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Director Barry Jenkins and cinematographer James Laxton have enjoyed a meteoric rise through the industry together, from collaborating on shorts in film school in Florida,...
When you’re finishing a movie, the rest of the world fades into white noise. That doesn’t mean I wasn’t thinking about where the film would...
Your colorist is the most elusive-yet integral member of your post-production team. Whether you’re aware of it or not, color’s unique essence directly influences our emotional and psychological states. From production design to lighting, moviemakers...
Though his nomination for a Best Editing Oscar for Moonlight wasn’t as monumental as his co-editor Joi McMillon’s—she was the first African-American to receive a nod for the...
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Writing is rewriting, as they say, and often each new...
Breaking with what in recent editions served as a preview to the Academy Awards, the 2017 Independent Spirit Awards delivered in political statements, humor and...
Through characters as eclectic as a kindhearted drug dealer, a woman heading to court for love, a young man searching for his mother, a psychopath...
How can a film’s setting feel so massive in scope and scale, yet so insular, as if it’s a microcosm of some grander universal design? This...
Take a break from crafting that last-second DIY costume to revisit the best articles of October 2016 on moviemaker.com. We’ve picked out our favorite 10 posts from...