Luke. Yoda. Lando Goddamn Calrissian. Star Wars is home to some of the most memorable characters in film history, and also some of the best film editing. While taking years to master, great film editing can give your characters life, making us visually feel their wants and desires. Using moments from The Empire Strikes Back, we’ll show you three simple film editing techniques that’ll make your characters resonate on screen.You don’t have to have the best film editing software to make your audience feel the force.Continue reading 3 Film Editing Techniques You Can Learn From Star Wars
What I personally love about stop motion animation, is that anyone who owns a phone or digital camera, can start working with the technique. There are quite a few types, some more complicated than others, but ultimately, each one is available to try. So what is stop motion animation and how can you make videos at home?Continue reading DIY Animation: What is Stop Motion Animation & How to Try it at Home
When you start working on a film project, it won't be long before talent and crew details are exchanged. You'll want to store this information in a film crew list template so it'll be easy to search and share this information with your team.Continue reading A Better Film Crew List Template Booking Sheet
You’re a filmmaker who wants to get the most out of your production design, mise en scene, and scene elements, but you’re not sure how to plan and maximize your visual opportunities.In this post, we’re going to breakdown the production design, mise en scene, and scene elements in the Amazon Original series, The Boys, so that you can apply this same process to your own projects.Continue reading Amazon’s The Boys: Mise En Scene, Production Design, and Costumes
It’s difficult to work in the entertainment industry and not come across a Disney company. Disney owns nearly everything entertainment. Don’t believe me?Continue reading What Companies Does Disney Own? The Colossal List
Best Shyamalan Movies Shyamalan's Style Explained The Return of M. Night Shyamalan I’ve been a fan of M. Night Shyamalan for years, and that includes the 9-year gap between Lady in the Water and The Visit when it was challenging for everyone involved. I don’t love every Shyamalan movie, but I don’t despise his misfires either — they’re objectively not good, but I do what everybody should do and ignore them. The last few years, however, and I’m not alone on this, Mr. Shyamalan has been quietly making a comeback. And this makes the Shyamalan apologist in me very excited. It’s…
Jordan Peele’s Get Out is already one of the most iconic films of the 21st century. Its simple elegance is a perfect example of how much can be conveyed with so little. In this post, we’ll take a look at The Sunken Place sequence and learn how to maximize storytelling with a minimal budget. A lot of it boils down to prioritizing a breakdown and schedule. We'll do this by learning how to identify the key elements that bring a scene to life (and avoid those that don't). We'll break down the Sunken Place scene's sound and VFX elements to…
The best martial arts fight scenes of all time each bring something unique to the table. They have to because there is a long tradition of one upsmanship with complexity and overall skill. We put together a list of the best martial arts fight scene from a filmmakers perspective, so we’ll be looking at everything from production design, fight choreography, camera work, and overall story.Continue reading 14 Best Martial Arts Fight Scenes of All Time | Movie Fights Ranked List
Every single blog post or news article that follows an award show focuses on all of the snubs and surprises of the previous evening. Now this may be a silly question, but what makes an Emmy snub a snub? Nominations seem a fairer game to judge, but once a person is nominated, how can you be that surprised? Well, this year, even the winners themselves were surprised, because the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards “snubbed” nearly all of the incumbents, and yet they seemed so well-deserved. Continue reading What’s a True Emmy “Snub”? Best Emmy Snubs and Surprises of All Time
Sidney Lumet directed feature films and television for over 50 years. In other words, we can learn a lot from his perspective about the film business and film directing. We were lucky enough that Lumet decided to share these thoughts in book form. "Making Movies" by Sidney Lumet is an invaluable resource for any filmmaker. In particular, we're going to review Lumet's idea of a "lens plot," its three variations, and how you can use these concepts in your next project. Continue reading What We Can Learn from “Making Movies” by Sidney Lumet
