HITTING THE BOOKS: Lunacy’s Favorite Books On Filmmaking

HITTING THE BOOKS: Lunacy’s Favorite Books On Filmmaking

Life’s too short to finish a book you don’t like.   Here at Lunacy we always like keep this bit of wisdom in mind when starting a new book. As filmmakers we are always trying to expand our knowledge base, so we reached out to our industry colleagues for summer...
CLEAN LIVING: 5 Guidelines For Staying Healthy On Set

CLEAN LIVING: 5 Guidelines For Staying Healthy On Set

Shooting Day #10: You wake up and instantly realize something’s not right. Your head feels heavier than it did yesterday. Only one of your nostrils is operational. Your throat is sore. Crap. You’re sick. In a normal job, you’d take a sick day. But here’s the...
DON’T TAKE ‘NO’ FOR AN ANSWER: An Interview With Documentary Filmmaker Alexandra Shiva, Part II

DON’T TAKE ‘NO’ FOR AN ANSWER: An Interview With Documentary Filmmaker Alexandra Shiva, Part II

About Alexandra Shiva Alexandra Shiva is a documentarian known for critically acclaimed films like Bombay Eunuch, Stagedoor, and the Peabody Award winning How To Dance In Ohio. Her most recent film, This Is Home: A Refugee Story, won the audience award for World...
THIS IS HOME: An Interview With Documentary Filmmaker Alexandra Shiva, Part I

THIS IS HOME: An Interview With Documentary Filmmaker Alexandra Shiva, Part I

HAPPY 4th OF JULY! This Independence Day, your friends at Lunacy are celebrating with a uniquely American story. This Is Home: A Refugee Story is a portrait of four Syrian families resettling in Baltimore after fleeing their war-torn homeland. This moving documentary...
THE BIG TIME: 5 Tips For Hollywood Success

THE BIG TIME: 5 Tips For Hollywood Success

Have you been dreaming of a career in film and television? Well, I’ve got good news for you: Lunacy Productions (and every other production company, agency, studio, and ancillary business in Los Angeles) is full of people who had that same dream and are making it a...
Z-AXIS MOVEMENT: 5 camera techniques to help you raise stakes, create unease, and more

Z-AXIS MOVEMENT: 5 camera techniques to help you raise stakes, create unease, and more

There are three directions you can move your camera: along the horizontal x-axis (pans and dollies), the vertical y-axis (tilts and booms), and the z-axis (moving forward or back). Used separately or in conjunction, these movements can serve utilitarian purposes, such...