The Best 2 Pages of Screenwriting Ever Written
SPIES LIKE US (1985) was directed by John Landis and written by Dan Aykroyd, Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel and Dave Thomas. This is one of my favorite scenes. The absurdity...
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Alfred Hitchcock: Hiding the Cuts in Rope
ROPE (1948) is Alfred Hitchcock's murder/suspense film that showcases the killing in its second shot. ROPE is often described as having no editing...a film that plays out in real-time...but it...
The 4 Best Lenses for Amazing Lens Flare
Love them or hate them...lens flares have been trending non-stop over the last several years. You can find them in every J.J. Abrams movie, car commercial, wedding video, print...
3 Low Budget Editing Tips for Action Movies
Every movie has moments of action and intensity. These moments can be physical, emotional, dialog driven or even delivered through camera movement. When Walter White verbally explodes at someone in...
GO DADDY Breaks All The Rules:
The Smart and Funny commercial
Go Daddy has long been known for its sexy commercials with big breasts and racy double-entendres. Their latest commercial has a baker kneading dough, Jean Claude Van Damme and...
Film Editing Facts #6
[caption id="attachment_2200" align="alignnone" width="893"] 7 effective and very differently paced films.[/caption] Until next time... Vashi Nedomansky vashivisuals.com @vashikoo
117 Free Film Grain & Light Leaks for
Film & Video Editors
[caption id="attachment_2089" align="alignnone" width="1344"] Companies giving away FREE filmmaking assets[/caption] Originally published September 1, 2013 and updated November 26, 2019. An easy way to make your project look more 'cinematic'...
800,000+ Digitized Pages
of Film/TV/Sound History For Free
Every Filmmaker owes a debt of gratitude to the people in "The Industry" who have come before them. Every creative or technical decision you make on your film, TV show,...
Visual Effects – Low Budget Filmmaking
Miniatures and Forced Perspective
FORCED PERSPECTIVE In filmmaking, sometimes the simplest solution will be the cheapest, most realistic and easiest. This doesn't happen often...but when it does, embrace it and enjoy it. In...
Raiders of the Lost Ark – Fast Cutting & Center Framing
In a previous post, I discussed the power of the "long take" during two scenes in "Raiders of the Lost Ark". This time around, let's focus on the opposite...fast edits...