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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

Jun 19, 2018 | Five For Filming, Greatest Hits

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...
APPLE BOXES, HONEY WAGONS, AND C-47s: Your Guide To Set Lingo

APPLE BOXES, HONEY WAGONS, AND C-47s: Your Guide To Set Lingo

May 8, 2018 | Instructional

Like any other profession, filmmaking has its own specialized lingo. Many of these terms you will only hear on set, but being familiar with them could be crucial to your success in this business. For instance, you might panic the first time you are asked to track down...
CHECK YOUR EMOTIONS AT THE DOOR: 5 Tips to Help You Embrace Harsh Criticism

CHECK YOUR EMOTIONS AT THE DOOR: 5 Tips to Help You Embrace Harsh Criticism

Apr 10, 2018 | Five For Filming

We’ve talked before about the importance of receiving criticism with an open mind. But that’s easier said than done. Nobody enjoys having their work analyzed and picked apart. Yet it’s an essential tool in growing and becoming better at your craft. Not only will it...
WOMEN ON THE CUTTING EDGE: 5 Female Film Editors Behind Your Favorite Films

WOMEN ON THE CUTTING EDGE: 5 Female Film Editors Behind Your Favorite Films

Mar 13, 2018 | Five For Filming

In honor of Women’s History Month your friends at Lunacy will be posting content celebrating the contribution of women to the film industry. We continue this week with a look at female filmmakers who aren’t household names but have nonetheless shaped the history...
THE SCREENPLAY PET PEEVES: Five mistakes that will make your readers want to put your script down

THE SCREENPLAY PET PEEVES: Five mistakes that will make your readers want to put your script down

Nov 7, 2017 | Five For Filming

Whew! You took our advice and now you have a finished script! Maybe you’ve even done some rewrites. Finally, your work is ready to be seen by another set of eyes. Or is it? No matter how great your story is, how much talent and hard work you put into it, these five...
F*** THE COMPLIMENT SANDWICH: Back-patting will never be as effective as butt-kicking

F*** THE COMPLIMENT SANDWICH: Back-patting will never be as effective as butt-kicking

Oct 10, 2017 | Essay

The “compliment sandwich” is a technique of softening criticism by prefacing negative feedback with something positive, then following it with another compliment. First of all, the metaphor doesn’t even make sense. In a true compliment sandwich, the compliment...
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