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Interested in screening your films at film festivals? Here are five reasons why you should consider volunteering before you start making submissions.

So you want to go full-time freelance as a filmmaker? Here are a few ways I made the hustle work, and how you can do it too.

Are you looking to set up shop by starting your own video production company? Here are seven essential considerations to keep in mind.

So the “faster” your lens, the more light it can capture, but what is it that really determines a lens’s maximum aperture?

Planning a drone shoot near an airport? We’ll show you how to quickly get airspace authorization approval with the new FAA LAANC program.

At the 2018 Austin Film Festival, we chatted with Root for the Villain writer/director Max Rissman about shooting short-form episodic content.

Using stunt doubles can protect star talent and keep a production on track, but you need more than wardrobes and wide shots to pull off the switch.

Filmmakers often hear that gear doesn’t matter — that they should just get out and shoot, even if that means using an iPhone. I disagree.

Good fight scenes need vision, planning, and careful choreography. But ultimately, they depend on the edit for their power.

Are you new to the world of filmmaking? Here’s why you should keep your initial footage, even when you feel is isn’t up to par with the …

Interested in a shoulder mount for your camera for more mobility on your next project? Here’s what to look for when you start shopping.

The proliferation of prosumer video gear and accessible elements of production is expanding the video production landscape. So what does that mean?

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