The 5 People Every Creative Needs in Life

Creativity and loneliness seem to go hand in hand. Some even believe loneliness is essential to creativity — not only…

Ryan Booth on the Importance of Empathy

I recently heard one of my favorite directors, Alejandro González Iñárritu (Birdman, The Revenant), say that his biggest concern for…

Exploring the Power of Creative Constraints in 5 Examples

Creativity is full of paradoxes — not the least of which is the fact that having absolute creative freedom is…

Two Cinematographers Discuss Filmmaking and Motherhood

As David Foster Wallace famously put it: “Of course you end up becoming yourself.” Which probably just means that everything…

The Art of Getting Started

The hardest part of making a film isn’t the grueling days, the logistical Rubik’s Cube, or the 10,000 problems that…

Using Fear to Your Creative Advantage

Our CEO Daniel McCarthy has been on an NBA kick for about 10 years now. So, when he’s delivering an…

How to Set Goals for Getting Your Film Done

Nothing gets wasted more often than inspiration. Sure, it’s the spark to something much larger, but far too often it…

Things Donnie Taught Us: BTS on Tony Anderson

When we landed in Lexington to make our film about Tony Anderson, we had a pretty good idea how things…

Project Focus: Facebook Live

“Ignorance is bliss,” Isaac Testerman says. “Everything we did was taking the bull by the horns, not knowing if what…