CLASSROOM: The Three Essentials of Landscape Photography
Pick any genre of photography, and you can spend days listing the rules and tips to make one successful in it....
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CLASSROOM: How to Shoot Fireworks With Your Smartphone
Your smartphone might have the perfect auto-mode for the job, why not save some time? A smartphone will never look as...
CLASSROOM: Tips for Photographing a New Year’s Eve Wedding
Although it’s fun to spend time with family and friends on New Year’s Eve, it’s also a blast to be out...
CLASSROOM: Essential Tips for Shooting Footage on Green Screen
Green screen footage is really meant to be worked with in post, but it's assumed that it's shot in proper fashion. Whether...
CLASSROOM: 10 Tips on How to Become a Successful Line Producer
The creative team is ready to go. Now you need a line producer. What does a line producer do? If you've...
CLASSROOM: Create Cinematic Bokeh With This Cheap Hack
Making photos look "cinematic" is a big trend these days, often times with various plugins and presets, but this hack brought...
CLASSROOM: One of the Most Fundamental and Important Principles of Lighting
When you're new to lighting, the veritable plethora of principles, terms, and techniques can be a bit overwhelming, but there are...
CLASSROOM: How to Turn A Culver City Garage into a 1988 NYC Subway Scene
Here at Sinema, we often pick out articles that help us approach the everyday production hurdles in the most creative ways...
CLASSROOM: How to Turn Your iPad Pro into a Wireless Director’s Monitor
Over the years, smartphones and tablets have become valuable assets to indie filmmakers. With the different peripherals and applications supported by...
CLASSROOM: How Founder of No Budget Film School Mark Stolaroff Shot Car Scenes at Night on a Micro-Budget for ‘DriverX’
I’ve been making films with my creative partner Henry Barrial since 2000, when I came on as an Associate Producer to...
Learn the Basics of Using Histograms in This 2-Minute Video
Histograms can be extremely helpful tools for exposing images-if you know how to use them. If you're a new filmmaker, chances...
David Worth’s Tips to Have the Right Mindset as Indie Filmmakers
"The expansion of independent film may be the only opportunity people get to see something that has a pair of balls."...