE HALLOWEEN TRACK HERE:  New FREE ear training download – Happy Halloween! To celebrate this, the spookiest of holidays, we’re releasing a special,  free track in the  Unravelling Music  ear training series. The track is titled “Halloween Eve’s Birthday Bash”, and it’s been created specially as a holiday treat by  Sabrina Peña Young  (who composed the  Introducing Intervals  album).

READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE  A Halloween Treat: Classic Song-Writing Tricks A Halloween Treat: Classic Song-Writing Tricks by  Christopher Sutton  |  Oct 28, 2015  |  Halloween ,  Song Writing  | Wish you had some fun new Halloween music  and  an easy way to train your musical ear in suitably spooky style this October? Look no further than John Anealio’s  Halloween E.P.  Let’s listen together and see what musical mischief might be lurking in its four tracks… You may remember  John Anealio  as the composer of the beautiful and relaxing instrumental track  Echoes of Espers  in our recent article  “Open Your Ears to 5 Kind of Soft Songs” , but did you know he’s also a talented singer-songwriter who writes nerd-culture inspired songs about topics like steampunk, Game of Thrones, Lego and superheroes? Like ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic and Jonathan Coulton he’s a master of gently playing with song-writin...

READ THE FULL ARTICLE:  Open Your Ears to Halloween Haunt Music Halloween is coming, slowly creeping up on us. And now, we are giving you the opportunity to open your ears to some haunted music that will give you thrills and chills. Sam Haynes  is a professional composer of Halloween haunt music. He previously wrote a fascinating guest article here on Easy Ear Training providing insight into the  pro techniques of horror music  with his CD Welcome to the Horror Show. Today we’ll listen in to five tracks from his new compilation offering  royalty-free Halloween music  (meaning you can use it in your own projects for free). Brace yourself to get served with some music that will surely give you shivers down your spine!

Hello NMR Readers! I am excited to share that today the NCCC Video and Animation Film Festival will be showing two of my horror films - The Pearl of Tia Maria Magdelena and Murder Zone. The Pearl of Tia Maria Magdelena is a Finalist for the Horror Film category. Check it out today! I will see you there!  Musically yours, Sabrina Peña Young More info:  http://www.niagaracc.suny.edu/ncccfilmfestival/ Saturday, May 6th, 2017 The NCCC Digital Media Department and Animation Department are proud to co-host our very own 2017 NCCC Film & Animation Festival--open to all ages and all levels of expertise! Finalists will be notified May 1st. The Screenings and Award Ceremony will take place on May 6th at Niagara County Community College, 3111 Saunders Settlement Rd, Sanborn, NY 14132. Support local art, share your best works and join in on the fun—hope to see you there! $200 cash for 1st Prize winners in each category: documentary, comedy, drama, music video, experi...

PHOTO CREDIT: EASYEARTRAINING Learning how to play scary Halloween horror music can be a fun and easy music experience. You don't have to be Danny Elfman or Bernard Hermann to create a convincing horror soundtrack. Follow these easy professional tips to writing some seriously spooky music for your next Halloween party, album, or project. 1. Keep it in minor. For some reason, in Western music, minor keys just seem spooky and scary, like you just walked through a cemetery on Halloween night . What is a basic minor chord ? The C minor chord is C-Eb-G. Go ahead and play this chord on your keyboard. Break it up or play it block chord style. Be sure to tousle your hair like a mad scientist and give out a horrifying laugh as you jam. LEARN MORE ABOUT SCORING SCARY MUSIC 2. Freaky instruments equal freaky horror music. Sure, a flute might sound pretty, but a pipe organ sounds simply insane. Try some bent strings or even an eerie synthesizer in your music mix....

Thursday January 14, 2016 6pm pst/ 9pm est Location:  www.indyradio.org Podcast Right after  "Hard Requitals" is a Horror/Thriller film about two men coming to grips with a shared dark past. But will this encounter be the death of them?  Definition of REQUITAL.  1. : something given in return, compensation, or retaliation. 2. : the act or action of requiting : the state of being requited.  LIKE this EVENT ON FACEBOOK! http://www.imdb.com/title/ tt4938798/combined Director: Meosha Bean Writers: Kinte Fergerson Mefune Akira   Related articles 80's Christmas Horror Movies Horror Movies Really Can Curdle Your Blood: Study Suggests Scary Films Increase Clotting Protein Fear Can Actually Curdle Your Blood 'Fuller House' Teaser Gets Super-Creepy Horror Movie Makeover (Video) That Scary Movie Really Is Blood Curdling 10 Christmas Horror Movies You Must See Before You Die Coming Distractions: The Martyrs tra...