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Before Edgar Wright and Wes Anderson, before Chuck Jones and Jackie Chan, there was Buster Keaton, one of the founding fathers of visual comedy. (Every Frame a Painting)

Nerdwriter looks at how Panos Cosmatos uses the effects of film grain in Mandy.

Nerdwriter looks at how sound design can structure a movie scene.

"This Guy Edits" Talking about how you can focus your editing skills on the single most important thing.

What can we learn from Pablo Picasso's style and philosophy and apply to filmmaking and editing? - "This Guy Edits" Reveals

En algún lugar de la Ciudad de México, lejos de aquellos que construyen con sus rutinas el barrio, se trama un plan para La Merced. Un plan para rescatar el espacio para las élites. Un plan para despojar de sus espacios a la ciudad popular. Colec ...

a free feature-length documentary that follows a community in Australia who came together to explore and demonstrate a simpler way to live in response to global crises. Throughout the year the group build tiny houses, plant veggie gardens, practice s ...

Let's study Orson Welles’ 1973 masterpiece F for Fake. There are a million lessons to take away from it, but today, let’s see what it has to teach us about structure.

make your own cheap, cheap heap pocket size dolly

Can movement tell a story? Sure, if you’re as gifted as Akira Kurosawa. More than any other filmmaker, he had an innate understanding of movement and how to capture it onscreen. Join me today in studying the master, possibly the greatest composer of ...

Today we get into the process of music and sound design!

The title character played by Michael Cera in the 2010 film Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World is a bewildered young man in a constant state of flux. Fittingly, director Edgar Wright pays extra attention to the transitions between the scenes in this mov ...

Mark J. Hainds is a naturalist, adventurer, and author from Andalusia, Alabama who quit his job and planned a trek of the Texas - Mexico border that many people thought he would not survive. Mark’s walk began at International Boundary Marker 1 in El ...

Kevin Smith wrote, directed and produced his first movie, Clerks, for just $27,000 and was subsequently hailed as part of a new wave of self-funded filmmakers.

Nerdwriter essay about just that.

Using a shallow depth of field is a powerful tool... but it's important to be aware of the dangers and think about your focus.

Just a few simple steps to getting a great look with a simple black Background.

Filmmaker John Carpenter has a one-on-one discussion about his career, his films and the filmmaking business.

“The world was such a better world in paintings than in reality.” Growing up in post-war Düsseldorf, it was through paintings that German filmmaker Wim Wenders initially discovered the possibility of a different world. This would later come to define ...

Why record NOTHING? Well, because you may REALLY need it! I cover the basics of Room Tone, why you need it, how you do it, and how to not do it. THIS MAKES THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE: Facebook: facebook.com/TheBasicFilmmaker

How affordably could we light an interview that is good enough to go on primetime? It can be easy to get lost in all of the toys and tools and forget the basics. When you really understand how your choices add to story, you can often do so so much wi ...

Sam Pollard is an Academy Award nominated and multiple Emmy winning producer, director, and editor. His professional accomplishments span almost thirty years. He has directed and produced an accolade of noteworthy documentaries, such as Brother Outsi ...

A "1991" ad for TV Evangelist Rev. Marion Dufresne's best selling album. Director & Editor: James Scott

Hippy Hai's post of a TED talk