The Cannes Film Festival For Beginners
The Cannes Film Festival. The mere mention of this event conjures up images of red carpets, glittering premieres, and of course celebrity parties. Each year, the population of this…
The Cannes Film Festival For Beginners
The Cannes Film Festival. The mere mention of this event conjures up images of red carpets, glittering premieres, and of…
The Pros and Cons of International Co-Production
International co-production can be a powerful tool for closing the gap in the funding of your independent film production. International…
How to Get Film Permits and Location Releases
“Do I need a film permit” may be high up on your list of questions. Well, if you want to…
5 Beginner Tips for Better Framing and Composition in Cinematography
How do I define Cinematography? I can take the Google / Wikipedia definition of cinematography and describe it thus, ‘cinematography…
How Being Yourself Can Make You Hilarious | Taika Waititi on Filmmaking
New Zealand director Taika Waititi talks about success, failure, and how he deals with the ups and downs of pursuing…
Quentin Tarantino Talks Recreating the 1960s Through Soundscapes
In this podcast, director Quentin Taratino talks about how he used music and sound to evolve the late 1960s feel…
Crewing Up Online: How to Hire a Professional Production Team
The deeply collaborative nature of filmmaking can be both beautiful and terrifying. When the chemistry is right, the crew is…
Ultimate Guide to the Sundance Film Festival
Sundance Film Festival marquee over the Egyptian Theater, Park City, Utah. Since it’s meteoric rise to prominence in the 1990s,…
AI Helps Up Scale 1896 Lumiere Brothers Film to 4K 60fps
Using a pair of publicly-available enhancement tools, artist Denis Shiryaev was able to take one the Lumeire Brothers’ most famous…
Disney Uses Epic’s Unreal Game Engine to Render Virtual Sets In Real Time on The Mandalorian
Virtual set technology has been around for a decade or more. But the biggest limitation has always been the need…
