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The History and Science of Color Temperature
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The History and Science of Color Temperature

Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FilmmakerIQ Survey the effect of color temperature and its psychological effects from the incessant heat of Spike Lee’s “Do the Right Thing” to the icy chill of the Coen Brothers’ “Fargo”. Then we look at the science of color temperature from it’s beginnings with Max Planck to how color […]
John P. Hess
The History of Frame Rate for Film
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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 […]
John P. Hess
The History of Hollywood Censorship and the Ratings System
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The History of Hollywood Censorship and the Ratings System

Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FilmmakerIQ Take a look at the history of censorship of Hollywood from pressures from progressive groups in films infancy, through the scandal rocked silent film era, the threat of boycotts in the Great Depression and turn from censorship to classification and ratings in the 1960s.
John P. Hess
The History of Sound at the Movies
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The History of Sound at the Movies

Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FilmmakerIQ Take the full Filmmaker IQ course on the History of Sound at the movies with sauce and bonus material at: https://filmmakeriq.com/courses/history-sound-movies/ The inclusion of sound at the movies was one of the most dramatic changes in all of film history. Dive into the early experiments of Edison trying […]
John P. Hess
The History of The Hollywood Musical
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The History of The Hollywood Musical

Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FilmmakerIQ Check out the full course with bonus material and sauce: https://filmmakeriq.com/courses/the-history-of-the-hollywood-musical/ The Hollywood Musical began right when films learned to talk. Explore the beginnings in vaudeville to the Golden Era of Studio Musicals followed by the transformation into the modern story driven Book Musical. Finally we look at […]
John P. Hess
The History of the Mockbuster
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The History of the Mockbuster

Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FilmmakerIQ Where there are Blockbusters, there will be imitations trying to cash in on an a popular cultural trend. Explore the history of the mockbuster film, from the roots in studio B-pictures, to sound alike films of the digital era, foreign remakes and the legalities of making movies to […]
John P. Hess
The Math and Science of Forced Perspective
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The Math and Science of Forced Perspective

Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FilmmakerIQ ** ERRATA ** at 2:49, it should be width divided by the distance – I wrote it backwards for some reason on this slide but got it right everywhere else including the thumbnail…. The offending party (me) will be flogged. For more information, the forced perspective spreadsheet, and […]
John P. Hess
The Most Important Piece of Equipment You Can Own.
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The Most Important Piece of Equipment You Can Own.

Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FilmmakerIQ This is the story of how a piece of equipment I purchased for a film two years ago saved my house and my home. If you have your own filmmaking safety tip, please leave it in the comments below. Stay Safe
John P. Hess
The Psychology of Scary Movies
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The Psychology of Scary Movies

Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FilmmakerIQ Let’s go deep in the human mind and dissect our fascination with fright – exploring 8 theories on way we are attracted to the dark.
John P. Hess
The Science and Circuitry of DIY LEDs
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The Science and Circuitry of DIY LEDs

Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FilmmakerIQ Check out the full course along with bonus material, sauce, and links to LED supplies: https://filmmakeriq.com/courses/science-circuitry-diy-leds/ ‎ It’s the latest tech in efficient lighting – but how do LEDs work? We’ll dive into the science and engineering of LEDs as well as the basic concepts on how to […]
John P. Hess
The Science of Rendering Photorealistic CGI
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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 […]
John P. Hess
Why Distance Doesn’t Affect Exposure
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Why Distance Doesn’t Affect Exposure

You may know about the Inverse Square Law when it comes to light… but does the Inverse Square Law affect the way we expose an image? Maybe you never thought of it, but a random Roger Ebert quote in Citizen Kane got this myth stuck in my head – and now I’m going to explain […]
John P. Hess
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