by Evan Kielmeyer | 12 April, 2019 | Directing, Film History, Filmmaking, Producing
It’s World Day of Human Space Flight and so many of our favourite movies take place up in the final frontier. Hollywood has been taking film-goers into the sky for decades to give us a taste of what life in zero gravity is really like. Whether you’re excited by the...
by Ivan Phillips | 8 April, 2019 | Directing, Filmmaking, In Our Opinion
Hello, I’m Ivan! I’m the new intern here. I am very interested in cinematography and would love to show you some fantastic examples of the art. This week I would like to talk the 2011 film, Drive directed by Nicolas Winding Refn. The director of...
by Kevin Knoblock | 21 March, 2019 | Directing, Documentary, Filmmaking Career
Over the course of my career I’ve written, produced and directed dozens of hours of non-fiction content for broadcast and cable television and multiple feature length documentaries, several of which received theatrical release. Non-fiction was my specialty. So, it was...
by Ivy Jelisavac | 14 March, 2019 | Acting, Directing, Filmmaking
My comedy series Relationshit (now on Amazon Prime) was financed out of my own pocket – and has a cast that appeared in Star Wars Rogue One, Mission Impossible, Avengers, and British TV drama. Getting high caliber cast onto your no budget production may not be...
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by Erin Sastre | 21 February, 2019 | Book Review, Directing, Filmmaking, In Our Opinion, Technical Craft
Ask anyone for a list of the most prolific and artistic filmmakers, and Quentin Tarantino will most likely be on it. His work is so distinctively identifiable that anyone who views one of his films will instantly recognise it as his. In addition to the artistic use of...
by Milo Garner | 18 February, 2019 | Directing, Film History, Filmmaking, Screenwriting, Technical Craft
Crime films are often defined by their slow-burn pace – a powerful opening is an easy way to keep an audience engaged through the sleuthing to come. 1. Spione Fritz Lang’s silent films often end well and start well (usually with something of a dip in the middle), and...
