Everyone knows filmmaking is a group effort, but do you really know what goes into building a crew? This article dives into the essential...

Regardless of genre, medium, or length, all good stories have a theme or a message, something that sticks with the audience, something...

Location scouting is a crucial yet often underestimated part of the pre-production process. It serves as the defining step in...

Period pieces have been a popular genre in popular culture for decades, and while they’re a joy to think up and imagine, the actual...

2025 has already shown great promise for the film industry . With movies from Paddington in Peru (Dougal Wilson), to Snow White (Marc...

With the rise in social media use by professional companies in this day and age, the outlook on jobs in marketing in the film and...

What is a Script Breakdown? A script  breakdown is an essential skill for any filmmaker to have in their arsenal that gives you all of...

The romantic comedy  feels like a timeless genre, but most of the films we think of when we think of romantic comedies are from the same...

Southern California and the film industry have been synonymous since the beginnings of the studio system in the 1910s. But lately,...

What is Film School? Film and television is everywhere today. With an industry growing as fast as the film industry is, you may be...

Personal branding is not the first thing we think of when we think of having a career in the film industry, but in the age of the...

What is a Radio Play? In the year 2025, with music and podcasts on demand through streaming services like Apple Music and Spotify, we do...

Many people assume that wrapping post-production means that producing your film is done, but this isn’t really the case. The next step is...

Montages are one of the oldest editing techniques in film, originating with Dziga Vertov’s Man with a Movie Camera  in 1929. Vertov used...

On Sunday March 2, 2025, Peter Straughan won the Oscar award for “Best Adapted Screenplay” for the film Conclave  (Edward Berger, 2024)....

This year’s Oscar awards ceremony marks an interesting time because there are three movie musicals that are nominated for the Best...

Episodic content has been evolving since the 1920s – in fact, the first ever soap operas were actually radio shows! But, since television...

What is a Pilot?  When you sit down to rewatch your favorite  television show , do you ever wonder why the first episode looks different...

Foley sound is a great tool for filmmakers to take advantage of during the post-production process. From high heels clicking on the floor...

With the Sundance Film Festival happening now through February 2nd in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah, filmgoers everywhere are...