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October 26, 2017
Kelly Loudenberg, creator/director of Netflix's true crime series The Confession Tapes, explains her lens and location choices in this video…
October 17, 2017
With The Osiris Child, Australian moviemaker Shane Abbess continues his mastery by crafting another ambitious D.I.Y. sci-fi epic.
October 5, 2017
Don't have that cavernous location your horror screenplay calls for? Build it yourself! Watch this video to see how the…
June 15, 2017
Watch how Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower director Joe Piscatella rose to the challenge of shooting protest footage that isn't "generic."
June 9, 2017
Watch these videos with I Love Dick cinematographer Jim Frohna's commentary to learn what framing and camera movements can add…
June 6, 2017
Watch these videos to see how Camera Obscura director Aaron B. Koontz used invisible cuts, steadi-cam shots and more to…
June 2, 2017
Watch how co-directors Peter Spirer and Peter Baxter tweaked their cinematography tools and toyed with temporality to shoot Spirit Game:…
May 5, 2017
Watch these eye-popping and laser-focused scenes from Amariah Olson's The Shadow Effect for his tips on prepping FX and getting…
May 4, 2017
Watch director Alexander Nevsky's commentary on these two exclusive clips from Black Rose to learn the importance of starting your…
March 23, 2017
Watch DP Toby Oliver's commentary on two scenes from Get Out to learn what to use and how to shoot…
March 22, 2017
What makes a scene work? Does it lie in the carefully executed plans of a film’s cast and crew? Or
March 3, 2017
Watch writer/director/producer/actor Kris Avedisian's commentary on going for both style and efficiency when shooting his dark cringe comedy, Donald Cried.
March 1, 2017
Watch director Ed Gass-Donnelly's commentary on how he shot two scenes from his hallucinatory thriller Lavender, starring Abbie Cornish and…