What’s the Best Camera? #IQBiTS

John tackles the perennial question: What is the best camera? Consider becoming a patron on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/FilmmakerIQ If you liked the opening track (Boogie Woogie by Jake Bradford ), check out our affiliate link to Artlist.io https://artlist.io/John-3722/?utm_source=Filmmaker_IQ&utm_medium=Affiliate_83&utm_campaign=December

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.

The History and Philosophy of Copyright

Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FilmmakerIQ This video is part of a Filmmaker IQ course on copyright which includes links and sauce for more information about copyright: https://filmmakeriq.com/courses/the-history-of-copyright/ Let’s dive into the history of Copyright, a legal framework that makes mass market publishing from books to movies possible. We explore perhaps the earliest example […]

Origins of Film Noir

Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FilmmakerIQ Jump into the world of Film Noir and look at how the technology and economic factors gave birth to a genre that still deeply influences the way filmmakers work today.

Do Pets Watch TV the Same Way Humans Do?

Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FilmmakerIQ Take the full course with more resources and informational videos at FilmmakerIQ.com https://filmmakeriq.com/courses/pets-watch-tv-way-humans/ When you snuggle with Fido to some Netflix does he understand what’s going on? Do television and motion picture have the same impact on our furry friends as they do on us? To answer the […]

DIY Inline Dimmer Cable Switch (Lighting)

Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FilmmakerIQ John Hess demonstrates how to wire up an inline dimmer to help control the strength of your lights. Keep in mind that most lights “warm up” when you dim them and unless a CFL says it’s dimmable, you’ll have weird results when dimming those bulbs. As always with […]

The Fundamental Elements of Film Music

Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FilmmakerIQ Take the full Filmmaker IQ course on the Fundamental Elemetns of Music with sauce and bonus material: https://filmmakeriq.com/courses/fundamental-elements-music/ Explore the role of music in film from it’s importance in silent film to the elements and tools that modern composers use to create music for the silver screen. See […]

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 […]

DIY Mechanical Crank Camera Slider

John Hess describes how to mechanize the indiSlider. For full write up and specs check out http://bit.ly/aII7WA

How a Director Stages and Blocks a Scene

Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FilmmakerIQ How a director approaches staging and blocking a scene dramatically affects the story – in this experiment at YouTube Space LA, we take a boilerplate police detective script and shoot it directing five different ways with different types of blocking to demonstrate how direction and acting can really […]

Outta Sync | A Filmmaker IQ Short Film

Our first official Filmmaker IQ Short! Make sure you check out the Behind the Scenes video where we lay out everything that went into producing this short! https://youtu.be/F_XL6N3cX9g 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 […]