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Let's consider the 15-second Godfather lighter scene and why it's so powerful by watching a new video essay from Thomas…
Paul Verhoeven shoots action with clarity locks and loads action-heavy sequences with meaning in his modern classic, RoboCop.
The Nerdwriter tackles Wong Kar-wai's masterpiece In The Mood For Love, examining how Kar-wai uses technical and emotional tools to…
Watch these videos on Ingmar Bergman's signature style to discover how the auteur uses mirrors, faces, close-ups and phantom images…
Filmmakers shouldn't be married to "shutter speed=one by twice the frame rate" formula. When employed carefully, differing shutter speeds can…
Watch this video for an exhaustively detailed look at the lenses, filters and coloring that serve cinematographer Janusz Kaminski's distinct…
The script for Rob Reiner's When Harry Met Sally... shows how a clever writer can flip genre conventions to create…
Watch director Alexander Nevsky's commentary on these two exclusive clips from Black Rose to learn the importance of starting your…
The Magnificent Anderson: Tour the Weird Wonder of Wes Anderson’s World With These Supercuts (Video)
A master of quirky character study and visual design, Wes Anderson's storied career has formed a distinct filmic world. Explore…
Watch this video on Lars Von Trier's Melancholia to learn how warped time, musical motifs and narrative incoherence work to…
Sometimes quality and chronology go hand-in-hand in the screenwriting process. Use this case study of Passengers to improve your script…
Watch this supercut of Al Pacino's most over-the-top moments to learn how the right framing can deepen viewers' perspective of…
In this video, Jack Nicholson’s body of work is drawn up as a fascinating case study of how on-screen rage…
Explaining how something is funny is sometimes a fool's errand, but this video on Edgar Wright's visual comedy helps make…
Steven Seagal isn't much more than the butt of film geek jokes these days, but there's a reason why the…
When it comes to movie violence, a perennial question for writers of sanguinary screenplays is, “Am I only writing violence for
Fists and sight gags fly in this breakdown of Jackie Chan's principles of action comedy. Watch this video to learn…
This video shows how Spike Lee's masterful use of the dolly shot speaks volumes about the characters and settings of…
David Cronenberg's visual style imbues the physically grotesque with an unparalleled level of sophistication. This case study of Eastern Promises…
Kevin Williamson's Scream script changed the game, and the face, of horror for generations. This video shows how its red…
What are "aspect-to-aspect" transitions, and how can they help you make your movie? Watch this video on their role in…
Explore the human gaze, one-point perspective and the color red with these wonderful, dizzying supercuts of visual motifs in the…
For George Miller, the sound asses being kicked is, literally, music to the ears. Watch this video on Mad Max:…
This video version of Roger Ebert's review of Mike Figgis' Stormy Monday is a love letter to cinema's sensory pleasures…