“The Depths” blew audiences away at the Manhattan Film Festival where it won Best Feature Film. Telling the story of two men desperate for success, “The Depths” follows wannabe screenwriters Mickey Hansen (Patch Darragh, “Sully”) and Ray Ferguson (Michael Rispoli, “Sopranos”) who decide to fully explore the depths of murder and crime as part of their writing process.
Red Giant’s Behind The Scenes: Sandwiching Videos with Adam Lisagor (Interview/Retrospective)
Red Giant chats with Sandwich Video’s Adam Lisagor (founder, president), Zach Hobesh (head of post) and Jeff Hodges (post coordinator) - here’s what they have to say about producing commercials for some of hottest startups on the scene.
Blackmagic Design Presents: History of Country Music – Filmmaker Cole Claassen Captures the Past (Retrospective/Case Study)
How does a chance encounter bring about an on-the-spot decision to make a feature-length documentary? For Cole Claassen it all started with country music.
This is Meg: Capturing the Realities of Hollywood “Success” with Black Magic (Retrospective/Case Study)
Wrangling the monster that is the Hollywood movie industry is no small feat. Professional filmmaker Alex Ferrari has encountered his fair share of production headaches, from last-minute project cancellations to the notion that a successful film requires a massive budget and huge stars. With today’s technology on his side, Ferrari began planning for an entirely different kind of project.
The Sport Cam Revolution: GoPros, Clones & iPhones (Article/Shootout)
Last year, with the release of the film, Hardcore Henry (which was shot entirely with GoPro cameras in first person perspective), we decided that we were going to look at the different cost-effective sport and mobile cams on the market to see which ones were worth investing in for our readers. The gold standard in this market has been GoPro, who kindly provided us with one of their HERO4 Black cameras for this extended research article...
The Things We’ve Seen’s Gritty Drama: Small Budget but Big Impact (Retrospective/Case Study)
DP Steven Turco explains how he was able to maintain a dynamic, filmic look without exceeding the budget in Director Tre Manchester's film, "The Things We've Seen."