Close Encounters of the Third Kind

  • Movie News

Cryptozoo Writer-Director Dash Shaw Illustrates Each Stage of His Animation Process

Dash Shaw is a Richmond, Virginia-based cartoonist and animator and writer-director of the animated feature Cryptozoo. In this feature, Shaw…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

Book Review: The Filmmaker’s Eye: The Language of the Lens (The Power of Lenses and the Expressive Cinematic Image)

In Gustavo Mercado’s newest book, The Filmmaker’s Eye: The Language of the Lens, the award-winning independent moviemaker turned professor explores…

5 years ago
  • Summer 2019

Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker: Richard Dreyfuss

American Graffiti, Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Stand By Me, Mr. Holland’s Opus... even while reading like a…

5 years ago
  • Movie News

First Draft: Best “Plant and Payoff” Scenes Screenwriters Can Learn From

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. “If, in the first chapter,…

7 years ago
  • Moviemaking

How They Did It: To Juice Its UFO Scenes, Phoenix Forgotten Used Air Vacuums, Taxidermied Animals and Other Practical FX

Before directing Phoenix Forgotten, I started out my career as a graphics guy, doing titles and animation with Adobe After…

7 years ago
  • Directing

Directing on a Dime: The Story Behind The Blair Witch Project

Welcome to Directing on a Dime, where indie moviemaker Andy Young provides tips and insight for moviemakers whose budget is…

13 years ago