Category Cinematography Cinematography: Understanding Surface Divisions The screen is a flat surface with one plane, and usually, filmmakers tell their story with one point of view…
Category Directing How Many Takes Do You Need To Capture? A common query that is often asked by new directors is; ‘how many takes for a single shot should be covered?’ Is…
Category Writing How To Describe A Character In A Screenplay How do you describe a character in a screenplay? Do you need to inform the reader of every intrinsic detail…
Category Tech Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6k Pro Q&A Quite like the height of popularity for my Pocket 4k video, every day, I’m receiving a dozen questions about my…
Category Directing Directing Tips: The Need of a Character A handful of needs drives every human being on this planet, and these needs shape us and dictate our behavior…
Category Film Talk The Basics Filmmaking Information, Without The Fluff As someone who makes a living from creating blog content, I understand the importance of padding an article with sufficient…
Category The Basics What Is a Master Shot? The master shot can often be confused with an establishing shot as both shots establish the scene by identifying key signifiers…
Category Film Talk Is It Ok To Make Cinematic Test Videos About Nothing? For the third time in the space of 12 months, I’ve read an article that somewhat attacks the sentiment behind…
Category Tech Clean Your Lens Zoom Ring With This Cheap Hack Dislike the build-up of dust and lint on your focus ring, but find it’s tricky to clean? Read on to…
Category Writing Four Key Qualities of Leading Characters Must Have In the book Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting, author Syd Field believes that a well-developed character should have these four essential qualities. If…
