Filmmaking
Discover the newest articles from filmmakers about their experiences, skills, and more.
Nothing is as powerful as a good story. Filmmakers spend their lives seeking them out, pursuing them, developing them, and…
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Documentary filmmaking takes a lot of grit, to say the least. The conditions can be anything but favorable, the stories…
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Documentaries excel when they don’t hold back, when they give an “unmitigated” perspective on someone’s life, as director Garrett Bradley…
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Tom Levinge’s comedic short, Mister Biscuits, is silly. It suspends reality by putting humans in the roles of beloved pets.…
Sometimes the most compelling way to present a story is to take a step back. A narrative can, and will…
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Dylan Allen’s The Privates manages to tackle sci-fi, indie-rock, group dynamics, and merge them into one brilliantly thoughtful short film.…
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There's a lot of strategy that goes into starting a YouTube channel. Skip "hard way" and take a few notes…
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There’s a moment in Free Solo during Alex Honnold’s historic, rope-less ascent of El Capitan when the audience sees cinematographer…
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There are a lot of ways you can learn how to make films. You can go to film school. You…
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Forty years ago, legendary editor Walter Murch was working late one night on a film for Francis Ford Coppola called…
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