January 3, 2018

‘Pokémon Go’ is finally heading to the world’s largest mobile market

It’s been a long wait for Chinese gamers, but ‘Pokémon Go’ is finally heading to the world’s largest mobile market, guaranteeing a serious revenue boost for Niantic, the creator of the creature-catching game.

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January 2, 2018

The 5 biggest computing trends to watch for at CES 2018

Many of the most important trends in computing are set at CES. We look ahead to CES 2018 to anticipate some of the biggest changes in laptops, 2-in-1s, and virtual reality.

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December 30, 2017

5 Tips on Better Filmmaking from Director Sean Baker

Want to start your filmmaking career on the right foot? Then take some advice from Sean Baker, the writer/director of “The Florida Project.”

After garnering critical acclaim for his last two films, Tangerine and The Florida Project, Sean Baker is now one of the biggest rising stars in the independent film scene. However, his success didn’t come overnight. In this BAFTA Guru interview, the writer/director discusses his journey as a filmmaker and shares some keen insight into what it takes to stay dedicated to and passionate about your cinematic projects.

Here are a handful of takeaways from the interview:

The middle can come later

When you sit down to write your screenplay, it’s okay to not have it all figured out. That would be ludicrous—or a miracle. Instead, focus your attention on the beginning and the ending of your story. Nailing those two important pieces down will allow you to give all of your attention to that fussy middle part that is going to be giving you the most trouble anyway.

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December 30, 2017

Watch: Where Do Babies Come from (When You’re Casting a Movie)?

This video answers a common question among indie filmmakers: how do you cast a baby in a film?

So, you want to employ a baby, huh? Well, guess what, as long as it’s for the purpose of acting in your movie you totally can! But you’re probably not wondering whether you can or you can’t, but how. How in the hell do you cast a baby? Where do they come from? Where do you look? What kinds of legal hoops do you have to jump through in order to keep these precious angels safe and happy and you out of jail? Vox answers all of these burning questions and more in the video below.

It turns out that there are a lot of hoops (i.e. child labor laws) you’ll have to jump through in order to cast these adorable near-newborns in your film, but the requirements vary greatly depending on which state you’re shooting in. Some states require babies to be at least 15-days-old and restrict the amount of time they can work or even be on set, ranging from the very restrictive (two consecutive on-set hours per day with actual work not exceeding 20 minutes) to the severely lax (6-hour, 6-day work week).

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December 30, 2017

Faking the Robot Camera Move from Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Humble’ Music Video

No robots were harmed in the making of this tutorial—mostly because there were none.

Kendrick Lamar’s music video for his hit single “Humble” was one of the most iconic of 2017. That’s partly due to the fact that the song itself was also iconic as hell, but much of the credit has to go to co-director Dave Meyers and The Little Homies (Lamar and Dave Free) who managed to pack a crazy amount of cinematic acrobatics into a piece that lasts only three minutes.

If you want to try and replicate the look of the video, well, you’re gonna need a lot of expertise and super expensive gear, like one of those giant robotic arms. Sry. But hey, there is a way to kind of fake one of the video’s coolest moves—and you won’t even need a robot to do it. Jordy Vandeput of Cinecom shows you a pretty simple workaround in the following tutorial.

Just in case you’re not sure which robotic camera move I’m talking about, it happens at about the 2-minute mark in the “Humble” music video.

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December 30, 2017

How Shooting Handheld Can Improve Your Films and Videos

Even though there are plenty of powerful camera stabilizers on the market, sometimes just some good, old-fashioned handheld camera work is what your project needs.

From Steadicams to sliders, there are countless tools out there that you can use to stabilize your footage, and if you’re like many filmmakers, you probably have a couple of them that you bring with you every time you shoot a project. But in situations in which simplicity and versatility trump smoothness, it’d be wise to know how to handle your camera without the aid of a stabilizer. In this video, Anders Øvergaard of Andyax not only shows you a few techniques that you can use to up your handheld game but also explains why going handheld is sometimes much better than using a fancy stabilization rig.

Every decision you make when shooting a film should be an intentional one and going handheld is no different. In other words, you don’t shoot handheld because you’re lazy or because you don’t have a stabilizer—friggin’ don’t be lazy and make a DIY stabilizer—you shoot handheld because it’s the best choice for the shot.

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