New ‘Empire Strikes Back’ Behind-the-Scenes Video Takes Us Back To A Time Far, Far Away
It’s still the best Star Wars film after 40 years. We’re always hungry for rare glimpses into the making of a masterpiece. Now GMA has…
NYU Professor Offers FREE Online “Writing the Scene” Course
Young Screenwriters Announces another free course from Professor John Warren Warren offered a free course, “Writing the Short” back in March. Now, he’s opened another,…
Learn Staging From Steven Soderbergh’s Re-Edit of ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’
With its 1930s matinee film origins, Raiders of the Lost Ark is perfect as a black and white film. But when Steven Soderbergh drained the film of…
Cinematographer Mark Vargo Breaks Down The Blue Screen Process Used On ‘The Empire Strikes Back’
ILM revolutionized the blue screen process in the 1980s. And its most important developments were made on Empire. Before green screen sets and digital backgrounds,…
R.I.P. David Prowse: How The British Bodybuilder Got To Play Darth Vader
David Prowse, the towering presence behind Darth Vader, has died aged 85 after a two-week battle with coronavirus. At 6ft 6in (1.98 m), Prowse was…
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Source Code: The Visual Influences Behind ‘The Matrix’
When The Matrix hit cinemas in 1999, audiences were introduced to groundbreaking aesthetics. The film was fresh and original–or was it? For those familiar with…
The Power Of The Eyes In ‘The Silence of the Lambs’
Films turn us all into voyeurs. When the cinema goes dark, we watch other people’s lives. We don’t even question it, because it’s fiction after…
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‘The Suicide Squad’: John Cena’s Peacemaker is Getting His Own HBO Max Series
The trailer for ‘The Suicide Squad’ holds a lot of promise for director James Gunn’s reimagining of the 2016 film. So much so, that HBO…
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‘Watchmen’ And ‘The Mandalorian’ Grab Numerous Emmy Awards For Their Innovative Work
Watchmen’s experimental surrealism and The Mandalorian’s Baby Yoda and cutting-edge LED-wall helped both shows scoop the awards pool at the Creative Emmys. Watchmen also took out some of the…
ILM Press Release: New StageCraft Stages Coming To New York, London, And Australia
ILM announces new StageCraft LED volume services. According to the press release, these new stages improve on the original StageCraft used in the making of…
