Film Making

Update your Fairlight sound mixing skills with the new Blackmagic audio console. Blackmagic released DaVinci Resolve 17 today. The new hardware, including a new speed editor and the Fairlight...

Sundance: The filmmaker honors his favorite band by finally bringing Sparks to the big screen where they belong. Edgar Wright's "The Sparks Brothers" is an uncomplicated, yet delightful and unusually...

Gaspar Noes highlight from the filmmaker's print edition. I am very pleased to announce that the Filmmaker is going back to print for our fall issue, which will reach...

Writing a script seems like an easy task, but it has a lot of detail and depth. For someone who grew up with movies, it's understandable that writing scripts,...

Voices for Netflix's upcoming animated series include Maya Erskine, George Takei, Masi Oka and Randall Park, among others. It's been a busy month for animated television on Netflix. The streaming...

AMC has raised enough money to survive the winter. We were concerned that AMC wouldn't be back to show movies if COVID left us. Theaters everywhere have fallen apart...

Who can yell at whom on set? Last night it was revealed that Tom Cruise had yelled at some of the crew members on the set of the new...

From "Do the Right Thing" to "What Price Hollywood", Wes Anderson uses the cinema to fill the time in his quarantine. Wes Anderson should attend the Cannes Film Festival this...

In the past 10 years, stage and film veteran Peter Friedman has experienced a steady workflow more than in the first 30 years of his career. He recently...

No matter what genre of documentary film you are working on, here are some outstanding documentary cameras out there. Documentaries can often have unique requirements, skills, and demands on each...

After releasing several anamorphic prime lenses for Micro Four Thirds (MFT) - 28mm, 40mm and 65mm - Vazen has now released this 85mm lens for full frame. Curious how...

I haven't met a filmmaker who doesn't want to make a festival film. However, finding and selecting a suitable film festival is time consuming and expensive. Getting your film accepted...

Editing with a popular track as a temporary music bed can cause unnecessary distress for you and your team. Here's what you need to do: Video editors, we need to...

Atomos just announced that the Atomos Ninja V will soon be able to record the 16-bit RAW output of the Sony FX3 at up to 4K60P. ProRes RAW recording...

"A teacher" might not have the buzz, but its effects last long after you look at it. (Editor's note: This post contains spoiler for the end of the FX on...

Fxlion, the specialized battery company, has launched a new compact power hub that allows you to supply all of your camera accessories (and more) with just one battery: the...

Carrey spoke to Bill Maher about his recently published work on the pseudo-autobiography "Memoirs and Misinformation". Jim Carrey remains one of the great chameleons of comedy and his most recent...

Adobe After Effects is exceptionally versatile software. If you don't start doing this until 2020, there are five things you should learn ASAP. Whether you want to create high quality...

Ellen Kuras shoots in Times Square After previously checking in with some of the world's leading cameramen about her quarantine life, Daniel Eagan returns with six other reports from...

Blackmagic Design has just released an update to its NLE / post production software: DaVinci Resolve 17.1.1. This "minor" update supports Blackmagic RAW 2.1 Beta 4 and 10-bit H.264...