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Indie Web Channel Brings Major-Published Book To Life: Geek & Sundry Attempts The Previously Impossible (Article/News)

Posted by on Jan 9, 2015 in Articles, Editorials, Featured, Industry, MicroFilmmaking, News |

If you've read Rachel Caine's interesting and slow-burn developing series, The Morganville Vampires, you probably never thought it could be brought to anything other than network TV. However, Indie innovators Geek & Sundry, after launching other original shows like Spellslingers, TableTop, and the Guild, decided to help bring the successfully Kickstarted campaign for a series to their...

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Children of the Light (Feature Critique)

Posted by on Jan 2, 2015 in Critiques, Critiques (Feature Documentary), Documentary, Feature Length, Featured |

Now, we have received Children of Light from Dawn Engle, which looks at one of Africa’s most dynamic sons, Reverend Desmond Tutu, who helped organize peaceful protests against apartheid in his native South Africa. Tutu would become the first South African to receive the Nobel Peace Prize and he would do so before Nelson Mandela (who would also receive one) had been released from prison or...

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The Right Widget: Great Last-Minute Gift Ideas For the MicroFilmmaker or Indie Creative in your Life (Article)

Posted by on Dec 19, 2014 in Articles, Editorials, Featured, Reviews, Tips |

Throughout the year, we have a chance to test out different tools and items from some different manufacturers and creative, many of which we’re very impressed by. Because of a variety of reasons, not everything can be given a full review here at MFM, but that doesn’t mean that they aren’t extremely useful and that they don’t deserve to be highlighted for our readers. With that in mind...

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Crafting the Frozen Image #3: Illuminating the Frame, Part 1 (Article)

Posted by on Dec 12, 2014 in Articles, Equipment, Featured, Reviews |

When it comes to choosing lighting for your photography, it can become a bit overwhelming, since there are so many choices.

With that said, we’ve had a chance to really look at some interesting products and help you hone in on some really powerful solutions and the overall pricepoint you’d be looking at. In part 1 of this article, we’re going to look at traditional still light sources...

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The Same Name: Critical Remakes & Romanticized Criticism (Editorial)

Posted by on Dec 5, 2014 in Articles, Editorials, Featured |

One thing I try to do at MFM is to ask questions that make people think. I don't try to present the unpopular perspective, but, when I have one, I don't shy away from sharing it.

One of the worst things for filmmakers who do direct "name" remakes is the romantic attachments that film reviewers so often have to the source material. (I say name remakes because some remakes change the name...

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