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The Science of Rendering Photorealistic CGI

Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FilmmakerIQ Take the full Filmmaker IQ course on the Science of Rendering Photorealistic CGI with sauce and bonus material at: https://filmmakeriq.com/courses/science-rendering-photorealistic-cgi/ How do we get a glorified adding machine to generate a photorealistic image? Find out as we explore the processes developed over 40 years of intensive computer science […]

The Joys and Sorrows of Interlacing

Check out this episode’s sponsor: New Vision International Film Festival: A lot of shade has been thrown on Interlacing and rightfully so – but Interlacing was actually a useful compromise when Cathode Ray Tube Televisions dominated the scene. We try to shed some light on what Interlacing really was and how that lead to our […]

A Bit of History on Data

Take the full Filmmaker IQ course on the History of Data with sauce and bonus material at: https://filmmakeriq.com/courses/bit-history-data/ Digital media has become the new celluloid – but how much do you know about this medium? Watch this primer on digital data storage and get caught up on the basics of the backbone of every modern […]

Making of: Outta Sync

Make sure you check out our first official Filmmaker IQ Short! https://youtu.be/zKfhU9ffUAs PC Master Race will accept nothing less than glorious 60 fps, but John proclaims that 24 will be the frame rate of cinema. Now they have come for their revenge and it is up to the sound man to save the day. In […]

The History of Frame Rate for Film

Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FilmmakerIQ Explore the history of the frame rate – the engine that gives motion to the motion picture from their earliest versions in silent pictures to the frame rates of broadcast television. Take the full Filmmaker IQ course on Frame Rate with sauce and bonus material at: https://filmmakeriq.com/courses/history-frame-rate-film/ If […]

Addendum! The One Frame Trick (Now Rectified for YouTube)

In filmmaking the saying goes, the person who really decides how your movie will look is the projectionist. On the Internet, apparently it’s YouTube. And because of that I felt compelled to revisit this topic and address some points brought up in the comments from the previous “Just One Thing” video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7E_mi_xNYOk Help support this […]

Introduction to Foley and Sound Effects for Film

Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FilmmakerIQ Take the full Filmmaker IQ course on Foley and Sound Effects with sauce and bonus material and submit your very own Foley Film Lab at: https://filmmakeriq.com/courses/introduction-foley-sound-effects/ Very little of what you hear in the movies is real – in this lab we take a look at the art […]

Fixing Perspective Issues with Corner Pin

Consider becoming a patron on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/FilmmakerIQ This is a quick tip about using the Corner Pin effect to fix little issues perspective issues that pop up when shooting.

Introduction to Automated Dialogue Replacement (ADR)

Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FilmmakerIQ Take the full Filmmaker IQ course on the Automated Dialogue Replacement with sauce and bonus material: https://filmmakeriq.com/courses/introduction-automated-dialogue-replacement/ Sometimes it’s just not possible to get clean dialogue on set – that’s when ADR comes into play. In this course we’ll look at the history of ADR or looping and […]

Why Yellow Is So Common for TV Graphics

Yellow! It’s everywhere especially in television graphics. But why? Well let’s seriously overthink it and explore some color theory concepts on why this color is the king of graphics color.

The Fundamentals of Sound in Post Production

Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FilmmakerIQ Take the full Filmmaker IQ course on Sound in Post Production with sauce and bonus materials at: https://filmmakeriq.com/courses/fundamentals-sound-post-production/ It’s time to open up the digital audio workstation and look at the basics of common tools used in post production audio from Equalizers, Compressors, Noise Reduction, and Delay effects. […]

Hollywood’s History of Faking It | The Evolution of Greenscreen Compositing

Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FilmmakerIQ Go inside the history of the travelling mattes (now called chromakey) and learn the history of visual trickery used by filmmakers from the earliest filmmakers through to the modern day.