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• How to Create a High-Concept Futuristic Look on an Indie Film Budget February 17, 2025
  In 2025, the question continues to be asked: Is AI our friend or enemy? While everyday people are still figuring out the answer to this question, Hollywood filmmakers are answering it for us, showing us the good, the bad, and the ugly. One of the most popular examples of this in the last few years […]
  Jason Hellerman
• What Kinds of Characters Does Vince Gilligan Think We Should Write Now? February 17, 2025
  The Writer's Guild Awards were held on February 15th, and all your favorite Hollywood scribes came together to give awards for the best writing in TV and movies this past year. During the event, Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul creator Vince Gilligan received the WGA honorary Paddy Chayefsky Laurel For Television Writing Achievement, and […]
  Jason Hellerman
• That's Not a UFO. It's DoPchoice's New Inflatable Light Modifier February 17, 2025
  While we all know its importance, setting up lighting for your projects can often be one of the most difficult and time-consuming parts of the filmmaking process. So, it’s always nice to see companies look for ways to speed up and improve lighting workflows with innovative solutions. DoPchoice has introduced a new inflatable round toplight […]
  Jourdan Aldredge
• All The Best Sketches and Speeches From The SNL 50th Anniversary Show February 17, 2025
  For the last 50 years, Saturday Night Live has been an institution in comedy. Sure, there are ups and downs, but you knew if you needed a laugh, you could tune in on a Saturday (or catch it streaming) and get one. We covered all the best SNL skits over the years, so we get […]
  Jason Hellerman
• Maya Hawke Calls Out Casting Based on Social Media Followers February 17, 2025
  Ever wonder how they pick people to be in movies? Usually, the director and casting director have a discussion, and then people read for the part. But a recent trend in casting over the last decade has changed a lot of who gets in front of the camera. It feels like everything now is done […]
  Jason Hellerman

Filmmaker Magazine

• “The Film is Not a Resistance Film”: Juanjo Pereira on Berlinale 2025 Premiere Under the Flags, the Sun February 17, 2025
  A row of men sit proudly on horses as a white flag drifts languidly in the wind. The beating sun lights the crowd, who applaud dictator Alfredo Stroessner’s ascent to power in 1954, and with it, the promise of “peace, progress and fraternity.” Time slows down as an ominous atmosphere envelopes this scene, foreshadowing what […]
  Matilda Hague
• “It Carries the Weight of Improvisation but Also Inevitability”: Liryc Dela Cruz on his Berlinale-premiering Where the Night Stands Still (Come la Notte) February 15, 2025
  Liryc Dela Cruz’s Where the Night Stands Still (Come la Notte) takes the simplest of storylines and renders it infinitely complex. Three Filipino siblings, all domestic workers in Italy who’ve not seen each other for years, reunite at an extravagant villa the elder sister inherited after the death of her longtime employer. They reminisce about […]
  Lauren Wissot
• Five Films that Influenced Alex Thompson’s Hospital Thriller, Rounding February 14, 2025
  Rounding, the new film from Alex Thompson, who directed Saint Frances and, with 25 New Face partner Kelly O’Sullivan, Ghostlight, is in theaters today from Doppelgänger Releasing. Below, Thompson discusses five of the cinematic influences upon his darkly anxious hospital-set thriller.  To say that Rounding is an experiment is an understatement. Borne in the backyard […]
  Alex Thompson
• IFFR 2025: Bright Futures (and Others) February 14, 2025
  Famously and by historical design, the International Film Festival Rotterdam is over-programmed. This is both exciting—look at the number of people exploring cinema’s possibilities against all financial odds!—and counter-productive: many of these movies will surely be mediocre or worse and, even for the most well-informed viewer, largely unknown quantities, so what to prioritize? Flying directly […]
  Vadim Rizov
• “We Couldn’t Find that Exact Beige — It Was a Real Struggle”: Production Designer Louisa Schabas on Designing Matthew Rankin’s Universal Language February 14, 2025
  Driving around Montreal on a gray November day with Universal Language writer-director Matthew Rankin, production designer Louisa Schabas noticed an elementary school with a row of stark, monolithic concrete walls facing the playground. The slabs were at an angle, allowing for a series of black metal doors to open into the yard. “This is perfect […]
  David Schwartz

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Video Editing Archives – The Beat: A Blog by PremiumBeat

• Quick Tip: Best Way to Reduce Sharpness on Action Cameras in Post March 21, 2024
  In this video tutorial, learn tips and tricks for reducing aliasing that is common on action camera footage! In this quick-tip video tutorial, we are going to …
  Charles Yeager
• Quick Tip: Remove Yellow from Footage for Cleaner Whites March 8, 2024
  In this video tutorial, learn how to remove yellow color cast from your footage for cleaner looking whites!
  Charles Yeager
• Create the LoFi Look of Mini DV Footage in After Effects February 14, 2024
  Capture old-school LoFi vibes! Learn how to recreate the trendy, oh-so-cool look of Mini DV footage in After Effects. Just like the VHS look, another retro look …
  Charles Yeager
• How to Make Still Images Look More Dynamic in After Effects February 8, 2024
  In this tutorial, learn four ways to make images look more dynamic for your next video using After Effects. When you need to edit an image into …
  Charles Yeager
• What Is CGI? How Reality and CGI Blend in Films February 2, 2024
  Journey through the history of CGI and take look at how this art form may influence the future of filmmaking.
  Annie St. Cyr