MZed filmmaking courses
MZed filmmaking courses

Filmmakers for Filmmakers: A Special Initiative by MZed

2020-04-01
4 mins read

MZed, the educational filmmaking platform, has launched a special initiative where filmmakers can support each other. During April, when you purchase an MZed Pro membership you’ll also receive another MZed Pro membership as a gift, that you can give to someone else. Read on how it works.

MZed filmmaking courses: Shane Hurlbut ASC
MZed filmmaking courses: Shane Hurlbut ASC

Make filmmaking education more accessible

According to MZed, this initiative is the biggest-ever in MZed’s fifty-year history, that was created directly as a result of requests from the global filmmaking community, to make MZed education more accessible during this difficult time due to COVID-19 restrictors. Although the coronavirus has been negatively affecting the filmmaking industry, these are the best times to get educated. As we wrote before, when life gives you lemons, make lemonade. MZed explains: “In our isolated world right now, here is a way you can reach out to another filmmaker and connect over a shared love of filmmaking and learning. We’re all in this together, and if we’re going to be spending a lot of time at home, we may as well learn together as well”.

MZed Pro free gift: Get One, Give One
MZed Pro free gift: Get One, Give One

We’re all in this together, and if we’re going to be spending a lot of time at home, we may as well learn together as well

MZed

Get One, Give One

Today, MZed announced for a unique offer titled “Get One, Give One”, which means anyone that joins MZed Pro during April will receive a second membership free, to gift to a friend or colleague. According to MZed, it can be a thoughtful gesture for a fellow filmmaker that is in need of a pick-me-up, or a reminder that now is a time to invest in your skills to be best prepared for when productions and jobs start back up again”.

How does it work?

When you buy an MZed Pro membership, you’ll get an email with a unique discount code for one free MZed Pro membership. The email will have instructions for how to register the gift membership via MZed’s site. You can select anyone you want to receive the gift membership, as long as you have their email address. Then your recipient will receive an email with their login instructions and they’ll be ready get started!

P.S. MZed honors this deal for anyone who has joined MZed during the past two weeks. So if you purchased an MZed Pro membership between March 15-31, get in touch with them and they’ll supply you a discount code for a gift membership. Click here for the Terms of service

Furthermore, it’s worth mentioning that 20% of all MZed purchases will be donated to the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank to provide meals to feed hungry children, seniors, and families. That’s a very nice gesture!

ARRI Certified courses on MZed
ARRI Certified courses on MZed

MZed as a filmmaking educational resource

MZed educational platform offers a wide variety of courses in almost every filmmaking discipline, from DSLR filmmaking to certified courses by ARRI. We’ve covered the courses below, so feel free to read our reviews to get the impressions per each course.

Filmmaking for photographers

In this wonderful course, Philip Bloom helps photographers to become professional filmmakers. The course is composed of seven and a half hours of fascinating yet straightforward educational content, which includes almost all aspects of video making. Filmmaking for Photographers will grant you a vast amount of knowledge and inspiration. Click for our review. 

Filmmaking for Photographers by Philip Bloom. MZed course
Filmmaking for Photographers by Philip Bloom. MZed course

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ARRI Christmas Masterclass With Julio Macat ASC

Building a scene is like conducting an orchestra. That’s the concept behind this inspiring masterclass by ARRI Academy on MZed educational platform. A professional crew led by cinematographer Julio Macat ASC will teach you some cool filmmaking stuff. Read our review.

ARRI Christmas Masterclass
ARRI Christmas Masterclass

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Mastering Color

In Mastering Color, professional colorist Ollie Kenchington educates and demonstrates the art of color grading and how it can be implemented on a project. Read our review. 

Mastering Color
Mastering Color

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ARRI Academy: Certified Online Training for Large-Format Camera System

The ARRI Certified Online Training for Large Format Camera System is another course offered by ARRI on MZed educational platform. The course will grant you a practical in-depth knowledge regarding the ARRI large-format ecosystem and technology (cameras, lenses, and more). Read our review.

ARRI and MZed: Certified Online Training for Large-Format Camera System
ARRI and MZed: Certified Online Training for Large-Format Camera System

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ARRI Academy: Certified Training for Camera Systems

The ARRI Certified Training for Camera Systems course on MZed is an online intensive 10-hour class loaded with technical details, fascinating facts, and vast knowledge regarding ARRI cameras and the ecosystem. Read our review.

The ARRI Certified Training for Camera Systems. MZed online course
The ARRI Certified Training for Camera Systems. MZed online course

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Free Cinematography Workshops by Shane Hurlbut ASC

The cinematography workshop by Shane Hurlbut ASC is an extraordinary educational gem you should not miss! Moreover, it is FREE (for now). Read our review.

Shane Hurlbut, ASC. Picture: Shane Hurlbut FB
Shane Hurlbut, ASC. Picture: Shane Hurlbut FB

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Understanding LUTs – Theory and applications

LUT (Look Up Table) is a definition that every filmmaker should know and be familiar with its theory, applications and implementations in real-world scenarios. MZed website together with AbelCine went down to brass tacks to teach you the essentials of how to utilize  LUTs correctly throughout your production and post-production. Read our review.

Applying the LUT on ALEXA
Applying the LUT on ALEXA

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Wrapping up

We hope that all those great online courses and masterclasses will help us filmmakers getting educated so, at the end of this saga, we’ll get back to business faster and better. We’ll continue to update you regarding more educational resources, content, and initiatives.

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Yossy is a filmmaker who specializes mainly in action sports cinematography. Yossy also lectures about the art of independent filmmaking in leading educational institutes, academic programs, and festivals, and his independent films have garnered international awards and recognition.
Yossy is the founder of Y.M.Cinema Magazine.

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