Changing the depth of field is a subtle yet powerful way to portray a character’s emotion in a scene. Shane Hurlbut, ASC recently used the “Cinefade VariND” on the movie Tall Girl 2. When Jodi (Ava Michelle) hears her inner voice of self-doubt, Shane uses the Cinefade to subtly enhance the moment. Watch the CINEFADE […]
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The Dedolight kit is one of those tools you’ll find on every electric truck, especially when it comes to interior shoot days. These lights are the king of accent lighting and help make your image pop. In this lesson, Shane Hurlbut, ASC, and gaffer Eric Forand take you through the dedolight and where you’ll get […]
The Tiffen Company manufactures filters that filmmakers trust from discerning amateurs to Hollywood cinematographers. Over the years, Filmmakers Academy’s cinematography mentor, Shane Hurlbut, ASC, reviewed the quality and value of Tiffen Filters. He even worked alongside the Tiffen Company to create filters for a feature film designed to meet precise specifications. Shane’s filter reviews are […]
Every successful filmmaker has benefited from a few mentors that helped spark their career in the film industry. Mentorships come in all shapes and sizes, some direct and others indirect. Shane Hurlbut, ASC has benefitted from numerous mentorships to get to the position of lensing multi-million dollar films and becoming an ASC cinematographer. Some were […]
RED’s V-RAPTOR is now available and the world of cinematography will never be the same. Filmmakers everywhere can finally sink their teeth into RED Digital Cinema’s new flagship camera system – the RED DSMC3 V-RAPTOR 8K VV. Cinematographer Shane Hurlbut, ASC joins RED on Friday, April 28, at 2:00 PM to showcase the V-RAPTOR for […]
Filmmaking is one of few art forms that actually necessitates an entire village to see a particular project through to the end. From working with storyboard artists in pre-production to the many departments and skilled artists in production and post, there are a ton of creative forces working towards the same goal. We’re in a […]
The magic of cinema evokes emotion through feeling visceral moments that put you in the headspace of the protagonist.
This free recorded webinar from Shane Hurlbut, ASC and Michael Cioni reveal the secrets to maintaining your relationship with how your movie looks from concept to delivery, lens test to final product.
The results of our Isolation Filmmaking Challenge where everyone around the World was tasked with making something boring look EPIC through camera work, lighting and great editing!
If you’re looking for the right kind of Xeen lens, you’ve come to the right place! Today we conduct a Xeen CF vs Xeen Classic test, and compare even further with our Red Primes. First off, what I like to do is just put them up on the same camera so these are both […]
Shane talks about what to do if you are stuck using examples from his time on the filmset as part of an initiative for our friends at Musicbed.
Shooting in IR is actually very easy to do, but only after you have learned some of the basics and thought about why you want to use it. Like with all rules there’s a time and place to break them for creative purposes.
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 your want […]
What movie moment made you go “I have to make movies”? My HV editorial rock star, Dylan Leong, has his say and it’s another slam dunk!
We capped off 2018 by looking at the American film industry, at those who dared to dream and in doing so changed filmmakers’ worlds for the better. If you didn’t see it, it’s right here. This first post of 2019 begins with the same theme – dreams; the dreams we have here at Filmmakers Academy […]
What’s that, you want to have voices and music at the same time? Mixing voices and music is a big problem that many editors have to face. Ross Papitto, my wonderguy on sound editing is here to not only solve that problem in DaVinci, but also to save your editorial lives!
A while ago I got a question about coverage from a member in Australia (everyone sing “he comes from a land down-under!”): “Hi Shane, I’m a weekend warrior filmmaker, and I have a reasonable grip on the shooting side, but I’m trying to understand the construction of an average 100 minute film. I’ve dissected […]