Poe Maguire·Oct 23Production Update #4With my most recent film in the post-production stage, it’s time that I shoot a movie required for the creative supplement aspect of one of…
Benjamin Nathaniel Minot - Cinema and Visual Craft·Oct 23The Ghost in the Cashless Machine: A Reflection on The Only Living Pickpocket in New YorkHow director Noah Segan, DOP Sam Levy, and John Turturro built a masterclass in tactile, analog cinema.
The McAuley Tucker Show·Oct 21A Camera That Moves All WrongDara Van Dusen spent 17 years bringing “A Prayer for the Dying” to the screen. Her case for the slightly wrong frame is a better directing…
Ali Shirazi·Oct 21Making The Television (2015): A Filmmaking Thesis by Ali ShiraziMy Undergraduate Film Thesis on Directing an Independent Short Film.A response icon2A response icon2
Ali Habib·Oct 1My NYU Thesis FilmI’m currently a senior at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and am prepping for my thesis film, which shoots in 4 days. It would be an…
Jugnu Kashyap·Sep 26Mastering the Shadow: Greig Fraser’s Philosophy, Technical Craft & The Power of Inky BlacksAn insider breakdown of how Greig Fraser (ASC, ACS) blends classical lighting aesthetics, raw digital sensor physics, and deep…
Frank HOUBRE·Sep 26Will AI Replace Film Directors? Chaplin Answered It in 1931Will AI replace film directors? Chaplin asked almost the same question about sound in 1931, and got the diagnosis right for the wrong…A response icon1A response icon1
Frank HOUBRE·Sep 25Kubrick Spent $750,000 So a Camera Could Turn Around Inside One Room.Why AI video backgrounds look fake, and what a $750,000 movie set from 1968 can teach generative video about building the whole room first.
Frank HOUBRE·Sep 22Stan Winston’s T-Rex Was Toweled Dry Between Takes So Its Timing Would Stay Alive.AI video generates a performance alone, with nobody to react to. The Jurassic Park T-Rex crew adjusted it live, take after take. That is…
