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When a tech giant chooses practical effects over CGI and AI.
Filmmakers Academy presents a series exploring the types, uses, power, and psychology of color in film.
Tools for breathing analogue life into digital footage.
Why the obvious response to low light – to raise the ISO – isn’t the best for clean digital image capture.
Film-making lessons from the second instalment of the sci-fi epic.
Until AI replaces us all, here are tools that can be helpful to human creators.
The new false colour standard? Director of Photography Ed Lachman ASC introduces the EL Zone system.
How miniatures are used in film – and how to do it yourself.
A roundup of techniques for in-camera visual effects, and where and how they might be used.
A guide to creating one of the most effective tools for communicating, or even selling, your film idea.
Smoother, more powerful, and more transportive techniques to take your viewer from one shot, character, location, or idea to the next.
The classic in-camera effect to trick the audience’s eye.
A fun, hands-on way to learn the craft – and illusion – of film-making.
An intro to technical basics, to capture the best possible image.
Placing light sources within shots – and how it can improve them.
Techniques for creating more engaging visual storytelling, with better staging and composition.
A 15-minute master class covering everything from gear, through on-set protocol, to final delivery.
Tools for making your digital footage look more like it was shot on film.
Tips for working with clip-on, or lavalier, microphones.
An intro to using the DAW with video files.
A guide to creating sound effects for your film.
Ways to work with less-than-ideal footage in your edit.
A roundup of tutorials on how to green screen without green screen.
Get creative by using gobos for more theatrical lighting.
Balancing light and dark in your image – the cinematic way.
Stop doing these things – they’re easy enough, and we’ll all win.
How to manage the loudness of the audio in your video project.
Tips for working with effects while editing in Adobe Premiere Pro.
A roundup of explainers – choose your flavour.
An intro to incorporating holograms into your film.