All posts by Maddy Kadish
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ISET Trendsetters: VR Moviemakers Jessica Brillhart and Gabo Arora’s Five Tips for Working in a Brave New Medium
As VR breaks new territory, matures as a medium, and the market for VR storytelling grows, it edges ever closer from specialty... -
Vocal Expression: Zoe Lister-Jones on Making Her Spirited Feature Debut, Band Aid, With an All-Female Crew
The feature film Band Aid represents not only Zoe Lister-Jones’ directorial debut, but also her voice—in more ways than one. Lister-Jones and... -
On Demand and Supply: Brush Up on Digital Distribution Basics, Courtesy of Leading Aggregator Distribber
Distribution is the end goal of every moviemaker, yet for many the slog of getting a film onto a screen—any screen—can be... -
Letting Sparks Fly: Sundance’s Three-Year-Old Ignite Program Gives Young Moviemakers Space to Grow
As Sundance settles comfortably into its fourth decade, the festival hopes to draw—and shape—new filmmakers and audiences, particularly as methods of creating... -
Casting From Your Couch? Mobile Casting App UpCast Aims to Cut Your Time Spent Finding Actors
As mobile technology shakes up everything from dating to banking, Drew Doyon, founder and CEO of UpCast, wants to do the same... -
Albany’s Own: As You Are Announces a Promising Talent in Director Miles Joris-Peyrafitte
As You Are is a story about isolation, fracturing relationships and the need to belong. From first-time filmmaker Miles Joris-Peyrafitte, the film... -
“No Filter”: Director So Yong Kim Gives Her Stars and Setting No Embellishment in Lovesong
With her film Lovesong, director So Yong Kim shows us how old friendship can morph into awkwardness when lives take different directions. The... -
A Friendly Ear: Audio Network Adds a Human Touch to Music Licensing
Audio Network is working hard to be your music licensing guide. Launched in 2001 as an online music library for producers in... -
Vegas Upgrade: VEGAS Pro Editing Software Gets a Comprehensive Boost in its 14th Edition
Berlin-based MAGIX has given VEGAS Pro editing software the love it may not have received from Sony. MAGIX acquired the Windows-only VEGAS... -
Capturing The Free World: A Quick Chat With Cinematographer Bérénice “Bear” Eveno
Cinematographer Bérénice Eveno, a.k.a. Bear, uses her camera to represent the complex themes of The Free World—freedom, confinement, isolation and violence. The...
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Sydney on the Map: To Land Breakout Roles, Sydney Sweeney Draws Her Own Maps of the Characters She Inhabits
A reverent initiate of a patriarchal regime; a disturbed young psychiatric hospital ward; a sexually questioning teen with a flair for the dramatic; a mysterious denizen...Inside the Issue: Directing
Think Like A Photographer: Generation Wealth’s Lauren Greenfield Shares How Still Techniques Make Better Movies
The biggest change I experienced when I went from making pictures to making films was the sense of an arc—of creating a story over time, and...Inside the Issue: How To
How They Did It: Casting Unknowns Was Key to Finding the Laughs and Lived-In Feel of Bo Burnham’s Eighth Grade
Before I directed my first film, Eighth Grade, I had heard that 90 percent of directing is casting. I’m sure there are other directors who weigh...1