Here are 100 tips from our friends in the still photography world. “Don’t be afraid of lighting and flashguns – have fun with the gear.” – Sam Barker “Sports photographers tend to use longer lenses, so one of the first lessons can sometimes be learning how to hold and support the camera correctly, ensuring the lens Read MoreRead More
Eric Fossum, Professor of Engineering and Faculty Coordinator, Ph.D. Innovation Program, discusses his research in solid-state image sensors at Dartmouth. Via CinescopophiliaRead More
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The five Oscar nominated short films are all available online – a common thread in the work here being simple story telling using great visual and musical techniques: Adam and Dog, directed by Minkyu Lee http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wtTQ9dPGBqg Fresh Guacamole, directed by “PES” http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=FQMO6vjmkyI Head Over Heels, directed by Timothy Reckart & Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=vcEQaAyxw9E Maggie Read MoreRead More
Evan Luzi gets down and dirty with 25 terms used on film sets between big sweaty guys humping heavy gear. Well, not that kind of dirty. I’m talking more about getting on your knees in a tight place and doing whatever it takes to pop off a shot… Hmm. Nevermind. This isn’t going well. But as long as your mind is Read MoreRead More
Margaret Heidenry recounts the history of the spec script in Hollywood: Monday mornings in Hollywood used to mean something. Back in the 1990s—before the weekend box office was entirely dominated by sequels, prequels, movies based on board games, and other pre-sold “franchises”—Monday mornings were when original screenplays hit the auction block, and here’s how it used Read MoreRead More
An epic chronicle of one man’s quest to uncover the world’s most sought-after secret.Read More
The art of great cinematography begins with great photography – here are a few ideas to start working your eye when it comes to still photographs. How to simplify a scene The secret of effective composition is to remember that it’s not only what you frame within your viewfinder that’s important. Just as critical is what you Read MoreRead More
Kenneth Goldsmith, the Museum of Modern Art’s first poet laureate forces his writing students to plagiarize. Kenneth Goldsmith is not your typical poet. In 2000, he published Fidget, a catalog of every single movement his body made over a 13-hour period.Traffic, from 2007, was nothing more than unedited transcriptions of traffic reports. And while his latest Read MoreRead More
Creative geniuses tend to be less the ones with the quickest answers and more the ones who keep working till they get it right. Back in the 1880’s, Frederick Winslow Taylor was able to make dramatic gains in efficiency by timing workers performing rote tasks. His efforts spawned the idea and practice of scientific management. Alas, these days Read MoreRead More
Academy Award-winning director Sydney Pollack (OUT OF AFRICA, TOOTSIE, THE WAY WE WERE) and NYPD Blue and Deadwood creator David Milch discuss the inspiration behind creating classic film and television characters. Followed by the suspenseful short film THE LAB by writer/director Ryan Scheer, about two young boys whose summer afternoon in the woods goes horribly Read MoreRead More
It’s almost the reverse form of storyboarding – take a film you like and storyboard it out shot by shot. It doesn’t matter if you can draw or not – the important thing is to break apart films shot by shot to study how they work. Drawing from films Drawing from films is a ridiculously Read MoreRead More
