Tears of Steel and the Art of the Composite
Tears of Steel was shot in Amsterdam and finished entirely in open-source tools. The seams are almost impossible to find.
What to watch for
Deadlines help, but only when they are real. A deadline that everyone knows will slip is just a date on a calendar.
The first version of anything is a question, not an answer. Treating it that way makes feedback easier to give and much easier to hear.
The film is released under a Creative Commons licence, so you can download it, study it, and share it freely.
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I watched the film again after reading this and noticed so many details I had missed.