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‘The Old Man’ Season 2 Director Shares Insights Into Episode 5
November 9, 2024As season 2 of The Old Man unfolds, No Film School sat down with Ben Semanoff, the director...
See What Firmware Updates Are Planned For Your Sony Cinema Cameras
November 9, 2024In a move that more camera manufacturers should copy, Sony has shared a new roadmap for the company’s...
Microbudget Filmmakers Are Not Okay (But Thanks for Asking)
November 9, 2024In this episode, No Film School’s GG Hawkins hosts a roundtable discussion with microbudget filmmakers at the Austin...
Elevate Your Color Grading Skills in Adobe Premiere Pro with Karl Soule
November 8, 2024Join video, film, and television workflow expert Karl Soule for an immersive session on mastering color in Adobe...
Step Into the World of Content Creation With the Beginner-Friendly Nikon Z50 II
November 8, 2024Continuing a trend that we’ve seen heat up over the past few years, the big name camera manufacturers...
Co-DP of ‘City of Dreams’ Trevor Roach Talks Commitment to Craft
November 8, 2024Written by Trevor Roach The journey a film takes to completion varies from project to project, yet they...
Save Big on SIGMA Cine Primes for Your Next Film or Video Project
November 8, 2024Looking to gear up for your next film or video project? There’s a lot to consider. Not only...
A Guide to Special Formatting Circumstances in Screenplays
November 8, 2024Screenplays are living documents that are blueprints for movies. The more life we live, the more things we...
Composer Jonathan Scott Friedman on How Music Adds to the Laughs in ‘Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead’
November 7, 2024When I was a kid, I grew up with the cult classic, Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead...
FPV Fly Your Drones on a Budget with DJI’s Affordable New Goggles N3
November 7, 2024Showcased at NAB last year, DJI turned some heads with their announcement of the Avata 2 FPV Drone...
Dissociate From Election Anxiety With These 10 Punk Movies
November 7, 2024If you’re like me, you use the vehicle of film as an outlet to escape the cumbersome and...
Sometimes, You Have To Put On Your Thinking Cap, Literally
November 6, 2024In the summer of 2009, I lived in Ireland. My favorite place I went was Allihies, which is...
Upgrade Your Canon C400 Rig With a Range of New Bright Tangerine Accessories
November 6, 2024Announced back in June, the new Canon C400 cinema camera has already proven to be a very capable...
Fund Your Short Film With the 2024 Pandora Short Film Grant
November 6, 2024Ahoy, No Film School readers—The Pandora Short Film Grant Team here! Need some funds to get that short...
VFX Supervisor Aaron Wright Dishes On the Time Travel Secrets of ‘My Old Ass’
November 6, 2024There are so few movies that come out a year that charm me. Movies with their own charisma...
You Can Now Use Runway’s AI Editor to Add a Range of Precise Camera Controls
November 5, 2024At the beginning of 2024, it felt like we were going to get major AI announcements and breakthroughs...
How Indie Body Horror Comedy ‘Booger’ Director, Editor, and Lead Meld Minds
November 5, 2024Celebrating Halloween, this special episode dives into the indie horror-comedy Booger, an unconventional story that combines grief, body...
The Results of the NFS AI vs. Human Screenwriting Challenge
November 5, 2024If you keep up regularly with No Film School, you know that last week, we were issued a...
Tips for Cinematically Achieving a ’90s Look
November 2, 2024Not only do films of the 1990’s feel different than ones released today, but they also look a...
How ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ Sound Designed the Afterlife
November 2, 2024Sound design is an art of film craft we don’t give enough credit. Building a soundscape for any...
How to Get Your Film Into Big Film Festivals
November 2, 2024Written by Loren Marsh I’m an American independent filmmaker living in Berlin whose previous films have been showcased...
Why Filmmakers Should Watch Nitrate Film Projections (and How They Can)
November 2, 2024K.J. Relth-Miller, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures’ Director of Film Programs, was kind enough to speak with...
Explore Storytelling in VR and 3D With Canon’s New RF-S 7.8mm F4 STM DUAL Lens
November 2, 2024Previewed at Apple’s WWDC keynote this year, Canon has officially introduced its new RF-S 7.8mm f/4 STM Dual...
Russo Brothers Hire AI Expert to Help With Creative Decisions
November 1, 2024The Russo brothers, filmmakers behind Avengers: Endgame, Cherry, The Grey Man, and the upcoming The Electric State have...
How Cinematographer Leung Ming-Kai Brought Emotion to the Indie Drama ‘All Shall Be Well’
November 1, 2024Cinematographer Leung Ming-Kai, or Kai to his friends, is someone working at the top of his game. His...
Find New Life For Your Short Films on The Short Vault
November 1, 2024By Thomas Stephenson For as long as I can remember, I’ve loved movies. Watching them at home or...
Tips for Creating the Perfect Halloween-Themed Score
November 1, 2024Composers tend to find their niche genre and gravitate towards it whether it’s horror, sci-fi, thriller, or action...
New Web-Based Software Playbook Integrates AI for Enhanced Rendering and 3D Scenes
November 1, 2024In the constant landscape of AI’s infiltration into filmmaking, the most productive conversation that outside of the fear...
Move Over, Ghosts—Hot Dogs Reign for Show&Tell’s October Spooktacular
October 31, 2024The filmmakers of Los Angeles comedy’s elite backyard screening show brought the spooky comedy galore for Show&Tell’s 11th...
Apply To This Screenwriting Camp for First-Time Filmmakers
October 31, 2024Here at No Film School, we’re always excited to hear about opportunities for emerging filmmakers, because we truly...
Three New Hybrid RF Lenses from Canon Are Here for Photo and Video Pros
October 31, 2024While cameras might always get the most fanfare in the video and photo worlds, real ones will always...
‘Thelma’ Writer-Director Josh Margolin Tells Us The Process Behind One Of The Year’s Best Films
October 31, 2024There are very few movies that just make you happy when you watch them, and this year, Thelma...
Choose Your Own Flaring Options with Venus Optics’ Refreshed Laowa Proteus Flex Lenses
October 30, 2024For indie filmmakers and working video professionals alike, the single biggest—or at least most expensive—decision one might truly...
Apple’s New M4 Mac Mini is Smaller and Powered Up for Video Work
October 30, 2024For all of you who operate outside of the Apple yearly announcement calendar, it might seem like Apple...
How Do You Keep a Film Moving When Your Protagonist Can’t?
October 30, 2024Written by Josh Ethier, ACE The title page of T.J. Cimfel and David White’s script held an ominous...
How June Squibb Tackled The Titular Role of Thelma at 94
October 30, 2024There have been a lot of movies I liked in 2024, but the movie I loved was Thelma...
How These Filmmakers Made an Award-Winning Horror Short (and Proof-of-Concept)
October 30, 2024It’s the most wonderful time of the year—Halloween, which always presents a platform for some of the indie...
Austin Film Festival Announces 2024 Film and Screenplay Competition Winners
October 29, 2024As the Austin Film Festival wraps up its conference weekend, the big winners from this year’s screenplay and...
Behind the Scenes of ‘Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story’ With PD Matthew Flood Ferguson
October 29, 2024Netflix series Monsters recently returned with second season Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story and No Film...
From Madagascar to Hollywood with Director Andrew Kightlinger; Plus, ‘Don’t Move’ Directors’ Microbudget to Sam Raimi-Produced Journey
October 29, 2024What does it take to go from indie filmmaking on a shoestring budget to working with legends like...
We Challenged An AI Screenwriter to See Who Could Write A Better First Ten Pages
October 29, 2024Last week, we received a pretty fun tweet aimed at No Film School about how recent advances in...
These 10 Must Watch Horror Projects Use Blackmagic to Perfection
October 26, 2024Sometimes, filmmaking can be very, very scary. Luckily we have some great help along the way to guide...
Insights From Shooting One of the First Horror Films on the Blackmagic PYXIS
October 26, 2024There are a lot of horrors one will discover when trying to make any type of short film...
How AI Shaped the Production Design of ‘Con Job’ and Pushed the Boundaries of Filmmaking
October 26, 2024By Ian Niles & Guy Harry As filmmakers, we are always looking for new ways to push creative...
You Can Now Record on iPhone 16 Series with Blackmagic Camera iOS Update 2.1
October 26, 2024Since first being released only just over a year ago, the Blackmagic Camera app has seen many updates...
How to Blend Horror and Romance With the Editors of ‘Your Monster’
October 26, 2024Horror is one of the most malleable genres out there. It feels like those chills blend so well...
How Do Pro Writers Create Characters?
October 25, 2024People are complex, and creating people to appear in movies and TV shows can be even more complicated...
How Writer-Director Sophia Rivera Uses ’80s Horror Nostalgia to Fuel Her Work
October 25, 2024We all remember that feeling of being a kid and sitting down to watch a movie that totally...
Scare Your Way From Zoom to Stephen King With Rob Savage’s ‘The Boogeyman’
October 25, 2024The general idea of a “Boogeyman” inherently stirs up the creeps. Originating from 16th century folklore mostly designed...
Explore the Horrors of Food Delivery With Indie Filmmaker Julian Terry
October 24, 2024Perhaps most fascinating aspect of the horror filmmaking genre is that its subject matter can be pretty much...
Combine German Precision and Japanese Elegance With New ARRI Ensō Prime Lenses
October 24, 2024Designed with a compact, lightweight form factor capable of producing reliable images in pretty much any environment, ARRI’s...
Vimeo Moves into Spatial Video With New Apple Vision Pro App
October 24, 2024While AI might still be the dominant tech story of 2024 (and perhaps much further beyond), one notable...
What’s With The Colors Green and Red in ‘Vertigo’?
October 24, 2024I am sitting down to write this article after leaving the Academy Museum in Los Angeles, which showed...
How Colorist Mitch Paulson Nailed the Eeriest Looks in Modern Horror
October 24, 2024What do ballerina vampires, Xenomorphs, and Satan-loving motivated serial killers all have in common? Besides a general spooky...
Dig Into The Immersive Horror Scene with Writer, Producer, and Streamer Saige Ryan
October 23, 2024When you watch a horror movie or TV show, you can be on the edge of your seat...
Let AI Assist Your Action Shots With the Updated Insta360 Ace Pro 2
October 23, 2024While AI continues to evolve mostly in the film and video world in post-production, we are seeing more...
Create Horror Films for Under $10,000 With These Tips
October 23, 2024Having made almost 20 projects together at this point, the father and son filmmaking team of Sean and...
The ‘Curse of the Sin Eater’ Crew Opens Up About What Gear is Essential to Shoot Horror
October 23, 2024I love talking to filmmakers about what it takes to see the movie we get on screen, but...
Unlock Your Filmmaking Potential with Free Adobe Training at AdobeVideoTraining.com
October 23, 2024As an emerging filmmaker, you know that mastering video editing can set you apart from the competition. Adobe...
Inside the Frenetic Editing Style of the Horror Flick ‘ICK’
October 22, 2024One of the noisiest titles coming out of the film festival circuit is the horror movie, ICK. It...
Adobe Sneaks Showcases How AI Continues to Push Video Workflows Forward
October 22, 2024At the tail end of every Adobe MAX—Adobe’s annual creativity conference—the company brings out some of its engineers...
Why Writer-Director Hallie Meyers-Shyer Wrote ‘Goodrich’ for Only Michael Keaton
October 22, 2024In filmmaking, finding the right actor can make all the difference, and for Hallie Meyers-Shyer, Michael Keaton was...
A Cinematic Aspect Ratio Guide for Every Filmmaker
October 22, 2024Whether you’re watching a show on your iPhone, setting up your new 70in 4K television, or sitting your...
Brian De Palma’s Style Is Highly Underrated for Its Originality
October 22, 2024Once you see a Brian De Palma movie, you’re never going to think about original filmmaking the same...
From Film School to Coppola With ‘Megalopolis’ DP Mihai Malaimare, Jr.
October 19, 2024Mihai Malaimare Jr. has had a crazy career, spanning from PTA’s The Master to Coppola’s latest love letter...
Characterize Space With the Production Designer of ‘Exhibiting Forgiveness’
October 19, 2024One of the more under appreciated roles in moviemaking is that of the set decorator. Sure, for spectacle...
Take This Invaluable Filmmaking Advice From John Carpenter
October 19, 2024If you’re a horror fan like me, John Carpenter‘s Halloween is bound to be an iconic entry in...
How to Compose a More Chaotic Film Score
October 19, 2024Written by Darren Fung Some 20 years ago, I responded to an ad looking for a composer for...
The 6 Steps to Create a Memorable Character
October 19, 2024When I sit down to write a new spec, I start with the characters first. Who’s in this...
What Is a Jump Cut?
October 18, 2024Editors are magicians. They cut films and TV shows together and help bring stories forward. One of the...
What Is An Over the Shoulder Shot?
October 18, 2024Camera shots and angles come in all shapes and sizes. The “over the shoulder” shot is no different...
How Development in Hollywood Burdens Creatives
October 18, 2024One of the main issues writers face in modern Hollywood is the idea of risk. Studios say they...
How to Write Short Films (Free Template)
October 18, 2024Chances are you’re reading No Film School because you’re not only obsessed with Hollywood, but you want to...
ASC-Winning Cinematographer Jules O’Loughlin on Season 2 of ‘The Old Man’
October 18, 2024The highly anticipated second season of FX’s Emmy-nominated drama The Old Man is finally here, and it picked...
Composer Joseph Metcalfe on the Importance of Character Themes in ‘Depravity’
October 17, 2024There’s a special brand of cinematic theme music we hear and instantly connect to a specific character or...
DJI Announces Air 3S With Dual Cameras and Advanced Video Encoding
October 17, 2024As we await the outcome of a potential drone ban in the United States, DJI remains committed to...
How This Documentary Filmmaker Got Immersed in a World
October 16, 2024Written by Jon Ornoy It’s funny how little choices you make in a time and place that seem...
Frame.io to Add Cameras from Canon, Nikon, and Leica to its Camera-to-Cloud Ecosystem
October 16, 2024Announced at Adobe MAX in Miami, Florida, Adobe has shared several updates from the Frame.io team about the...
The ‘It Ends With Us’ Editor Takes Us Through Balancing The Story
October 16, 2024One of the biggest hits of the year is the romantic film It Ends With Us. The Justin...
Applying for Your O-1 Visa to Work in Film and TV
October 15, 2024The O-1 visa, also known as the “artist visa,” is a crucial step for filmmakers and creative professionals...
The Disaster Genre in Film and TV (Definition & Examples)
October 15, 2024What kind of movie do you like to put on when it’s raining outside? Or what if you...
How Do You Break Into Hollywood Now?
October 15, 2024The film industry is notoriously hard to break into. It’s been compared to being a professional athlete; you...
How to Create Three-Dimensional Characters From a One-Dimensional Character
October 15, 2024Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: the characters in your script feel too written, too contrived...
How to Write a Final Battle
October 15, 2024A story is an amalgamation of a lot of different ideas. When looked at as a whole, it’s...
Top 10 Horror Movies With the Best Practical Effects
October 13, 2024As indie filmmakers—especially in the genre space—sometimes we have to find creative ways to cinematically portray some crazy...
Blackmagic Video Assist Adds RAW Recording for Fujifilm X-M5 and Panasonic LUMIX SD5
October 12, 2024While the middle of October isn’t usually the busiest time for new camera announcements, we do have a...
Take Big Swings to Produce Your Next Movie
October 12, 2024Written By Lisa Cordileone & Shaan Dasani This one’s for all of the indie producers out there. It’s...
Praising Great Exposition in Film and TV
October 12, 2024Exposition is the backbone of a good story—the glue that holds the narrative together, and the spice that...
Panasonic Announces New LUMIX S5D With DJI LiDAR AF in Europe
October 11, 2024Exciting news for all of you filmmakers, videographers, and content creators in Europe, Panasonic announced a new camera...
How ‘Stalker’s Prey 3’ Used VFX to World Build on a Budget
October 11, 2024Written by Colin Theys I’ve always been drawn to movies that build worlds. A unique setting can be...
How to Scale Video Editing With an AI Storytelling Partner
October 11, 2024As AI continues to reshape creative industries, video editing is undergoing a major transformation. Tools like Eddie AI...
How to Cinematically Achieve a ’70s Look
October 11, 2024Why do movies from the 1970’s look so different than films today? While there are many reasons for...
Protect Your Work from AI Training With Adobe’s Content Authenticity App
October 10, 2024Whether you love it or hate it, AI is here to stay. And as AI technology continues to...
Capturing the Look of FOX’s New Lifeguard Drama ‘Rescue: HI-Surf’
October 10, 2024John Wells is the creative force behind hits such as ER, The West Wing, Southland, Shameless ,and Third...
Explore the Fallout of Mythologizing True Crime With ‘Red Rooms’
October 10, 2024Pascal Plante’s Red Rooms isn’t the least bit shy about the pertinent question it spends its runtime exploring—where...
‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ Ending Explained
October 10, 2024Is this the end of Joaquin’s Joker as we know him? Was he ever “The Joker”? As moviegoers...
‘Bad Shabbos’ Editor Kait Plum Talks Mental Health in Post
October 10, 2024How do documentary films inform the way we approach narrative filmmaking? What does it mean to care for...
Panasonic Unveils the World’s Lightest and Smallest AF-Compatible Interchangeable Zoom Lens
October 9, 2024Unveiled as an ideal partner for the LUMIX S9 mirrorless camera, Panasonic revealed that they’re going all-in on...
Costume Designer Richard Cooke Takes Us Through His Work on ‘Joan’
October 9, 2024The costumes in a particular TV show or movie can be the gateway to getting the audience to...
Is ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ the Anti-Blockbuster of a Generation?
October 9, 2024As moviegoers and fans alike, we live in a particularly weird time. With more access to movies and...
Eddie AI: ChatGPT for Video Editing
October 9, 2024In the 80s if you wanted to edit anything, you’d have to physically cut and splice reels of...
Fix Any Potential iPhone 16 Camera Freezing Issues with iOS 18.0.1 Update
October 8, 2024As we’ve been covering for years, smartphone filmmaking is increasingly becoming more and more of a possibility for...
Lessons in Composing The Marvel Series ‘Agatha All Along’
October 8, 2024Written by Michael Paraskevas Two of the hardest questions I’m regularly asked are who’s my favorite musical artist...
No One Is Coming To Save Your Filmmaking Career
October 8, 2024When I was younger, I kept thinking that breaking into Hollywood was sort of a group effort. I...
Do Iraq War Movies Have a Specific Genre?
October 7, 2024The war in Iraq officially began on March 20, 2003, and has been going ever since. The conflict...
What Are The Best Screenwriting Websites?
October 7, 2024Writing is hard. But I love it. Still, sometimes I need to ease myself into the day. With...
The Making Of ‘Star Wars’
October 7, 2024The entire world knows about Star Wars. From the smallest village in India to the crowded streets of...
How Do You Define the Premise of a Movie or TV Show?
October 7, 2024Film and television are all about communication. You want the audience to understand the purpose and drive behind...
Coincidences in Movies and Television Only Work When…
October 7, 2024I think we all can agree that telling a fictional story requires a lot of prep work and...
Death of Pilot Season, Max Lugavere’s ‘Little Empty Boxes’, and Big Pivots
October 5, 2024As streaming reshapes the industry, pilot season is a thing of the past, leaving creatives to navigate constant...
The Future of Storytelling: A Sit-Down Interview with ‘Euphoria’ Editor on AI
October 5, 2024Recently, Meagan Keene, director of product marketing from Adobe, sat down with accomplished editor Aaron Butler, ACE, known...
How Trial and Error in Writing Lead to ‘Things Will Be Different’
October 5, 2024Written by Michael Felker I spent the last twenty years writing features because I wanted to make a...
Watch the First Short Film Ever Shot on an iPhone with Pro Anamorphic Lenses
October 5, 2024Unless it has to do with AI or a smartphone, we don’t get too many “first ever” concepts...
Hollywood Needs to Prioritize Research and Development or It Will Die
October 5, 2024When I started to work in Hollywood in 2012, I was an assistant. I remember long days I...
DaVinci Resolve 19.0.2 Offers Improved Audio Alignment and More New Support
October 4, 2024Since Blackmagic’s DaVinci Resolve 19’s announcement as a public beta release and thus pushed live to all users...
Pilot Season is All Year Now
October 4, 2024You hear that? It’s the sound of exhaustion. Every TV writer you know is burnt out, and the...
The Storytelling Challenges of ‘Transformers One’ with Director Josh Cooley
October 4, 2024Today, we’re revving up for an exciting conversation with the director of Transformers One. The work is a...
‘Family Guy’ Takes Center Stage at Show&Tell’s September Screening
October 3, 2024If you once again missed this month’s installment of the irreverent comedy gatherings of Show&Tell: Screening Spectacular due...
Pika’s New AI Video Model Adds More Realistic Movements and Trippy Effects
October 3, 2024While 2024 began with a flurry of new AI video model announcements, updates, and releases, it feels like...
Editor Ryan Folsey Explains The Creative Dynamics of Cutting ‘K-Pops!’
October 3, 2024Get ready to step into the editing room and discover the creative dynamics behind the movie, K-Pops!. In...
Find Your Authentic Self Through Comedy and Animation With ‘Unicorn Boy’
October 3, 2024If there’s one thing I’ve always found are peas in a pod, it’s artistic authenticity and absurdist comedy...
The Cinematography behind BFI’s Premiere ‘Dawn Every Day’
October 2, 2024Written by Evan Weidenkeller Dawn Every Day is a true story about a boy who tries to conjure...
The TASCAM FR-AV2 Offers Another 32-Bit Float Recording Option for Your Field Audio
October 2, 2024Following up on the heels of a Zoom announcing their new H2essential 32-bit float recorder, TASCAM is hammering...
Why Am I Always Getting Stuck in My Screenplay?
October 2, 2024Day after day, I see posts on Screenwriting Reddit and Twitter, and I get emails from people wondering...
Composer Juan Cortés Arango Explains What Draws Him to Projects
October 1, 2024Juan Cortés is a versatile Spanish-Colombian composer and filmmaker based in Los Angeles who combines his passion for...
Get Pro Quality with Plug-in Power with Sony’s New ECM-L1 Lav Microphone
October 1, 2024As someone who made heavy use of easy-to-use lav microphones as a solo videographer for many years, it’s...
4 Steps to Writing a Great TV Pilot
September 30, 2024We’re in the golden era of television right now and there are more and more shows on the...
Act One 101: What You Need to Know to Get Your Script Started
September 30, 2024The reason we get into writing is to see our ideas come to life…hopefully, one day, on the...
What Movie Contains the Best Acting?
September 30, 2024My favorite part of the development process is casting. You get to make a long list of names...
How to Write Subtext in a Screenplay
September 30, 2024Ever want to say something but not blurt it out? Your way around it was probably talking about...
How Do Entertainment Lawyers Help Filmmakers?
September 30, 2024While you are assembling your team for representation, you may overlook how important it is to have a...
Check Out SSFF & Asia’s Autumn Showcase of Spectacular Shorts
September 29, 2024Are you a fan of Academy-qualifying short films? What about a myriad of them available online through November?...
Find the Subjectivity of Your Narrative With “The Professional Parent”
September 28, 2024Written by Erik Jasan The inspiration for “The Professional Parent” came from a visit I made to an...
How ‘Chimp Crazy’ Was Edited With Ethics
September 28, 2024When I turned on Chimp Crazy for the first time, I had no idea what to expect. A...
The State of Spec Scripts, ‘The Substance’, and Panama Filmmaking
September 28, 2024Selling a script can feel like a distant dream, but the process is very much alive. From using...
Put Fast Macro Shooting in Your Hands With This New Tamron 90mm f/2.8 Short-Telephoto
September 27, 2024For all you Sony and Nikon shooters out there, Tamron is back doing what it does best—providing affordable...
A Look at the Award Winners from This Year’s Fantastic Fest
September 27, 2024As Fantastic Fest 2024 wraps up in Austin, TX this year, we’re reminded of why genre filmmaking is...
Why Writers Love A Mentor Character
September 27, 2024I’ve spoken ad nauseam about how important mentors have been in my career, but I don’t think I’ve...
How to Shoot Cooking Videos at Home
September 27, 2024There are only so many narrative things you can shoot in your own home before you can go...
What Assistants Look for From Your Script Submission
September 27, 2024I worked as the assistant to the president fo a production company for two years. I have been...
How Brad Pitt’s ‘F1’ Movie Got Sony to Custom Design a Camera With a Detachable Sensor
September 26, 2024While it’s nothing new for a camera company to work with big-budget feature films to customize their cameras...
An Interview With DP Graham Sheldon About Capturing the D&D Web Series ‘Goblin Mode’
September 26, 2024While it might seem like the opposite at times, there are actually more avenues for content production in...
Provoke Thoughtful Conversation With Your Art
September 26, 2024Written by Masha Egieva In early 2024, I finished my second short film as writer-director, “Saint Vassily”. A...
How to Agent Your Agent
September 26, 2024Recently, I got emailed a question about what to do when you finally get representation. It seems like...
How ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ Edited Practical FX With Grandiosity
September 26, 2024As a horror-comedy that’s loaded with practical effects, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice seemingly would be a tricky movie to edit...
James Cameron Joins the Board of An AI Company
September 25, 2024According to a story by Deadline, James Cameron has joined the board of an AI company to consult...
The New Cooke SP3 18mm T2.4 Lens is Here to Enhance Your Mirrorless Camera’s Optical Performance
September 25, 2024Following up their celebrated SP3 series of lenses released last year, Cooke is back with an expansion of...
Fujifilm to Host Second Annual ‘Create With Us’ Event for Fuji Shooters and Visual Artists
September 25, 2024It’s no LA or NYC, but as a local of Austin, TX it’s always cool to be reminded...
Why Practical FX are Almost Always Better Than CGI
September 25, 2024Written by Kyle Sevenoaks There are few things worse than enjoying a good b-movie with an interesting set...
How Did The Composer of ‘Average Joe’ Give the Movie a Genre Identity?
September 25, 2024Andrew Morgan Smith, the mastermind behind the captivating score of the hit film Average Joe, is anything but...
Record Better Audio With the New Zoom H2essential 32-Bit Float Recorder
September 24, 2024As 32-bit float recording becomes the new standard for both high-end audio recording, as well as your everyday...
What’s the Difference Between an Agent and a Manager?
September 24, 2024When you’re working in Hollywood, it can be tough to break in and sustain a career. There are...
What Can Jackson Pollock Teach Us About Film & TV?
September 23, 2024Art history is the culmination of something that has a foggy beginning. First, we painted on cave walls...
What is the Save the Cat Beat Sheet?
September 23, 2024Blake Snyder was a successful screenwriter with more than 12 spec script sales under his belt. Some for...
How to Make a Dynamic 60-Second Short Film
September 23, 2024Think about what takes only one minute? Slowly pouring a cup of coffee, listening to your partner complain...
What is a Script Doctor?
September 23, 2024Everyone has likely heard the old maxim, “all writing is rewriting.” But there are people out there who...
Why Nemo’s Mom is the Most Important Character in the Movie
September 23, 2024We all know that opening scenes are crucial to any screenplay. They’re what catches our eye right off...
Public Domain Stories and Movie Ideas
September 22, 2024If you’re like me, you’ve heard the words “It’s in the public domain,” and wondered…but what is the...
How to Write Sociological Stories
September 22, 2024The world your characters live within affects them in many ways. Sometimes they provide the internal struggles that...
Analyze Toxic Relationships Through Absurdity With ‘Crumb Catcher’
September 22, 2024If you’ve ever worked in the service industry as a waitor, you might have found your self in...
Balancing Studio and Indie Genre Filmmaking with “Faces” Director Blake Simon
September 21, 2024While the term might not always mean the same to each person, “making it” in filmmaking is as...
Laugh at the Filth With ‘Heads or Fails’ Filmmakers Lenny & Harpo Guit
September 21, 2024While Fantastic Fest might be more known for its horror shorts and features, Alamo Drafthouse’s genre film festival...
Master an Authentic Jump Scare With ‘Oddity’ Editor Brian Phillip Davis
September 21, 2024In honor of (almost, pretty much, who cares) officially horror movie season, let’s laud the editing of the...
Why Indie Film Distribution Is About To Go Punk Rock
September 21, 2024Filmmaking isn’t just about making a great film—it’s about getting that film seen. With traditional distribution models crumbling...
Break Through to Your Inner Shakespeare With the Director of ‘A Different Man’
September 21, 2024The dark comedy A Different Man was a standout at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Writer/director Aaron Schimberg’s...
Fabricate True Crime Documentary-Style With ‘Strange Harvest’
September 20, 2024When exactly was it that the true crime genre really took off, huh? Documentaries like Paradise Lost and...
How Helen Huang Designed Grounded Costumes for ‘The Penguin’
September 20, 2024How do you dress a Penguin? It’s a question that’s been answered many times, by Tim Burton and...
How to Shoot Close-Up Animal Sequences
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Find Harmony Among Chaos With Austin Weber’s ‘Rent Free’ Score
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The PYXIS is Set to Get a Major Upgrade with Blackmagic’s New External Monitor
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How did Tarantino and Uma Thurman Conceive ‘The Bride’
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What is Cinema Verite?
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How the NO FAKES Act is a Bipartisan Challenge To AI
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Adobe Updates its Terms of Use and Promises to Not Train AI on Customer’s Content
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Three Smooth and Stabilizing Zhiyun Handheld Gimbal Kits
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What is The Close Up Shot?
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There’s a One-Minute Logical Answer to Why Pixar Moms Are So Thicc
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How YouTube Became One of the Most Important Sites Ever
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What is a High Angle Shot?
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The Difference Between ‘Story By,’ ‘Screenplay By,’ and ‘Written By’
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Unsolved mysteries unravel in “The Jinx – Part Two”
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Handle Both Photo and Video with Canon’s RF 35mm f/1.4 L VCM Hybrid Lens
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Sony Reveals Roadmap for BURANO’s Future Firmware Updates
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Panasonic Keeps the Micro Four Thirds Dream Alive with New LUMIX GH7
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Firmware Updates to Bring a “Sensor Mode” to Several Popular Canon Cameras
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Record 6K Cinema RAW Light at 6K/60p with the New Canon EOS C400
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What Are The Best War Movies of All Time?
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How to Make Your Screening an Unforgettable Experience
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Jim Cummings Showcases a Free Film School
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Affordably Start Creating 3D Content with Acer’s Upcoming SpatialLabs Eyes Stereo Camera
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How to Create a Film Score Without Instruments
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Could DJI Drones Actually Be Banned in the United States?
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Score Deadly When Composing Music for Agatha Christie
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Three Reliable M3 Apple MacBooks to Take on Set With You
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Get Over $1,100 of Filmmaking Tools and Resources for $98
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Shoot Wide Open with Sigma’s World’s First f/1.8 Zoom Lens for Full-Frame Cameras
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If You’re Not Inspired by Costner and Coppola At Cannes, You’re Crazy
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Break Up With Your Temp Score and Placeholder Tracks
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Sony is Embracing AI to Cut Costs
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How AI Was Used to Mix Anya Taylor-Joy’s Face with a Child Actor in ‘Furiosa’
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The Art of Being Scrappy As Cinematographer
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Support Your Local Cinema and See ‘The Terminator’ 4K Restoration for Art House Theater Day
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Why Blackmagic is Dropping the URSA Mini Pro 4.6K G2’s Price By Nearly Half
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How is Tom Cruise Training Glen Powell to Be a Movie Star?
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What Are Electronic Variable Neutral Density Filters and How Do They Work?
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Hollywood Weighs Deal With AI Companies
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How ‘Griselda’ Production Designer Knut Loewe Turned Los Angeles into 1970s Miami and Colombia
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Netflix’s Ted Sarandos Offers an Interesting Perspective on AI Use
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California’s AB5 Law Threatens Film and TV Workers Who Use Loan Outs
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What Are Some Screenwriting Lessons From the ‘Star Wars’ Movies?
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Go Inside The Editing of The Hit Doc ‘Spermworld’
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Why is Only One Movie Reportedly Being Shot with IMAX Cameras in 2025?
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Netflix’s New Engagement Report Reveals Some Surprise Hits
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Is Diversity a Risk for Streaming Viewership? Absolutely Not, Says UCLA Report
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Minneapolis Filmmaker Completes First Feature Film in 17 days
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Use Non-ZEISS Lenses with ZEISS CinCraft Scenario 2.0
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Cultivate Art in Camp With Trans Slasher ‘T-BLOCKERS’
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Explore the Different Film Simulation Modes Fujifilm Offers with its Cameras
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The Compact Point-and-Shoot Game Heats Up with Leica’s New D-Lux 8
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Game-Changers and Missteps in AI in Documentary Film
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The Pause in Pipeline Programs and What That Means for You
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How Can You Balance Comedy and Murder With Editing?
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Is Mimicking Scarlett Johansson’s Voice Without Consent a New Low for OpenAI?
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What Are the Best Coming of Age Movies of All Time?
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Read and Download the ‘Star Wars’ Script PDF
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Three Sigma Art Lenses for Your Sony E-Mount Cameras
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How Microsoft’s New Copilot+ PCs Promise to Optimize AI in Video Editing Apps
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Why Did The AMC Network Add a Trigger Warning to ‘Goodfellas’?
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What Are the Best Mystery Movies of All Time?
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Ensure Perfect Eye Contact for Your Interview Shoots With a Foldable Two-Way Mirror Box
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Fujifilm Brings C2PA Content Authenticity Support to Its Cameras
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‘Prom Dates’ Writer & Director on Reviving the Teen Sex Comedy
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Check Out Sigma’s Slimmed Down 24-70mm F2.8 DG DN II Zoom Lens
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Check This VFX Breakdown of the TV Series ‘Fallout’
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What is The Longest Movie In The World?
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Learn How This Editor Helped Craft the Action and Comedy of ‘The Fall Guy’
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What Are The Best Crime Movies of All Time?
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How To Get a Short Film Into Sundance – and Turn It Into a Feature
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Why Does Jesse Plemons Wears Those Red Sunglasses in ‘Civil War’?
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What is Logos in Advertising?
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Roe Visual on the Importance of Global Illumination at NAB 2024
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A First-Hand Look at the New Blackmagic URSA Cine 12K at NAB 2024
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Strada Shows Off Their AI-Based Creative Companion at NAB 2024
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April 19, 2024As we’ve already seen from the announcements of the NAB Show “Product of the Year” awards, even though...
8K Monitors and Virtual Production Studio Updates ASUS at NAB 2024
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Did This True Crime Doc Use AI Images?
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Sony BURANO Wins Best Overall in Create and Top Tech at NAB Show 2024
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Ethos, Pathos, Logos: 20 Effective Ways to Advertise [Infographic]
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Tarantino Changes Mind, Drops ‘The Movie Critic’ As His Final Film
April 18, 2024Quentin Tarantino is an interesting director who makes bold decisions. But after telling us the tenth and final...
Why Has Packaging Become So Important in The Spec Market?
April 18, 2024At the current moment in time in Hollywood, it feels like if you just have a naked spec...
Edit RAW 8K Footage With the World’s First 8K Mini LED Professional Monitor
April 18, 2024Along with a massive new 135-inch monitor that easily doubles as a cinema screen for your home theater...
Edit Your Videos on the Massive 135-inch ASUS ProArt Cinema PQ07 Monitor
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What Are the Three Necessary Elements for The Rom Com Genre?
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5 Ways to Crack Act Two in Your Screenplay
April 17, 2024I am at the point in my new spec that I just want to quit—the dreaded second act...
IMAX Released A New Next-Gen Cinema Camera
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Use AI-Powered Gesture Controls to Capture 8K Video with the Insta360 X4
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Film School Too Expensive? Educate Yourself for Free
April 17, 2024I logged onto Twitter this morning to see that Boston University, where I got my MFA in Screenwriting...
What Are The Best Comedy Movies of All Time?
April 17, 2024When I have a bad day at work or life just doesn’t go my way, I like to...
Adobe’s Generative AI Video Tools Are Finally Coming to Premiere Pro
April 16, 2024In what is perhaps the biggest news Adobe has ever unveiled for video editors, and also the least...
5 Things I Learned From Sitting in on 120 Pitch Meetings
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How This Designer Created the Costumes on the Mega-Hit ‘Road House’
April 16, 2024Costume designer Dayna Pink had a lot to contend with on Prime’s new film, Road House. The film...
Blackmagic Camera App Set to Finally Come to Android
April 16, 2024We know, we hear from Apple-heads all the time about how iPhones are the best and only smartphone...
Which Is Better: Binge or a Weekly Release TV Show?
April 16, 2024It feels like every time a new TV show comes out on streaming, I see the debate on...
Lighting Shakes Up at NAB With amaran Launching Independently From Aputure
April 15, 2024Big news from the lighting world at NAB as the popular creator-oriented sect amaran, previously of Aputure, is...
The New Atomos Ninja Phone Kicks Butt
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The All New Blackmagic Cloud Store Max Has a Whopping 48TB Capacity
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New DaVinci Resolve Micro Color Panel Comes With Cinematic Superpowers
April 14, 2024Are you ready to ditch the mouse and elevate your color grading? The DaVinci Resolve Micro Color Panel...
Blackmagic DaVinci Resolve 19 Adds Neural Engine AI Tools and Color Grading Improvements
April 13, 2024Along with some major camera announcements and a host of other new products, updates, and improvements across their...
Shoot EF, PL, or L-Mount with the Box-Style Blackmagic PYXIS 6K
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These No Film School Listeners Won Slamdance and Then Some
April 13, 2024Nina Ognjanovic is the director of the film, Where the Road Leads, which won Best Narrative Feature at...
Nail Your Second Feature With These Dos and Don’ts From ‘Don’t Die’
April 13, 2024Written by Benjamin Stark Don’t Die is about a desperate man who robs a drug store to get...
Blackmagic’s Just-Revealed URSA Cine 12K LF Set to Rock the Industry
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Adobe Will Pay You to Train AI WIth Your Videos
April 12, 2024Want to make money with some of the videos you have lying around on hard drives? Well, Adobe...
How ‘The People’s Joker’ Got Away With A Heartfelt Batman Parody
April 12, 2024Ah, comic book movie discourse. As tired as we all may be of shooting the shit about “Marvel...
How to Build a Career in High-Speed Racing Videography
April 12, 2024When first starting off in film and video (or, you know, after you do or don’t finish film...
Challenge Creativity with ‘Thelma’ Filmmaker Josh Margolin
April 12, 2024It’s always nice to hear from a fellow filmmaker about their own trials, tribulations, and success stories learned...
DJI Levels Up its FPV Experience with Avata 2, Googles 3, and RC Motion 3
April 12, 2024Launching what is now its third FPV drone, DJI is hitting NAB 2024 hard and early this year...
Score the Animal World With the Composers of ‘Planet Earth III’
April 11, 2024When Sara Barone and Jacob Shea of Bleeding Fingers Music teamed up to score Planet Earth III, they...
Canon Expands Broadcast Lens Lineup with Powerful New 27x Optical Zoom
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Meta to Add ‘Made With AI’ Labels to Photos and Videos
April 10, 2024Starting in May, Meta, Facebook, Threads, and Instagram will begin to label AI-created photos and videos. Meta’s blog...
Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Megalopolis’ Struggles to Find Distribution
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Blackmagic Camera App to Add Rack Focus Controls and Earphone Audio Monitoring
April 10, 2024As the smartphone videography world continues to grow and shed its gimmicky appeal, the Blackmagic Camera app has...
DJI Unveils New Flagship Gimbal Systems with RS 4, RS 4 Pro, and Focus Pro
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It’s Okay to Have a Morally Ambiguous Main Character
April 10, 2024I recently got into an argument with a younger person over a movie. Their main critique of the...
What is the “Chosen One” Trope?
April 9, 2024When it comes to telling stories about heroes, there are plenty of tropes surrounding the protagonist. The one...
Why is the Fujifilm X100VI Struggling to Stay in Stock?
April 9, 2024The Fujifilm X100VI is quickly becoming the most buzzed and talked about camera of the year already. This...
Three GoPro Action Cameras to Take on the Go
April 9, 2024When first introduced, there really was no such thing as an “action cam” before GoPro. And, as the...
You Can Now Sign a Petition to Add Custom LUTs to the Sony a7S III
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A Filmmaker’s Guide to Shooting the Eclipse
April 9, 2024On August 21st, a total eclipse, where the moon completely blocks the sun, will be visible in North...
Should You Use A Dutch Angle Shot?
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What Is a Foil Character?
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What Is the Male Gaze?
April 6, 2024One of the topics Hollywood is coming to reckon with now is the question, “What is the male...
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Light 90% Brighter with ARRI’s New L-Series Plus LED Fresnels
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How Heat Shapes Your Career With Oscar-Nominated Producer Chris Moore & Team
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Insta360’s Free Desktop Editor Studio Takes Major Step Forward With Latest Update
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Why Is Everyone Saying “Survive ’til ’25” In Hollywood?
April 5, 2024We are four months into 2025, and the year already has a slogan: “Survive til 25.” This damning...
Screenwriter Michael Arndt On How to Write Insanely Great Endings
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Go Behind the Scenes of FX’s Hit Series ‘Shogun’
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How to Craft a Diverse Spoken Word Short with “Night Swimming”
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Use AI Search Tools to Find the Right Royalty-Free Music for Your Videos
April 4, 2024We’ve all been there: you have a client requesting a specific, popular song for a video. They might...
Why Can’t AI Generate a Simple White Background Image?
April 4, 2024In what sounds like a plot point that you might find in a Philip K. Dick book, apparently...
What Is True Crime in Movies and TV?
April 4, 2024True crime writing has gained immense popularity in recent years, with readers flocking to books, podcasts, and documentaries...
How ‘Not Your Daddy’s Films’ is Redefining the Industry By Championing Women and Non-binary Filmmakers
April 4, 2024Not Your Daddy’s Films (NYDF), a social impact organization committed to empowering and educating women and non-binary filmmakers...
What Are Set Pieces in Film and TV?
April 3, 2024I was sitting in an IMAX theater this weekend, watching fremen summon and ride sandworms across the desert...
How Jim Cummings Ruined Brunch for Everyone
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A Worldbuilding Template for Filmmakers
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How Good is Sora Actually? An Interview with the Filmmakers Behind “Air Head”
April 3, 2024In many ways, there’s no bigger—or perhaps more important—conversation going on in the film and video world right...
A Guide to Tech Noir in Film and Television
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Three Panasonic Cameras Perfect for Hybrid Shooters
April 2, 2024Who doesn’t love a good starter camera? And these days, there’s more of them now than ever before...
Is Achieving the American Dream Possible Through Cinematography?
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Are King Kong and Godzilla Actually Friends?
March 30, 2024The cultural impact of Godzilla is undeniable. Godzilla is a total baddie, sometimes sweetie, always ready to rumble...
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How This Austrian Director Told His Great-Grandfather’s True War Story
March 30, 2024The Fox is a film that belongs in the class of gorgeous contemporary historical dramas that observe the...
The Best Dark Comedies
March 30, 2024The best dark comedy movies of all time make you laugh at some sick and twisted stuff. They’re...
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Finding Heartfelt Dystopian Satire With ‘Future Date’
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