Visual Framework: Watch How Wong Kar-wai Uses Frames Within Frames in In the Mood for Love (Video)
An integral aspect of Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai’s mastery is his recurring use of frames within the film frame. The below take, by Evan...
Need For Speed: Don’t Write Off Using Differing Shutter Speeds In Your Project (Video)
A comprehensive filmmaker’s toolkit is grown slowly over time: picking up technical knowledge here and there until one is equipped to really play around with...
Killer Instincts: Florence Pugh’s Steely Performance in Lady Macbeth Foretells a Rapid Ascension
“Everybody get the bongos out,” laughs 21-year-old Florence Pugh when describing her English childhood. A bohemian upbringing she says was “von Trapp-esque” helped her gain...
Book Review: Shooting Better Movies: The Student Filmmakers’ Guide Should Be a Rookie’s Go-To Reference
“You have to know the rules in order to break them.” This oft-repeated cliché might be considered irksome if not for the fact that most...
Demetri Martin. Indie Moviemaker. The Dean Star and Director Takes a New Step in an Already Accomplished Career
With his directorial debut, Dean, comedic multihyphenate Demetri Martin stars alongside an impressive ensemble cast in a bicoastal comedy-drama about loss and grief. Foremost a stand-up...
Subverting Rom-Com Expectations: How When Harry Met Sally… Dances Around the Conventions of Genre (Video)
“When Harry Met Sally… shows how a clever writer can flip genre conventions to create a fresh take on a classic story.” In his video...
Festival Wrap: Dallas Fest EARTHxFilm Counters Environmental Doomsday Narratives With A Message of Hope
Recently wrapping its seventh year, Earth Day Texas is the largest annual environmental forum in the world, with attendance upwards of 150,000 over its three-day...
Comic Timing: Slack Bay Continues French Director Bruno Dumont’s Pivot Into Slapstick and Farce
If you had told anyone in 2013—after his heartbreaking seventh feature, Camille Claudel 1915—that famously austere French filmmaker Bruno Dumont would four years later be in...
Classic Cuts: Three Simple Editing Techniques Employed By The Empire Strikes Back (Video)
The trailer for Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the sequel to 2015’s The Force Awakens, dropped this past weekend, a reminder the Star Wars franchise...
All Under One Roof Raving: How Michal Marczak Made All These Sleepless Nights With 3-D-Printed Gear and ADR
The essential listlessness of youth: So many have tried to capture that on camera, though every film that does so successfully makes it feel like...
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The Best Film Schools in the U.S. and Canada 2017: Film Programs to Shape You Into the Next Moviemaking All-Star
Perhaps you’re someone who dreams of a career in moviemaking, and has come to the realization that the discipline, experimentation and personal relationships that flourish in an academic setting are...
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What’s in Your Kit? The Underwater Gear Used in Jeff Orlowski’s Gorgeous Environmental Doc Chasing Coral
How do you show irrefutable proof that the world’s coral reefs are rapidly dying due to climate change? Director Jeff Orlowski’s feature Chasing Coral follows an impassioned team of...
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Of Bad Apes and Twisted Revenge: Matt Reeves, Steve Zahn, Weta Digital and Others on War for the Planet of the Apes
Actor Steve Zahn—known for his roles in That Thing You Do, Riding in Cars With Boys, and Dallas Buyers Club—once stumbled onto an online post about his role in...