ILM Visual FX have shared a sample of the visual effects work created in their San Francisco and Vancouver Studios for Jordan Vogt-Roberts' Kong: Skull Island, including...
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Every single filmmaker in the world today has at least one thing in common. They all had to start somewhere and direct their very first feature film. How, though? Well...
Spike Lee's career is something every filmmaker should be jealous of. It's the career most people could only dream of. One of his more renowned trademarks is his use of...
When you think of a Stephen King movie or book, you probably think of intrigue, thrills and fear. There's a reason for that. King has made a huge name for himself as a...
It's true, it's possible to shoot a movie for $10. It might not be a movie that has the same kind of epic scale as Star Wars or LOTR, but it's a movie and more...
The latest series of Game of Thrones has had some stellar moments. Dragons, battles and dead men attacking Cersei were some particular favorites but it has been said...
In this video, we look at scene structure and the elements essential to making a scene work. When you're making a short film, the chances are that you'll be a very small...
From his first films Bottle Rocket and The Royal Tenenbaums to Fantastic Mr. Fox and The Grand Budapest Hotel, Wes Anderson has mastered his unique directing style on...
Pixar have essentially nailed the storytelling process, so in this video we take a quick look at Pixar's approach to storytelling and character development. In case a...
There's not a lot I can say about the cinematography of Emmanuel Lubezki that hasn't already been said. In another excellent video by Wolfcrow, we go through some of...
Sometimes all you need is a good silhouette to really set the mood in your filmmaking. Luckily for us, CINEMATICJ has another excellent tutorial on exactly that. In his...
Admittedly, we might not all have the fancy lenses used in modern filmmaking. We might be making our short film with a lens that your Grandad gave you 10 years ago. It's...
