Daily Inspiration – The Raven

Daily Inspiration – The Raven

Here is today’s video inspiration. This short film was shot for only $5000.

Daily Inspiration – Enter the Void

Daily Inspiration – Enter the Void

Here is the trailer for Gaspar Noe’s new film “Enter the Void”.

Lights Film School Student Interview

Lights Film School Student Interview

Hello Marty. Congratulations on the productions you’ve worked on recently. You’ve had your hands in commercials, music videos and documentaries all within the course of 1 year. At this point in your career your focus is fairly broad. Do you plan on narrowing down your area of interest

Daily Inspiration – Fear / Love

Daily Inspiration – Fear / Love

Here is today’s video inspiration. Synopsis: Three lives, three identities, three points of view. Set against the harsh backdrop of inner city London, Fear/Love interweaves the lives of three adolescents as they struggle with who they are, who they want to be and who they are becoming.

Daily Inspiration – East Asian Cinema

Daily Inspiration – East Asian Cinema

Our daily inspiration today is found in East Asian cinema. The filmmakers below have changed the world of filmmaking and have had large influences on some of the most notable Western Directors.


Tutorials

Filmmaking Tips: Negative Space

In our previous blog post we discussed the use of vignettes to help filmmakers isolate the audience’s attention to one particular part of a frame. In this post we’re going to discuss the strategy of using negative space (sometimes called “dead space”) to help you isolate

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Interviews

Lights Film School Student Interview

Hello Marty. Congratulations on the productions you’ve worked on recently. You’ve had your hands in commercials, music videos and documentaries all within the course of 1 year. At this point in your career your focus is fairly broad. Do you plan on narrowing down your area of interest

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Product Reviews

Zacuto DSLR Z-Cage – Image Stabilization

One of the main drawbacks of using the video mode on a DSLR camera is that these new cameras are incredibly light. At first this may seem like a dream come true for cinematographers that have worked with heavy film cameras in the past. However, it also

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