Tag: filmmaking
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"The Sea" – Christoffer Relander on Shooting an Analogue Music Film
written by Ciel Hernandez on 2018-11-25 #people #videos
Analogue photographer Christoffer Relander debuts as a filmmaker by making The Last Dinosaur's music video in Super8.
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Filmmaking with the LomoKino: How to Get Started
2018-05-13 #gear #videos
Don't miss Turkish avant-garde filmmaker Muge Yildiz's abstract film, and the simplistic beauty of Bear Brown's “Beans” shot with the old-school charm of our loveable LomoKino.
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Famous Filmmakers' Favorites: Focal Lengths
2016-11-07 #culture #people #videos
These are the preferred and favorite focal lengths used by your master filmmakers -- from Orson Welles to Akira Kurosawa.
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29 Academy Award Nominations for Films Shot in Kodak Film Stock
2017-02-02 #culture #news
Kodak is celebrating the 29 Academy Award nominations of films that used their film stock for 2017.
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Alice Guy-Blaché: The First Woman Filmmaker
2017-03-19 #culture #people #videos
And once again, art history has almost forgotten to write this rather very important figure in early cinema. The female pioneer of early French cinema is one of the first to experiment with sound syncing, color tinting, interracial casting and special effects.
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In the Cinema of Michelangelo Antonioni: From the Rear View
2017-07-01 #culture #videos
Italian filmmaker Michelangelo Antonini is known for his well-composed, almost geometric shots in cinema. He's also fond of shooting rear and back views of the figures in his films.
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View the Iconic Film Equipment of Stanley Kubrick
2016-07-19 #gear #news #people #videos
American director Stanley Kubrick's tools for his trade -- the NASA Zeiss f/0.7 lens and his custom Mitchell 35mm cinema camera -- will definitely make all aspiring filmmakers and equipment junkies awe and excited.
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Fresh Reels: LomoKino Films to Watch
2017-10-23 #gear #videos
We collected some of the latest LomoKino films so far for your viewing pleasure. So sit back, relax and reminisce, as fleeting moments are captured and forever visualized with the LomoKino. The smallest things in life should be held precious -- show that in the analogue way.
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Best Picture of the 89th Academy Awards: "Moonlight (2016)"
2017-03-06 #culture #videos
The latest best picture "Moonlight"'s win at the Oscars was a moment of success and victory of a Hollywood outsider filmmaker. How did he nail it, apart from its compelling storyline? Through art, photography and imitation of film stocks.
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How to Bend the Rules of Cinematic Composition
2016-10-22 #tutorials #videos
Be your own master and learn how to use instances of bad composition into effective techniques in cinematography.
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Filming the Neonworld by Christopher Doyle
2017-04-30 #people #videos
Cinematographer Christopher Doyle, or Dou Ho-Fung, takes us to Hong Kong's neon-lit nightlife through his moving camera.
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The History of Film: It All Began with a Horse
2017-04-25 #culture #tutorials #videos
The invention of cinema all began with a bet from colleagues in 1872, and it involved the hooves of a horse.
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Cinema 101: Knowing the Difference Between F-Stop and T-Stop
2017-01-11 #gear #tutorials #videos
Polish your camera know-how with this simple tutorial on the f-stop and t-stop -- terms both used in filmmaking and photography.
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The Cinematic Aesthetic of Sofia Coppola
2017-09-23 #culture
What makes up a Sofia Coppola film? What're the criteria to consider something as Sofia Coppola-esque? Is it with the pastels or soft lighting? Or the drunk-then-sobered cinematography? This super-edit of Jacob Swinney might have the answers.
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Andrei Tarkovsky's Master Shot List
2017-11-09 #tutorials #videos
There can never be enough essays and explanations to the sublimity of the Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky. What's in a Tarkovsky film, what makes it beautiful, how does he make cinema beautiful?
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The Filmography of Akira Kurosawa
2017-06-09 #people #videos
Make way for one of the most influential filmmakers and auteurs ever in cinema history as we revisit the rather extensive lifework of Akira Kurosawa.
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Do Black-and-White Films Still Have a Place in This Modern World?
2017-04-16 #culture #videos
Before, movies were only available in monochrome. Now, cinema seems to be having the best time with limitless colors, with zero plans to implement black and white aesthetic into their films, unless made by an auteur.
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"Une femme coquette': The Rare Short Film of Jean-Luc Godard
2017-02-27 #culture #people
The early work of French auteur and Novuelle Vague pioneer Jean-Luc Godard, deemed lost by biographers, has finally been found and is up for viewing.
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10 Films That Mastered the Use of Color
2017-01-26 #culture #videos
Color in film has been around since cinema's heydays. From vintage films to contemporary movies, here are 10 films that best used color.
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Today in History: Thomas Edison's Movie Studio Completed (1893)
written by plasticpopsicle on 2013-02-01 #videos
On this day, 120 years ago, Thomas Edison finally finishes the construction of his Kinetographic Theater, which came to be known as the Black Maria. Read on to learn more about this milestone in filmmaking history!
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The Cinematic Genius That Is Alfred Hitchcock
2017-03-15 #people #tutorials #videos
The Master of Suspense is famous for many things, but what does it mean to be "Hitchcockian"?
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Revealing the Bones of Composition in Xavier Dolan's Films
2017-02-12 #culture #videos
We take a long gaze into the young French-Canadian director Xavier Dolan's young yet critically successful oeuvre as he follows the footsteps of other auteurs in terms of both script and composition.
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When Cinema Meet Art History
2016-10-08 #culture #videos
Some film scenes from classic and contemporary cinema recreate art history's famous paintings.
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Cinematography 101: The 180 Degree Rule
2017-06-10 #tutorials #videos
Learn about the 180-degree rule of cinema through this comprehensive video from Fandor, inspired by master filmmakers.
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Poetics of Cinema: Mikhail Kalatozov & Sergei Urusevsky
2017-04-01 #tutorials #videos
These two Soviet artists -- one filmmaker and one cinematographer -- changed early Russian cinema way before Andrei Tarkovsky did.
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A Review of Danny Boyle's Cinematic Oeuvre
2017-02-26 #culture
Frpm Shallow Grave (1994) to Steve Jobs (2015), let's look into the eclectic yet stylish filmmaking of English director Danny Boyle.
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How to Work with Framing in Cinematography
2017-01-20 #tutorials #videos
How does a renowned director like Wes Anderson pull off his cinematic mastery? Frankly, the technique is no secret -- it is, instead, a routine and practice you develop until an untrained eye becomes a keen one.
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The Cut in the Middle: "The Crown" in Taking Center Stage
2017-01-13 #culture #tutorials #videos
Cinematographers Adriano Goldman and Ole Bratt Birkeland successfully created the regal mood befitting this drama about Her Royal Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
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Today in History: First Commercial Movie Screening in Paris (1895)
written by plasticpopsicle on 2011-12-28 #videos
On this day, 116 years ago, the French capital experienced the first commercial movie screening of films made by brothers Louis and Auguste Lumiere. Let's take another journey back to the early days of filmmaking and learn more about the work of the Lumiere Brothers.
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The Old Art of Editing Film on a Flatbed
2017-07-03 #culture #videos
Film editors no longer have to look into strips of film and cut them physically, but back then, at least until 1992, films were edited and cut manually.
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