How To Choose The Right Sound Effects For Your Trailer
Sound effects have been a crucial component in trailers for a long time now. They build atmosphere, help evoke the emotions you wish your audience to feel, and serve as punctuation to the narrative flow of your work. Some trailers even forego music completely, relying…
Mastering The Art of Voice Acting
Today we have an article covering the art and science behind voice acting. Voice acting is a big part of the film industry and those that have great voices that lend themselves to this pursuit can stand to make a fantastic career for themselves. Voice…
Voice Narration: How to Use It Wisely in Your Film
“Show, don’t tell” is the only conventional wisdom existing among filmmakers all over the world. And the tendency says that Hollywood plays a big part in heating and preserving this axiom. Why axiom? Well, because even though the underlying basis of why and how voice…
Cinematic Film Look: 19 Easy Ways to Make Your Films Look More Cinematic
Most beginning filmmakers all have variations of the same question; ‘How do I make my films look more professional? More, cinematic?’ For generations, filmmakers have asked: How do I get that film look? That’s a good question. After all, nothing’s more discouraging than putting your…
How To Make a Movie: 4 Essential Ingredients That Helped Me Make a No-Budget Feature Film
We have a special article today from Zander Weaver, which details his process for making a feature film. In the article, he covers how to make a movie and explains the reasoning behind each of his choices along the way. This is a must read….
53 Best Stock Video Sites in 2025: A Guide to Finding Awesome Stock For Your Video Projects
If you’re looking for the best stock video sites, then you’ve come to the right place. Whilst working on your projects, you’ll no doubt come across situations where stock video footage will be just the ticket. If you don’t know where to find stock video,…
Cloud Video Footage Storage in 2025 – Why You Should Backup Everything to the Cloud
Storing your footage online, in addition to physical backups is key if you want the ultimate in secure, stress-free storage of your footage. This is where Cloud video footage storage comes into play. That’s a real mouthful! This article aims to introduce Cloud storage from…
Film Music: Songs vs. Scores vs. Stock Music
Film music is an integral part of the filmmaking process. Selecting music to fit your film, as well as deciding what pieces go with which scenes, is a real skill. By now you may be asking: is there even a difference between songs, scores, and…
Royalty Free Music: 4 Steps to Customize Your Soundtrack with Soundwhich
Roger Chen of Soundwhich, a custom royalty free music creation tool. In the article, he’ll cover the ins and outs of royalty free music, why it’s necessary and how you can create some yourself. Royalty Free Music You have created a wonderful video. Now you…
7 Steps to LUT Color Grading: Everything You Need to Know to Create LUTs
Today, we have an article by Emre Kutay, filmmaker and editor who specializes in creating LUTs. This article is going to cover all aspects of LUT creation to improve your editing. Emre is brilliant as LUT color grading and he’ll take you through all the…