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October 5, 2017
Don’t have that cavernous location your horror screenplay calls for? Build it yourself! Watch this video to see how the crew of Dementia 13 did just that.
August 22, 2017
“Reformed criminals have a skill set naturally transferable to moviemaking,” says Spencer Penney. “Criminals are misguided visionaries.”
August 8, 2017
Once you’ve checked these script breakdown steps off your list, any scheduling details that previously eluded you and your crew will reveal themselves.
July 27, 2017
As with its distinctive wine, San Luis Obispo’s careful cultivation of its supporting independent arts community has made the event better as it’s aged.
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July 18, 2017
Paul Verhoeven shoots action with clarity locks and loads action-heavy sequences with meaning in his modern classic, RoboCop.
July 14, 2017
Watch these videos on Ingmar Bergman’s signature style to discover how the auteur uses mirrors, faces, close-ups and phantom images to create dreamworlds.
July 13, 2017
The logistics of your location choice are as crucial as its aesthetic value. Put these eight things on the checklist for your next scouting outing.
June 27, 2017
Watch this video for an exhaustively detailed look at the lenses, filters and coloring that serve cinematographer Janusz Kaminski’s distinct lighting style.
June 15, 2017
Watch how Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower director Joe Piscatella rose to the challenge of shooting protest footage that isn’t “generic.”
June 9, 2017
Watch these videos with I Love Dick cinematographer Jim Frohna’s commentary to learn what framing and camera movements can add emotional weight to a scene.
June 6, 2017
Watch these videos to see how Camera Obscura director Aaron B. Koontz used invisible cuts, steadi-cam shots and more to craft taut fights and jump scares.
June 2, 2017
Watch how co-directors Peter Spirer and Peter Baxter tweaked their cinematography tools and toyed with temporality to shoot Spirit Game: Pride of a Nation.
May 17, 2017
Editor Nat Sanders discusses what he’s learned about editing thus far, how he cut a key scene from Moonlight the 2017 Oscars Best Picture fiasco and more.
May 13, 2017
Watch this exclusive video for I Love Dick co-creators Jill Soloway and Sarah Gubbins’ secrets on their writing process, post-production tricks and more.
May 5, 2017
Watch these eye-popping and laser-focused scenes from Amariah Olson’s The Shadow Effect for his tips on prepping FX and getting through a 17-hour shoot day.
May 4, 2017
Watch director Alexander Nevsky’s commentary on these two exclusive clips from Black Rose to learn the importance of starting your movie off with a bang.
May 2, 2017
In its 18th year, Newport Beach Film Festival rode the waves of surfing culture and hosted the largest pool of international moviemakers in its history.
April 30, 2017
Watch this video on Lars Von Trier’s Melancholia to learn how warped time, musical motifs and narrative incoherence work to effectively depict depression.
April 27, 2017
In Tampopo, just released by Criterion, food-worship is conveyed in inventive vignettes. Let’s look at how these side stories bring out the film’s flavors.
April 25, 2017
Watch this supercut of Al Pacino’s most over-the-top moments to learn how the right framing can deepen viewers’ perspective of showy acting performance.
April 18, 2017
Explaining how something is funny is sometimes a fool’s errand, but this video on Edgar Wright’s visual comedy helps make that task a little bit easier.
April 17, 2017
The Quad, once Greenwich Village’s premier indie theater, is making a comeback. Director of Programming C. Mason Wells tells us how they’re doing it.
April 14, 2017
Werner Herzog talks poetry, politics, food waste, Donald Trump and Mike Tyson in this wide-ranging interview on his films’ view of the planet.
April 10, 2017
Steven Seagal isn’t much more than the butt of film geek jokes these days, but there’s a reason why the action star’s early films work. This video explains.