• Content Library
  • Shop
  • Pricing
  • Blog
  • Subscribe Now
  • Login
  • Search
  • Menu Menu

Tag Archive for: filmmaker

Directing, Producing, Production, Recent Blog Posts

5 Steps for Sustainable Film Production

Read more
January 31, 2023/by Filmmakers Academy
https://www.filmmakersacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/sustainable-film-production-1.jpg 563 1000 Filmmakers Academy https://www.filmmakersacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Filmmakers-Academy-Filmmaking-Courses.svg Filmmakers Academy2023-01-31 21:06:392023-01-31 21:09:135 Steps for Sustainable Film Production
Cinematography

Best Handheld Cinematography Tip with Shane Hurlbut, ASC

Read more
November 28, 2022/by Filmmakers Academy
https://www.filmmakersacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/handheld-camera-tip.jpeg 720 1280 Filmmakers Academy https://www.filmmakersacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Filmmakers-Academy-Filmmaking-Courses.svg Filmmakers Academy2022-11-28 05:21:052023-01-31 19:59:17Best Handheld Cinematography Tip with Shane Hurlbut, ASC
Cinematography

Top 10 Tools in Shane Hurlbut’s Cinematography Travel Kit

Read more
November 23, 2022/by Filmmakers Academy
https://www.filmmakersacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Top10TravelTools.jpg 1080 1920 Filmmakers Academy https://www.filmmakersacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Filmmakers-Academy-Filmmaking-Courses.svg Filmmakers Academy2022-11-23 22:16:572023-01-31 19:59:08Top 10 Tools in Shane Hurlbut’s Cinematography Travel Kit
Finding the Frame

Finding the Frame: Smile with Charlie Sarroff and David Cole

Read more
November 4, 2022/by Filmmakers Academy
https://www.filmmakersacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/FTF_Smile-film_thumbnail.jpeg 720 1280 Filmmakers Academy https://www.filmmakersacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Filmmakers-Academy-Filmmaking-Courses.svg Filmmakers Academy2022-11-04 16:31:572023-01-31 19:58:35Finding the Frame: Smile with Charlie Sarroff and David Cole
Production

Top 5 Film Budgeting Software of 2022

Read more
November 2, 2022/by Filmmakers Academy
https://www.filmmakersacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/image1.jpg 563 1000 Filmmakers Academy https://www.filmmakersacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Filmmakers-Academy-Filmmaking-Courses.svg Filmmakers Academy2022-11-02 13:02:332023-01-31 19:58:20Top 5 Film Budgeting Software of 2022
Finding the Frame

Finding the Frame with Natalie Kingston

Read more
October 26, 2022/by Filmmakers Academy
https://www.filmmakersacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/image2-1.jpg 506 900 Filmmakers Academy https://www.filmmakersacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Filmmakers-Academy-Filmmaking-Courses.svg Filmmakers Academy2022-10-26 00:03:402023-01-31 19:58:04Finding the Frame with Natalie Kingston
Film Theory

Top 10 Horror Films Filmmakers Should Study

Read more
October 24, 2022/by Filmmakers Academy
https://www.filmmakersacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/top-10-horror-films-thumbnail.jpg 563 1000 Filmmakers Academy https://www.filmmakersacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Filmmakers-Academy-Filmmaking-Courses.svg Filmmakers Academy2022-10-24 19:26:142023-01-31 19:57:57Top 10 Horror Films Filmmakers Should Study
Pre Production, Production

Rules for Success From a Movie Producer

In Part 2, Filmmakers Academy producing mentor Jamee Ranta explores the finer details of communication and provides some tips and solutions for when challenges arise.   You’re going to learn: The three parts of conflict resolution How to effectively set boundaries  Considerations when hiring creatives   CONFLICT RESOLUTION: Realistically, you can prepare for the production as […]

Read more
August 29, 2022/by Filmmakers Academy
https://www.filmmakersacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Jamee-Ranta_The-Art-of-Producing-Thumbnail.jpg 563 1000 Filmmakers Academy https://www.filmmakersacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Filmmakers-Academy-Filmmaking-Courses.svg Filmmakers Academy2022-08-29 15:09:522023-01-31 20:05:08Rules for Success From a Movie Producer
Cinematography, Film Theory

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.

Read more
March 2, 2020/by Filmmakers Academy
https://www.filmmakersacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/P1_0.jpg 600 835 Filmmakers Academy https://www.filmmakersacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Filmmakers-Academy-Filmmaking-Courses.svg Filmmakers Academy2020-03-02 19:20:422022-10-03 11:13:57Depth of Field: Focusing on Character & Story
Film Theory

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.

Read more
January 27, 2020/by Filmmakers Academy
https://www.filmmakersacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/giphy-11.gif 350 500 Filmmakers Academy https://www.filmmakersacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Filmmakers-Academy-Filmmaking-Courses.svg Filmmakers Academy2020-01-27 10:12:032022-07-26 11:18:29Film: The History of Celluloid in Filmmaking
Film Theory

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

Read more
January 6, 2020/by Filmmakers Academy
https://www.filmmakersacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Joker-Chernobyl-Thumbnail.png 1080 1920 Filmmakers Academy https://www.filmmakersacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Filmmakers-Academy-Filmmaking-Courses.svg Filmmakers Academy2020-01-06 18:29:082022-07-26 11:18:34What Makes Guðnadóttir’s Chernobyl Soundtrack Better Than Her Golden Globe Winner?
Announcements, Sponsored

Filmsupply’s Edit Fest – $80k in cash & prizes!

We’re proud to announce the Filmsupply Edit Fest! Editors will have 30 days to create a 60-second spec piece using footage from Filmsupply in 1 of 3 categories; Advertisement, Movie Trailer, or Title Sequence. The winners will get recognized by some of the biggest names in the film industry and there are prizes of more than $80,000 in cash to the winners.

Read more
September 12, 2019/by Filmmakers Academy
https://www.filmmakersacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Contest-tease.jpg 1125 2000 Filmmakers Academy https://www.filmmakersacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Filmmakers-Academy-Filmmaking-Courses.svg Filmmakers Academy2019-09-12 20:45:402022-08-05 21:35:10Filmsupply’s Edit Fest – $80k in cash & prizes!
Announcements, Film Theory, Production

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 always […]

Read more
July 4, 2019/by Filmmakers Academy
https://www.filmmakersacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/200-30-1.gif 200 356 Filmmakers Academy https://www.filmmakersacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Filmmakers-Academy-Filmmaking-Courses.svg Filmmakers Academy2019-07-04 09:00:532022-08-05 21:47:21The American Dream of Movie-Making
Production

5D – Shooting a Documentary in the Field

This summer, my phone rang and my friend, Erica Tremblay, was on the other end of the […]

Read more
April 7, 2019/by Shane Hurlbut, ASC
https://www.filmmakersacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/MG_1218render1-1.jpg 675 1011 Shane Hurlbut, ASC https://www.filmmakersacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Filmmakers-Academy-Filmmaking-Courses.svg Shane Hurlbut, ASC2019-04-07 09:00:352022-04-08 12:14:255D – Shooting a Documentary in the Field
Lighting, Pre Production, Production

Trash Can Gag – Fire And Lamp Light

Some of my favorite setups throughout my career have been trying to emulate fire and lamp light. In terms of complexity and logistics, this has to be one of the hardest setups to execute. Fire is such an organic and spontaneous source to replicate and it takes time to figure out how to get it […]

Read more
April 5, 2019/by Shane Hurlbut, ASC
https://www.filmmakersacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/ITTB_Night-Interior-Firelight-_-Lamplight-06-Into-The-Badlands-Arrow-1.jpg 1200 1920 Shane Hurlbut, ASC https://www.filmmakersacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Filmmakers-Academy-Filmmaking-Courses.svg Shane Hurlbut, ASC2019-04-05 20:28:242022-04-08 12:14:25Trash Can Gag – Fire And Lamp Light
Lighting, Pre Production, Production

Trash Can Light – The Professional Build Video

Time to let one of my best kept secrets out of the bag, “The Trash Can Fire light“! I thought I’d share my innovation and creation from Into the Badlands. It starts with a light that I don’t think a lot of you know exists. It’s an awesome light to have in your arsenal. It’s […]

Read more
April 4, 2019/by Shane Hurlbut, ASC
https://www.filmmakersacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/DIY-Firelight-Featured-16x9-1.jpg 1125 2000 Shane Hurlbut, ASC https://www.filmmakersacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Filmmakers-Academy-Filmmaking-Courses.svg Shane Hurlbut, ASC2019-04-04 19:58:052022-04-08 12:14:25Trash Can Light – The Professional Build Video
Production, Wellness

Filmmaking Fitness: Stay Healthy and On Set

Filmmaking Fitness has been overlooked by cast and crew for long enough. It’s time to take care of your body! You are a Director of Photography. You work on film sets for months at a time. You’re one of the key roles on set. You have hundreds of crew members who rely on you for […]

Read more
April 3, 2019/by Lydia Hurlbut
https://www.filmmakersacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Mental-Health-Film-Industry-3.jpg 534 800 Lydia Hurlbut https://www.filmmakersacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Filmmakers-Academy-Filmmaking-Courses.svg Lydia Hurlbut2019-04-03 14:12:082023-03-20 19:36:20Filmmaking Fitness: Stay Healthy and On Set
Film Theory, Production

Hannibal Lecter – Scenes That Left a Mark

For the third in our series about scenes that we love to see, I wanted to gain a whole new perspective and invited my wife Lydia to discuss her favorite scene. Lydia, as well as being a huge movie fan and CEO of our company, has a background in nursing and a keen interest in […]

Read more
March 7, 2019/by Lydia Hurlbut
https://www.filmmakersacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/VMT3015-1.jpg 1335 2000 Lydia Hurlbut https://www.filmmakersacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Filmmakers-Academy-Filmmaking-Courses.svg Lydia Hurlbut2019-03-07 09:00:582022-08-05 22:00:37Hannibal Lecter – Scenes That Left a Mark
Post Production, Sponsored

Musicbed – Unlimited Music For Your Productions!

We’re proud to announce a revolutionary new aspect of Musicbed: the Musicbed Membership. For the first time, get unlimited music from the Musicbed artists you know and love for a monthly or annual fee. It’s a revolutionary take on the subscription model, giving filmmakers and creatives full access to real, emerging indie artists and leading […]

Read more
September 24, 2018/by Filmmakers Academy
https://www.filmmakersacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/music.gif 320 240 Filmmakers Academy https://www.filmmakersacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Filmmakers-Academy-Filmmaking-Courses.svg Filmmakers Academy2018-09-24 09:00:572022-08-05 22:53:15Musicbed – Unlimited Music For Your Productions!
Film Theory, Pre Production

TV Script – How to Write Like a PRO!

TV and online ads are becoming longer, more artistic feats. That said, many new writers make the mistake of handing in script formatted drafts to clients instead of TV formatted scripts. It’s actually an easy fix just by knowing the correct template to work with.

Read more
August 29, 2018/by Filmmakers Academy
https://www.filmmakersacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/canva-photo-editor-2-2.jpg 1335 2000 Filmmakers Academy https://www.filmmakersacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Filmmakers-Academy-Filmmaking-Courses.svg Filmmakers Academy2018-08-29 10:00:152022-08-05 22:54:28TV Script – How to Write Like a PRO!
Cinematography

MōVI Tips & Tools – Applying a Filter

This video and accompanying article is all about MōVI tips and tricks! How to get the most from your device. Using a Matte Box with a Filter on the MōVI: The preferred way to mount a filter with your MōVI is with the use of a matte box. The Misfit Atom 4×5.65″/4×4″ Ultra Lightweight 2-Stage […]

Read more
August 15, 2018/by Shane Hurlbut, ASC
https://www.filmmakersacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/moviPro5.jpg 360 1000 Shane Hurlbut, ASC https://www.filmmakersacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Filmmakers-Academy-Filmmaking-Courses.svg Shane Hurlbut, ASC2018-08-15 10:23:172022-04-08 12:19:31MōVI Tips & Tools – Applying a Filter
Page 1 of 9123›»

Blog Catagories

  • Announcements
  • Cinematography
  • Film Theory
  • Lighting
  • Pre Production
  • Production
  • Post Production
  • Finding the Frame
  • The Look Of
  • Wellness
  • Sponsored
  • Off Topic

Latest Blog Posts

  • Cinematography Essentials Lesson 3 with Justin JonesCinematography Essentials: How to Design an Epic Music Video ShotMarch 20, 2023 - 7:06 PM
  • On Set Food Choices with Lydia HurlbutHealthy Filmmaker: On Set Eating HabitsMarch 20, 2023 - 4:07 PM
  • Oscars Winners 2023Oscars Winners 2023March 14, 2023 - 5:12 PM

Newsletter Signup

SUBSCRIBE

Join our community to take advantage of personal insights, techniques, and skills from Hollywood professionals. They put in the time and effort so you don’t have to!



BROWSE COURSES

Cinematography
Lighting & Grip
Directing
Camera And Lenses
Post Production
Coming Soon
View All Courses

ABOUT

Pricing
Store
Blog
Our Story
Our Mentors
FAQs
Student and US Military
Shane’s Kit
Glossary
Contact Us

DOWNLOAD
SIGN IN
BECOME A MEMBER

Our Partners

 
PreviousNext
Red Digital Cinema logo
Matthews Studio Equipment logo
The Tiffen Company logo
Musicbed logo
Keslow logo PNG Transparent
Blueshape logo
MBS Equipment Company logo
 

Filmmakers Academy, Los Angeles, CA Born in Los Angeles, CA.

Terms Of Use         Cookie Policy         Privacy Policy

2023 © Hurlbut Visuals, All Rights Reserved.

Scroll to top