3 Filmmaking Lessons From the 'Fast and Furious' Franchise
If you told me in seventh grade that the movie I just saw about street racers and hot chicks was going to span a franchise that would take me into my forties, I would have told you...
Search fresh public links, source activity, and ready-to-use post angles for Filmmaking Lessons.
Fresh curated links around Filmmaking lessons are collected here so marketers can spot useful updates and turn timely ideas into posts faster.
Recent items include:
Recent curated links from global sources. Generate one free draft from any story, then use SocialBu to schedule and refine your content calendar.
If you told me in seventh grade that the movie I just saw about street racers and hot chicks was going to span a franchise that would take me into my forties, I would have told you...
There are a lot of great shows on TV, but for me, the best one is about a farm in the Cotswolds. I have always been a big fan of Jeremy Clarkson, from Top Gear to The Grand Tour, b...
Look, it should go without saying, but we watch a lot of director interviews, MasterClasses, and film commentary around here. Because that's a huge way to learn this difficult art...
The Criterion Collection just dropped a 4K release of Body Heat, and with it comes a new interview with writer/director Lawrence Kasdan. And we always love learning from the greats...
High production value is one of those things we're all probably striving for, but it can be elusive. When we say that, you probably think that the story feels real and everything l...
If your editor dreads getting your footage, that's a problem. So, this is for you. Jesse Senko is a photographer and director with a background in advertising. He's had years of co...
Martin Scorsese finally won his first Best Director Oscar in 2007, which was his eighth nomination, for The Departed, presented by Coppola, Lucas, and Spielberg. His speech is famo...
Steven Spielberg's Disclosure Day hits theaters June 12, which means the man is top of mind right now. And when we think about Spielberg, we think about a career that spans Duel to...
At 96 years old, Clint Eastwood has officially retired from filmmaking. The actor and director left a mark on Hollywood that is staggering. He has four Oscars on his shelf, a bunch...
One Battle After Another, Paul Thomas Anderson's action drama, shot by cinematographer Michael Bauman in VistaVision, is one of the best-looking films in recent memory. We've writt...
Screenwriter, novelist, editor, professor, and New York Film Academy instructor Matt Harry has taken one of the longer roads to a working career in Hollywood. Everyone comes to the...
David Zucker has been making people laugh since before most of us were born. Co-creator of Airplane! and the Naked Gun franchise, he's one of the few filmmakers who can probably a...
Wade Patterson is a cinematographer, writer, and producer who recently shared his experience making shorts and features with Film Courage. His projects include Death Cipher and the...
"Cinematic" has become one of those words that gets thrown around so much that it almost loses meaning. But for content creators, it's a legit goal to set your stuff apart. It migh...
The everyday viewer probably only notices cinematography when it's flashy, but the fundamentals carry the story.A recent video from StudioBinder Academy is built on Joseph V. Masce...
Martin Scorsese has made some of the most meticulously composed images in American movies. I mean, have you seen the Copa tracking shot? What about the stark black-and-white drama...
The great Clint Eastwood has directed more than 40 films. When the Associated Press asked him in 2010 to name his favorites from that impressive stack, he came up with six: Bird, L...
Star Wars: The Last Jedi remains one of, if not the most, controversial and consequential blockbuster of all time. Despite widespread critical acclaim and box office success, the f...
When you're deep in a screenplay draft, it's easy to obsess over dialogue and structure and forget entirely about how your scenes might be lit. That's a production concern, right?...
Think of one of your favorite films. How does it handle its locations? How does the film give you an idea of the world its characters inhabit? Maybe a big sweeping crane shot? A lo...
I'm always trying to absorb as much cinematography knowledge as I can. When I get on set, I want to know what the heck the DP and gaffer are talking about. If I'm directing, I don'...
Robert Altman is one of those directors who created his own rules and visual language, and asked you to come with him on a journey and to embrace them. When you encounter an auteur...
Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 masterpiece, Psycho, broke new ground for the horror genre in countless ways. From dropping hints about the twist everywhere you look, to switching main cha...
I have always struggled with the way films are usually planned. When I start one, I almost never start at the beginning. Sometimes I can see the ending clearly but not how it opens...
Use SocialBu to discover ideas, generate post drafts, and schedule them across your social channels.