Wow the audience with a larger than life Hollywood Blockbuster title sequence! We’ve gather together 21 tutorials showing how to create titles of some of the most popular films around which you can tweak and make work for your next film.Read More
Let me be honest with you. Everything you thought you knew about discussing filmmaking online is bullshit. Tech and gear are fun to talk about, and we’ll certainly engage in a bit of consumerism masturbation – but it’s all worthless in the face of what really matters… story. Yeah you may nod your head in Read MoreRead More
There are a lot of film festivals all vying for your attention, but here’s a rare one Filmmaker IQ can support – a unique shorts festival with a long established history and strong industry connections: Tropfest. Born 21 years ago in a cafe (‘The Tropicana’) in Sydney, Australia, Tropfest is now the world’s largest short Read MoreRead More
Les Miserables is one of Broadway’s most celebrated musicals. So how do you turn a beloved stage production that has seen countless professional and amateur designs to the big screen? Here are four featurettes showing off the hard work of the designers in adapting the musical for screen. Production Design Hair and Make Up Costume Design Read MoreRead More
Cameras are an essential element of filmmaking, yet the camera by itself does not defines the art form. But you wouldn’t know that by what passes as camera discussion on the internet. Online discussions, flame wars, and camera fanboys are all feeding into the camera manufacturer’s bottom line – and the worse thing is, it has nothing to do with filmmaking… Read More
James Bond is celebrating it’s 50th anniversary with the release of the 23rd feature Skyfall. Since the early days, the Bond franchise has evolved into a highly sophisticated combination of top-of-the-line action, impeccable fashion and luxurious cars and gadgets. To promote the film (which has already broken box office records around the world), the producers created a Read MoreRead More
These are names you’ve heard of – accomplished directors and filmmakers offering bits of advice for the filmmakers following in their footsteps. View Playlist on YouTubeRead More
Need some tips on how to get that specialized look for your costume? Here are 101 tutorials inspired by Film, Television and Pop Culture View Playlist on YouTubeRead More
A new line of GoPro Hero Sport cameras have been announced – available in Black, White and Silver Editions. But first a quick promo – shot on entirely on the GoPro Hero3 Black Edition.
Now if only GoPro would release an accessory that would make my life as awesome as those people in the video…
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From Sound to Directing, Set Design to Animation, Visual Effects to Editing – here are 16 Mini Master Classes as presented by BAFTA Guru from professionals working on the biggest and most popular movies of today. View the Playlist on YouTubeRead More
“The camera, I concluded, is not a recording device, it’s a microscope which reveals what the eye does not see. It also penetrates into a person, under the surface display, and records thoughts and feelings- whatever is going on. I would never forget this.”
- Elia Kazan
You’ve got a film to cast and the head shots and resumes start to come in. You turn-over the head shot and look over the resume for film credits, television, commercials, theatre, and finally training. Training, okay- you see schools, workshops and then you read- trained in “The Method.” The Method? Is that a cult or psychological deprogramming thing that some actors put themselves through? Yes it does sounds like that, and that’s why it’s so misunderstood and sometimes made fun of.Read More
So you want to be a zombie – unfortunately the Z98 virus we’re cooking up in the IQ Labs for reanimating the dead is still a few years off… So in the mean time, here’s 66 gruesome make-up tutorials on how to transform into a zombie: View Playlist on YouTubeRead More
