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- Guides + How-Tos Glass Eyes: Lens Use in Cinema If cinematography is the art of storytelling in film, lenses are the canvas. An in-depth look at why choosing the right lens is critical to building a relationship with your audience. Read guide
- Guides + How-Tos Filming with Green Screen: Everything You Need to Know Green screen keying layers two images or video streams together, so you can drop in any background a scene needs, from alien worlds to hard-to-reach locations. Everything you need to get started. Read guide
- Guides + How-Tos Adapting Short Stories into Feature Films The Birds, Brokeback Mountain and Memento all began as short stories. How does a writer take a short story and adapt it into a feature screenplay? Article coming soon
- Guides + How-Tos How to Film a Sex Scene Nudity and sex scenes are a sensitive subject. How to handle them professionally, respectfully and safely on set. Article coming soon
- Understanding the Industry What Is a Creative Producer? Producers are involved in almost every stage, from development and funding to shooting, editing and promotion. The job has a reputation for being thankless and not very creative. We show why that stereotype may not be accurate. Read guide
- Understanding the Industry What Is Auteur Theory in Filmmaking? An auteur is an artist who applies a high degree of stylistic control over their craft. See how Scorsese, Kubrick, Lynch, Burton, Kurosawa and others made the case for auteur filmmaking. Read guide
- Understanding the Industry The Art of Production Design How a character dresses, what their home looks like, their cubicle at work: every choice the art department makes deepens the world. Meet the production designer, one of the most creative roles on set. Read guide
