Underneath the ‘popcorn’ commentary is a great list of sequences worthy of a place in a top 10 editing moments list. Well done CineFix. Check it out:

A bit of eye candy… Game of Thrones Season 4 VFX reel. It’s always interesting to see how real locations and sets can be enhanced with digital elements. Check it out:

When setting up a small voice over studio, it is highly important you know your options and evaluate your own budget and financial position to decide just how ambitious you can be with your own studio. You might be a voice over actor, or in need of voice over for any form of media, but setting up the…

How do you go about making a professional commercial within a 5-day timeframe? As a film student (I study at Met Film School in Berlin) I am used to making short films within a limited time and with a small crew, each of us undertaking 2-3 key practical roles to get the production underway. However,…

If you’ve been scratching around with your own projects for the past couple of years, a new competition brought to you by YouTube and D&AD could be the thing to take your directing career to the nest level. Here’s the blurb form the press release: YouTube and D&AD are to launch a brand new award with the aim of discovering…

If you fancy a filmmaking sabbatical to Hungary for autumn 2014 then the scholarship competition at Budapest Film Academy is definitely for you. Submissions are currently being accepted for scholarships in screenwriting, directing, producing, cinematography, editing and sound recording courses. Budapest Film Academy (BFA) and Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) have joined forces and launched an English and Hungarian language film academy in…

Any filmmaker knows that lighting is one of the most powerful tools in telling a cinematic story. This experimental short “Sparkles and Wine” provides a beautiful and practical demonstration on how changing the lighting on an actor can have a dramatic effect on their appearance.

Motion-capture technologies (and techniques) have come forward in leaps and bounds over the past decade, however one of the main limitations in this very young sector has always been the power to preview the results of a shot in real-time and at a quality which reflects more what the final output will be. Director Kevin Margo has got his hands on some kit from ray-tracing…

Dennis Muren occupies a rare place in movie history as one of the truly great pioneers of visual effects. Boing Boing blogger Mark Frauenfelder talks with Muren about his career and the craft.