The Conviction of a Misguided Visionary: These Three Prison Inmates Are Looking To Moviemaking As Their Salvation
There’s a lot of tough talk about braving the “art life,” and with good reason. Trying times—from being exploited in entry-level positions...
Breaking Down Your Script? Follow These Steps to Mark and Tag Your Way Through Pre-Production (Video)
1st ADs in pre-production: Are your project’s scenes marked and tagged for shooting? If so, great! You’ll more or less know the essentials...
San Luis Obispo International Film Festival 2017: It’s Quaint at First Glance, but SLO Has a Lot Going On
Long after the boysenberry aromas of a San Luis Obispo-made Zinfandel were washed from my palate, the local flavor of the sleepy...
Doing Action Justice: Watch How Paul Verhoeven’s RoboCop Gives Excessive Action the Treatment It Deserves (Video)
If Paul Verhoeven has taught moviemakers anything during his time spent directing blockbusters, it’s that action and violence can be as meaningful as...Dream On: Watch How Ingmar Bergman Laid the Groundwork for Cinematic Depictions of Dreams (Video)
From Maya Deren to David Lynch, the cinematic “fever dream” has been conjured by many, but mastered by few. Ingmar Bergman is...
On the Lookout For Your Next Location? Don’t Forget These Eight Keys to Foolproof Scouting (Video)
When scouting for locations, moviemakers automatically consider what’s going to be in the frame, but sometimes tend to forget that what’s out of it will be...
Shedding Light: Watch This Enlightening Breakdown of DP Janusz Kaminski’s Signature Lighting Techniques (Video)
For every production, there are existing sets, and then there are additional set layers whose creation depends upon harnessing those sets’ light sources....
Frame of Mind: Watch How Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower Followed Multiple Points of Action to Shoot a Protest (Video)
What makes a scene work? Does it lie in the carefully executed plans of a film’s cast and crew? Or does the...
Frame of Mind: Watch How I Love Dick DP Jim Frohna’s Framing Heightens Characters’ Emotional Conflicts (Video)
What makes a scene work? Does it lie in the carefully executed plans of a film’s cast and crew? Or does the...
Frame of Mind: Take Advantage of Darkness to Craft Jump Scares, Says Camera Obscura Director Aaron B. Koontz (Video)
What makes a scene work? Does it lie in the carefully executed plans of a film’s cast and crew? Or does the...
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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...8Inside the Issue: Cinematography
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...Inside the Issue: Directing
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...