Take A Filmic Journey with Martin Scorsese
Ever wished you could just chat with one of your filmmaking heroes, hear their thoughts on various films, and get a list of recommended viewing? Well this comes pretty close to doing that for me. A...
View ArticleDigital Scanning Unlocks the Earliest Known Color Motion Pictures Ever Found
Ironically, thanks to digital technology, we are now able to appreciate what is the earliest known color motion picture film ever made. The Lee-Turner color process was developed by Edward Turner and...
View ArticleAn Epic Lesson in the History of Aspect Ratios from Filmmaker IQ
How often do we think about aspect ratios? Better yet, how often do we think about where all of our aspect ratios came from and the storied cinematic histories from which they were born? It's an...
View ArticleLanguage of Cinema: Martin Scorsese's Essay Explains the Importance of Visual...
I think the thing that made the greatest impact on me when I was in college was this strange concept, one I'd never heard of before -- the concept of visual literacy. Understanding the historical,...
View ArticleA Complete History of CinemaScope with Film Historian David Bordwell
We've talked at length about aspect ratios before, offering not only their history, but the importance and relevance of each one's aesthetics in filmmaking today. But, another great resource for...
View Article10 Netflix Instant Picks About Filmmaking to Devour This Holiday Season
As November comes to a close, the holiday season is officially upon us. Alongside the decadent meals and retail shopping absurdity, most of us have a few extra days off to lounge around in our pajamas...
View ArticleWatch 'The Martin Scorsese Film School' & Explore the History of Cinema with...
Almost a year ago, we shared a list of 85 films that Martin Scorsese marked as essential to learn everything you need to know about cinema. Seeing as Scorsese is not only one of the greatest filmmakers...
View ArticleAn Inspiring Tribute to the Past, Present, & Future of the Motion Picture Camera
Every so often, in my aimless meandering through the interwebs, I come across something that warrants immediate sharing on this site. More often than not, it's news of an emerging piece of technology...
View ArticleFrom Edison & Beyond: This 6-Part Video Series Will Take You Through the...
Knowing about the history of cinema is a great first step in becoming a well-rounded student of film, and though it's pretty simple figuring out where to start (at the beginning), sometimes it's a...
View ArticleWhat if 'Blade Runner' Starred Bogart? Check Out These Great Imaginary Movie...
What if your favorite film had been made decades before it actually debuted -- which famous actors would star? Or if a summer blockbuster had been made way back in cinema history, who might have been...
View ArticleFind out How a $25K Bet in 1878 Led to the Beginning of Hollywood in This...
Shocking as it may seem, there was a time before movies (I know, crazy). But there was; though they dominate our lives today and shape all of the media we consume, narrative motion pictures (I'm...
View ArticleWhat Jean-Luc Godard's 'Breathless' Can Teach You About Indie Filmmaking
To call Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless (À bout de souffle) influential would be a severe understatement. This 1960 French film paved the way for independent film, film studies, as well as the rise of...
View Article10 Film Movements That Changed Everything
Like messages in bottles, film movements come in waves. And also like those floating, nautical correspondences, the significance of their messages aren't often received until much, much later. CineFix...
View ArticleWatch: How the 'Fall' of Hollywood Affected Indie Filmmaking
In Hollywood, truth is stranger than movies, and the decline of the old paradigm might end up being the best thing for indie filmmaking in decades. As Jack Nugent of Now You See It puts it in his...
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