Here’s a look at the insights Mid90s director Jonah Hill has learned from filmmaking greats like Martin Scorsese, Spike Jonze, and Seth Rogen. Fresh off the Mid90s world premiere at Toronto International Film Festival, Jonah Hill brought his debut feature to Fantastic Fest in Austin, T

Filmmaker Mickey Reece has turned over 30 homemade movies into a Fantastic Fest horror hit. Here’s what we’ve learned from his years of experience. Strike, Dear Mistress, and Cure His Heart is horrifying movie in every sense of the word. Director Mickey Reece estimates he’s made over 30 movi

Are you interested in becoming a filmmaker? New to the craft? Try out these five exercises to build your filmmaking skill-set. As a graduate of a film program, I wouldn’t necessarily recommend it to just anyone. However, for someone just starting out and unsure how they’d like to develop the

Shooting with a high-speed camera? Here’s how to prep your lights, camera, and storage to get the most out of the time you spend recording. One of the joys of modern filmmaking is the accessibility of heavy duty cameras and equipment that, for a long time, was too expensive. Companies

One of the most important relationships on any set is between the Director and DP. When these positions are in-sync on the vision of the project, morale is high and the final project turns out much better. Her are five ways DPs can create an excellent relationship with the director. As a di

In this roundup, check out some tips for keeping your cool and shooting quality footage in bright sunlight for your next video project. Cover image by welcomia. It’s hot in the summer desert sun. After driving a few miles out of town, the west Texas landscape opens up and seems to stretch fo

Here are some tips and tricks for finalizing, exporting, and uploading a film or video project that is 90 minutes or longer. Cover image by Gorodenkoff. For filmmakers, there may not be a golden moment more exciting and nerve-racking than finishing your feature film edit and finally exportin

With this technique, you can add even more dynamic movement to your moving shots and more depth to your simple shots. So how does it work? All right, if we can all be mature about this, it’ll be a lot easier to explain this technique. I mean, easier said than done; I want to share wi

Here are some tips and best practices for shooting smooth, professional-looking rack focus shots on your next film or video project. Image by guruXOX. If you had to explain one element of your profession to those who don’t know much about your work, focus might be the best example of an area

Trying to pull off a realistic fight scene? Learn from a professional stuntman how to choreograph a fight sequence and translate those stunts to the camera. If you are anything like me, you grew up wanting to be a stunt performer in a big blockbuster action movie. It seems like such an aweso

Thinking of posting your latest film or video content to Instagram? Follow these rules to get the most return for your efforts. Cover image by rzoze19. As of 2018, there are now over 25 million business profiles on Instagram, all competing for the attention of over 80 million personal users.

Planning a two-person dialogue scene in your next film or video project? Here’s everything you need to know to pull off the shoot. Cover image by guruXOX. Dialogue is just as important in film and video as it is in real life. Even during the early days of silent cinema, dialogue was a

Instagram has just announced a new addition to its platform for hosting up to hour-long videos. Here’s what it means for content creators. All images via Instagram. Today, social media giant Instagram hosted a big reveal event celebrating the milestone of hitting 1 billion users, and t

When you’re pitching your next film or video project to investors and building a production team, a strong “lookbook” is key. Here’s what to include. Cover image by SFIO CRACHO. Making a film is hard work. It’s a round-the-clock job, and it takes energy and focus to a

What if pre-visualizing your camera and lighting setups was as easy and fun as playing a video game? Matt Workman is working toward making that a reality. Top Image via Cinematography Database. If you’re not familiar, Matt Workman is a cinematographer who has been making tons of great

The team behind RGB shares insights into how they built their all-female leadership team — and breaking into the documentary-editing industry. In 1993, Ruth Bader Ginsburg became the second female justice to be appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States (the first being Sandra Day O

In this interview, we talk with the filmmakers behind “1985” about the challenges they faced shooting on retro film stock. All images via 1985. Fresh off of its world premiere at SXSW Film Festival 2018, Yen Tan’s “1985” made a homecoming stop at the Dallas Inte

Download these 25 FREE explosive, action-based elements to add some serious production value your next adventure film or video project. RocketStock’s latest freebie pack is here to blow your boring action scenes away. Instead of burning through your budget on expensive VFX sequences t

From setting up your camera to picking the right music, this roundup shows you everything you need to know to produce your cooking videos. Top image via Cinecom.net. Top-down cooking videos are one of the most popular genres of content for YouTube and Vimeo. Whether you’re making the c

One of the key ingredients of a good video is great sound. Here’s how you can get pristine audio on a variety of budgets. There’s an old adage in the film industry that goes like this: Great sound quality can save bad footage, but great footage will never save bad sound. There&#