Statistics on the homogeneity of many Hollywood films continue to be lousy. Filmmaker J. Rick Castañeda creates worlds on screen that accurately represent historically underrepresented people, while still keeping features to a finite...

A $10K sci-fi short film competition that wants to prove that “no bond is stronger than family.” Throughout the year, we feature a number of short film competitions that are on the search for awesome entries, finding that...

Fujifilm has announced an expansion for its X series cameras with lenses filmmakers will appreciate. Fujifilm mirrorless cameras are best known for two main factors, their pleasing color reproduction and their excellent lenses. While...

Is the obsessive need to use a camera another addiction in our culture of narcissism and excess? In her new film Generation Wealth, director Lauren Greenfield (The Queen of Versailles) takes a look at the growing obsession with wealth...

These filmmakers know how to get a film made quickly. A collective of filmmakers was presented with a challenge: make a film around a particular topic to present at an upcoming showcase. While they had a number of months to pull...

Filters—one of the most essential tools in a filmmaker’s gear bag. The most common problems you’ll see in the work of new filmmakers have something to do with exposure, whether it’s underexposing foregrounds or...

Whether your footage needs fixing or you just want to give it a little makeover, these techniques might be just what you’re looking for. Despite our sincerest attempts at shooting what we need, sometimes we’re still left...

Academy-Award nominated cinematographer Barry Ackroyd discusses the philosophy and merits of his multi-camera shooting style. A theme of the English cinematographer Barry Ackroyd’s career is collaboration. First, there is the...

Here are 10 reasons FCP stands out from the NLE pack. Final Cut Pro X has been churning out some great, pro-focused updates in the last year or so. With the addition of some killer color tools, HDR, and now ProRes RAW support, FCPX is...

With Killshock, Kessler adds another layer to stabilizing a moving camera. In an ideal world, roads would be perfectly paved, suspension perfectly tuned, and all the hiccups of a road shot would be easily stabilized by a motorized...