Why Michael Bay Doesn’t Suck
Devin Faraci gets a little licked and talks about “Pain & Gain” and why Michael Bay is actually a really good filmmaker.Read More
Filmmaking 360
In his own words: Ridley Scott on Filmmaking
Film School Comments collects and condenses some commentaries from Ridley Scott films for some of his thoughts and advice on fllmmaking.Read More
Chroma Subsampling Techniques
The folks behind the Red camera break down the techniques that cameras use to compress color data in this explanation of Chroma Subsampling. This became a central motivation behind early forms of analog and digital compression. Video signals would be separated into a lightness or “luma” component and two color or “chroma” components, similar to how images Read MoreRead More
Being Audience-Friendly is Not a Crime
Critic Marshall Fine explains why appealing to the masses should not in itself be a bad thing. I recall a while back that a fellow critic took offense when I referred to Noah Baumbach’s “Greenberg” as “not an audience-friendly film.” He felt that I was using the term pejoratively – as though I was saying there was Read MoreRead More
Chris Hadfield’s Snapshots from Space
Throughout his ISS mission, CSA Astronaut Chris Hadfield has been taking some of the most incredible photos of Earth ever seen. In this video, the Station Commander takes us to the best seat in the house to gaze at the visual splendour of the Earth. He shares his techniques and his passion for capturing the Read MoreRead More
In Search of a Great ‘Gatsby’: Hollywood’s F. Scott Fitz and Starts
Peter Bart offers a slice of Gatsby history in the run up to Baz Luhrman’s latest retelling of the Fitzgerald tome. Luhrmann is a brilliant filmmaker and I’m eager to see his lavish 3D re-telling of the classic jazz age saga (it opens wide on May 10). I’m also curious to discover how Warner Bros’ Read MoreRead More
Critic Hulk on “Should You Go to Film School”
Critic Hulk of the Badass Digest has an interesting take on the whole Film School question. WHILE MOST PEOPLE CAN SENSE THAT FILM SCHOOL OBVIOUSLY HAS SOME FORM OF WORTH, THE ACTUAL, QUANTIFIABLE WORTH FOR YOU MAY SEEM SOMEWHAT NEBULOUS. AND WHILE HULK THINKS THE VALUE OF FILM SCHOOL ITSELF CAN ACTUALLY BE DEFINED IN A PRETTY TANGIBLE WAY, Read MoreRead More
Documentary Video – How do we make it pay?
Dan Chung of News Shooter leads a panel discussion at the Teradeck booth asking a panel of documentary filmmakers (Jared Abrams – Wide Open Camera, Yi Han – Visible Panda,,Andrea Allen – Vimeo, Steve Weiss – Zacuto,,Jem Schofield – theC47) on how to make the business work.Read More
Dove’s “Real Beauty Sketches”
Dove had a forensic sketch artist draw women describing their own face and compared those sketches to ones made based on a stranger’s description to prove that how we see ourselves is not what others perceive.Read More
Quentin Tarantino and the Use of Food as Power
This video essay utilizes an interview with Quentin Tarantino recorded at KCRW where he talks the role food plays in his scripts.Read More
Harrison Ford on Jimmy Kimmel: “No Star Wars Questions”
A Jimmy Kimmel appearance turns ugly when an old acquaintance shows up.Read More
A Tip to Wannabe Filmmakers and Their Parents
The Budding Filmmaker offers some advice to the wannabe filmmaker that complain that they don’t get any support from their parents.Read More