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Shane’s Cinema Prep Kit Part 1

This Cinema Prep Kit has been built to help you to beat the boredom while you are isolating. Beginning with Shane's favorite books for inspiration, he will take you through the best cinematography books, apps and further lessons that we have made available for free as part of this kit!
Cinematography Depth of Field
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Depth of Field: Focusing on Character & Story

Depth of field is as important as your composition or picking a focal length. It’s the emotion, the punctuation, and the eyes of the story in filmmaking.
The Look of Parasite - Filmmakers Academy
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The Look Of Parasite

By popular demand, the Hurlbut Academy team breaks down Bong Joon-Ho's multi Academy Award winning masterpiece, Parasite. We dive into the composition of shots, the camera and lens choices, storyboarding and set design, camera movement and more!
The Look of the Lighthouse - Filmmakers Academy
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The Look Of The Lighthouse

 Color Black and White Aspect Ratio 1.19 : 1 Camera Panavision Panaflex Millennium XL2, Bausch & Lomb Baltar and Petzval Lenses Laboratory FotoKem Laboratory, Burbank (CA), USA (processing) Harbor Picture Company, New York (NY), USA (digital intermediate) Negative…
Old Film History Moon

Film: The History of Celluloid in Filmmaking

The history of the film format in filmmaking, it's importance in how we make films, why we should keep film alive, and where we cinematography is going with this medium.
The Look of the Irishman - Filmmakers Academy
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The Look Of The Irishman

Following the groundbreaking success of The Look Of Joker, Hurlbut Academy's team turn to Scorsese's The Irishman for the next deep cinematography break down video and article
Grid of Movie Posters
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The 10 Types Of Movie – A Poster Analysis

Have you ever looked at a movie poster and thought you'd seen it before? Here's 10 movie poster types and the tons of movies that follow them from twitter account @leesteffen
Best Picture Movie Posters - Hurlbut Academy
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Best Picture – Oscars 2020 – Interactive Article

Vote for your very own Best Picture Oscar 2020 and find out how voting happens for the Academy Awards in this article by HA writer Chris Haigh
The Look of 1917 - How Deakins achieved the Oner
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The Look Of 1917

Hurlbut Academy Writer Chris Haigh & Editor Ross Papitto comprehensively break down the Cinematography and Look of the Golden Globe Winning Film, 1917.
Joker and Chernobyl soundtracks

What Makes Guðnadóttir’s Chernobyl Soundtrack Better Than Her Golden Globe Winner?

Hildur Guðnadóttir shot into the public eye last year winning an Emmy for her soundtrack to HBO's Chernobyl and then recently with her Golden Globes win and Oscar Nomination for Todd Phillips' Joker. What makes the former even more intriguing? Find out in this video essay and article by Hurlbut Academy writer, Chris Haigh
BTS Joker Joaquin Phoenix Joker Cinematography
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The Look of Joker

In this Video Essay and supporting article, Hurlbut Academy looks at the look and cinematography of the 2019 smash hit movie "Joker".
Art and Cinematography of HBO's Chernobyl Truth at All Costs
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The Look of HBO’s Chernobyl

In the first of a series of blog posts about the cinematography and look of the latest and greatest movies and TV shows, Chris Haigh explores HBO's masterpiece "Chernobyl" and how vintage lenses added to the spectacular look of Soviet Ukraine.
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Tools of the Filmmaking Trade – What’s in your bag?

There are many tools in a cinematographers arsenal, and I don't just mean lights and cameras. When prepping for your next production there are a lot of things to consider. What gear you want to use to tell your story, how you want to collaborate with your director and/or cinematographer, and what shots…
Rocky beats the Russian
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The American Dream of Movie-Making

Movie-making - an American Dream “It ain’t about how hard you can hit, it’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forwards.” - Rocky Balboa   When I think about movies, about why I wanted to be involved in making movies, I have a real sense of pride that America has…
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#StandWithMe – Flipping The Traditional Documentary Model

Patrick Moreau and the entire Stillmotion team have an amazing project that we would like to share with you. Their hope with #standwithme was to blur the lines of traditional documentary storytelling.
Close up of grapes in Esfuerzo documentary
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Pitching your Documentary – ESFUERZO

Documentaries should produce fascinating stories while maintaining informative components. Your pitch needs to be compelling to entice the right producer.
007 Production Call Sheet - Filmmaking
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Murder Scene Cinematography

For this blog post we're gonna be getting dark and gritty. We're going to be making a murder scene on a budget. Grab your popcorn kids!   Here's a question I once got asked... What is your best advice for shooting a dramatic murder scene at night on a desolate road with little to no power supply?…
Twirling Woman in Switzerland
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John Williams – The Sound Of Movies

Today we're going to be taking a quick look at the life and impact of cinema's most celebrated film composer; John Williams. Imagine being in a movie theater. You’ve waited in line to get tickets with all of the couples, the families and the first-time-daters. You’ve got your trough of popcorn,…
007 Production Call Sheet - Filmmaking
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How To Make a Call Sheet

A call sheet for film and TV production is like the Marauder’s Map for the day-to-day breakdown. You can consider it the end-all, be-all as far as production documents are concerned, as it covers key information that cast and crew need heading into the day. The most important information consists…

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