Author Archives: Bolaji O

A director, DP, and a 2-person G&E team (also splitting duties as Line Producer, Assistant Director, and Focus Puller) walk onto the set of a cramped three-bed and one-bath apartment with a budget under $5k for a 30-page horror short … Continued

Martin Scorsese’s Mean Streets burst on to cinema screens 50 years ago, a cacophony of soundtrack, film styles, religion and violence which firmly established the young filmmaker as cut from a different kind of cloth.   Source: https://theconversation.com/1973-a-golden-year-for-film-that-rewrote-the-rules-of-cinema-211638

Cooke has just announced the new (and affordable!) SP3 Full Frame Cine Lenses. These lenses match Cooke’s Panchro-inspired lenses with a lightweight and compact design. The SP3 Cinema lenses were aimed to grant the classic ‘Cooke Look’ paired with mirrorless … Continued

What important lessons can we learn from the current WGA strike? Is there a possibility that writers can make deals with individual studios versus the AMPTP? How do you maintain morale and set the tone for each day on set? … Continued

Angenieux has introduced the EZ-3 45-165mm T2.3 S35 & 68-250mm T3.5 Cinema Zoom Kit. This zoom cinema kit is specialized by an improved IRO TECHNOLOGY mechanism that allows transforming the lens from S35 to FF and vice versa in just … Continued

How to add basic animation effects to your still images with these free AI apps.   Source: https://nofilmschool.com/free-ai-animation-apps