We all have those moments of lucid creativity – of having that perfect idea for a movie. Thing is a movie isn’t just one idea – it’s a collection of ideas and you’ll never know how one inspiration can find itself combining with another. So you may want to try creating a Spark File – Read MoreRead More
Devin Graham (Devin Supertramp)has made a niche for himself in the YouTube world, creating infectiously fun videos that show him and his friends having an amazing time. But what you don’t see is the blood sweat and tears and that go into capturing those great shots.Read More
It’s easy to jump from one creative pursuit to another, changing our passions as quickly as the wind. But how do you stick to an idea? How do you dedicate to something when everything is tugging you away? Sure, sometimes the well runs dry and we struggle to generate creative ideas, but more often, we Read MoreRead More
Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch (Oct. 23, 1960 – July 25, 2008) gave his last lecture at the university Sept. 18, 2007, before a packed McConomy Auditorium. In his moving presentation, “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams,” Pausch talked about his lessons learned and gave advice to students on how to achieve their own career and Read MoreRead More
Scott Myer breaks down the simple truth… now please share this article on Facebook and Twitter Seems simple enough, right? At some point, you have to plant your ass in a chair and write the damn pages. However you will notice this — (*) — I added to this particular writing mantra. And that asterisk Read MoreRead More
Photographer-artist Miss Aniela shot to internet fame with her series of heavily stylised images, including many self-portraits. Here are her top photography tips for shooting more creative portraits. Use props imaginatively Using a magnifying glass in Tusk (below) enabled me to turn a simple beauty portrait into something quirkier. The blue of the magnified eye made the overall colour Read MoreRead More
When Jaleel King was just eight years old, he almost died when an angry neighbor shot him with a sawed-off shotgun. He now is a successful professional photographer. Check out Jaleel King’s work here on his online galleryRead More
J.C. Chandor’s first feature film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay. Was it an opportunity of a lifetime or an opportunity borne from years of hard work and struggling?
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Inspiration for stories can come from all kinds of places – quite often they come from the real world around us.Read More
Filmmaker IQ’s John Hess cuts through the crap and talks about your one sole job as a filmmaker: Make something people want to see. So cut the phoniness, cut the Hollywood wannabe mentality, and make your film already.Read More
Vimeo user Chris Abbas assembles a beautiful and striking experimental film from the images captured from the Cassini Solstice Mission which entered Saturn’s orbit on June 30th, 2004.Read More
In these notes from a talk, Austin Kleon imparts great motivational advice about how to get, collect, and manipulate ideas in the creative fields.Read More
