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You can name every shot type, from a medium close-up to an over-the-shoulder, and still freeze when it's time to decide where the camera actually goes. That hesitation is often wha...
Earlier this year, Oscar-winning DP Greig Fraser shared some time with Kevin McCarthy on the On Film… With Kevin McCarthy podcast to unpack Project Hail Mary, but talked about ever...
There is something so sumptuous about the images Roger Deakins puts on the screen. He's collaborated with some of the best directors of all time, getting his vision onto the big sc...
Sir Rildey Scott is nearing 90 years old and still directing movies in his own way. The director, who is never short of opinions, In an interview published by filmmaker Patrick Tom...
There is so much to think about when you're prepping a film. You have to do the obvious things, like cast your roles, list your shots, and find and lock your locations. Camera test...
Lighting can be beautiful, but it often comes down to a formula that you can copy yourself in your own cinematography. Lighting tutorials love a formula. Key here, fill there, neg...
Okay, we know it’s practically a joke by now that directors have their whole thing about, “You’ve got a camera in your pocket! Your phone is high-quality!” It's something directors...
There are always trends in cinematography. Right now you might bemoan the flat, lifeless look of Netflix lighting, but 15 years ago you may have hated the drastic handheld look so...
We get a lot of emails here at No Film School, and recently, I got one asking for a few tips on making an indie horror film.Well, I have never done that!But luckily, I have a lot o...
One of the movies I find myself constantly rewatching is Project Hail Mary. I feel like it perfectly adapted Andy Weir's amazing book and brought it to life on the big screen.Direc...
In this post I welcome vertical filmmaking and then list seven sins that will halt your career. Some filmmakers can tell you the sensor size of every camera on the market. Ask what...
Being in the dark is scary, especially when you're alone. Even better if you're in an unfamiliar space and you hear a rustle in the night. Your imagination fills in the details of...
The greatest asset anyone has on a set is time. You can't spend hours perfectly lighting a shot or getting the exact take you imagined. You just can't, because time is money, and y...
Cinematographer Ryan Thomas shot Casey Donahue's feature debut on two borrowed DVX100Bs.Panasonic's DVX100 line was the indie workhorse of the early 2000s, and the original model w...
Panavision and Warner Bros. have posted up a BTS video from Digger where director Alejandro G. Iñárritu and Tom Cruise talk about the work of cinematographer Emmanuel “Chivo” Lubez...
For decades, filmmakers have been asking the wrong question.Is 35mm more cinematic than digital? Is 70mm worth the expense? Should we shoot open gate?For me, these debates all over...
You get to a beach at sunrise, the light finally shows up, and nearly every frame you take is the widest view your lens allows. That habit leaves most of a location unphotographed,...
Day-for-night is one of cinema’s magic tricks: shoot a scene in broad daylight, and make it look as if it is the middle of the night. It is also one of the hardest. Sounds simple o...
I am of the mind that you can get lessons in directing from any movie you watch. Good or bad, there are things you can latch onto to decide how you want to do things, and visuals t...
In a time when independent filmmaking is more accessible than it’s ever been, the intimidation factor is still the number one thing that holds creatives back from taking the big le...
I saw a TikTok video the other day from the perspective of a school janitor. Everything seems okay, except there was a somewhat unsettling noise in the background. The person filmi...
Last week I started a new spec. It was a genre that I haven't worked on since, like, 2017, and it was immediately hard. There were days I felt like I was making stupid choices, and...
Picking a camera system for video locks you into a mount, a lens lineup, and a manufacturer's release schedule for years, and the features a brand ships early tend to shape how you...
Eyelines are one of those invisible elements of filmmaking. When they work, you don't notice them at all. When they don't… whew, it's bad, and it's obvious. If you have a scene whe...
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