The Right Commercial Business Insurance Policy for Photographers
Best Insurance for Photographers Your photography business is picking up and clients are calling non-stop. Scheduling jobs is taking the little time you have left in the day! While your focus is on creating photo content to meet your client’s expectations, you will...
Aputure's Nova P300c Soft Panel Gives Flimmakers A Spark of Color
Aputure makes available its highly-anticipated new soft panel. The Nova P300c is a 300W RGBWW LED soft light panel that packs some serious color. RGBWW combines red, green, blue, tungsten and daylight chips into a single fixture that...
Meet the COVID-Killing Robots That Might Save Film Sets
"Germ-zapping" robots that have been used successfully in hospitals might try to make it in Hollywood soon. Since film and TV productions have ground to a halt in the wake of the global COVID-19 pandemic, we've seen many different...
How to Fake Temperature with These Lighting Tricks
You don't need to shoot in the bitter cold of the Arctic or the searing heat of Death Valley. All you need is lighting. Temperature... it's may not be something you're thinking much about as a filmmaker outside of deciding whether to...
How to Write a 'Contained' Screenplay
We're all stuck indoors for the time being. Why not write what you know? One of the best things about writing is setting personal goals or challenges to attack the page. One of the hardest things to write is the "contained"...
How Rodrigo Prieto Became the Go-To Cinematographer of Auteur Directors
Iñárritu. Taymor. Scorsese. There is one trait that they all respect in a DP. That trait is listening. Rodrigo Prieto has come a long way from being an outcast cinematographer in Mexico to one of the most...
Lensfinder Drops Its Selling Fees For Filmmakers
Is there anything better than free? Lensfinder, a website for filmmakers to sell or buy used cameras, lenses, and filters, has removed its sellers' fees as first reported by ProVideo Coalition. The eBay-styled site has hundreds of...
Nolan, Johnson, and Wright Surprise Students with Inspiring Grad Speeches
Who was your commencement speaker this year? Students at NYU had classes canceled and were down in the dumps until 3 epic filmmakers made appearances in their Zoom graduation. Filmmaking legends Rian Johnson, Christopher Nolan, and...
In 'Tenet' Christopher Nolan Takes Us Forward to the Past
Christopher Nolan's latest film Tenet looks mind-bending and fascinating. Auteur Christopher Nolan is celebrated for his great entries into the Batman franchise, his stunning War epic Dunkirk, but also his slew of completely original...
The Best Filmmaking Deals of the Week (5.21.20)
Headlining our Deals of the Week, save over $2000 on an 8-light Astera Titan Tube kit. This week in filmmaking deals: Right now, you can save over $200 on the Benro 3XD Pro Handheld Gimbal Stabilizer, as well as the H&A Carbon...