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In YouTube

The Definitive Guide to YouTube Success

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Whether it’s your first foray into content creation or you’re already on your way to having a sizable audience, there’s always something to learn from other YouTubers. It’s not easy to get those 1,000,000 followers, let alone trying to get there on your own.
Many of the filmmakers we’ve spoken to over the last year learned as they went, simply because YouTube wasn’t quite the media titan it is today. But none of them got where they are today without looking to others for help. And this is your advantage.

In Career

6 Filmmakers Share Their Advice for Project-Winning Treatments

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Before the lights, cameras, actors, and awards, there’s only you and your idea. This idea exists in the dark, constantly evolving and begging to be put into the real world, representing a million different possibilities before it takes its final shape.

In Filmmaking

Iz Harris on How to Film the Perfect Travel Vlog

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In Career

5 Things Every Filmmaker Should Know Before Making Their First Feature

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Launching your first feature is no small feat. Some will say the hardest part is finding an idea worth pursuing, or that the real roadblock is convincing other people that your idea is worth pursuing. Others point to the logistics of production as the real challenge. One thing is for certain: well-informed preparation goes a long way towards making the process smoother—helping you bring the film you’ve envisioned to life.

In Cinematography

Manhattan Mellow Drama from On the Rocks Cinematographer Philippe Le Sourd

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With a directorial career now entering its third decade, Coppola has often drawn on her impressive pool of past talented collaborators. On the Rocks features her reteaming with costume designer Anne Ross, editor Sarah Flack and director of photography Philippe Le Sourd.

In Filmmaking

With Director Sofia Coppola, Music Comes First

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In her now 21-year career as a film director, Sophia Coppola—the daughter of Hollywood mogul Francis Ford Coppola—has staked her claim as one of the great visionary filmmakers of our time. Though often compared to the likes of Wes Anderson and Paul Thomas Anderson, Coppola has carved out a distinct style of her own.

In Filmmaking

The Creative Choices Behind Ford’s Stunning Bronco Brand Release

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When you’re relaunching a brand as iconic as the Ford Bronco, there’s more than a little bit of pressure. It’s almost like remaking The Godfather. In other words, you better not screw it up or you’re going to have an army of angry fans at your door. Wieden+Kennedy’s team was facing this pressure head-on, and so much of their brand reveal hinged on the creative—specifically the director’s vision and the music.

In Filmmaking

Falling Forward: Writer/Director Dionne Edwards on Screenwriting with Honesty

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When we sat down to talk with Writer/Director Dionne Edwards about her process, the phrase “it’s hard to explain” kept popping up. It speaks to one of the hard truths behind writing—you really just have to do it. So much of the craft is an intuition you build over more than a few mistakes.

In Cinematography

Cinematographer Phedon Papamichael, ASC Captures the 60’s in Netflix’s The Trial of the Chicago 7

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After Ford Vs. Ferrari, Phedon Papamichael, ASC shares about augmenting a vision, restaging historical events, and capturing a different piece of Americana.

In Directing

Then, a Hurricane Hits: Filmmaker Chris Murphy on the Production of YETI’s Kekoa

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The beauty (and terror) of creative projects is that things don’t always go to plan. Funding falls through, actors get sick, and you have to pivot your vision to something new. Then, you have the extreme version of that, which Director/DP/Editor Chris Murphy experienced during the production of YETI’s short film Kekoa.