Film Blocking: How Kubrick, Spielberg, And Inarritu Stage Their Scenes
How the best directors block actors in a scene to achieve maximum effect
Deconstructing Film Lighting
What’s the first thing you should know about, if you’re getting into Filmmaking? It’s right there, in the ever popular phrase: Lights! Camera! Action! Except today we’re all about Lights! Lights! Lights! Like Rhianna once sang, Turn on the light in here baby, extra...
AR Glasses But Make It Fashion: Apple’s Augmented Reality Glasses Are Coming!
You’ve got the watch, you’ve got the Air pods and now making its way to consumers in the near future... glasses! Apple’s Augmented Reality Glasses might be dropping as early as this coming Spring and they’ll most likely be a slick fashion statement. This is according...
The Best Of New York Comic Con 2019
Hard to believe that Comic Con NYC came and went already. Seems like just yesterday it was March and my friend pitched me her game plan for the long weekend. It's New York Comic Con, you have to have a game plan well in advance if you want to get those tickets on...
Space X- To The Moon! Maybe Mars!
Elon Musk Reveals New Space X Spaceship Prototype We talk about Elon Musk a lot here, on the American Movie Company site. We can't help it! The man is always up to something. To recap, previously, we've talked about Musk's Plan to merge the human brain with AI...
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie – Trailer Is Out Now!
Everyone who's been waiting to know what happened to Walter White - your prayers have been answered... by Netflix. Picking up moments after the finale of the much loved television series, Breaking Bad, Aaron Paul is back as Jesse Pinkman in El Camino: A Breaking Bad...
Guillermo Del Toro – A Complex, Consummate Artist
A Director With a Fully Loaded Sketchbook - I Like That! In art-making, there are processes that an artist undertakes to harvest ideas. Inspiration doesn't just hit you out of nowhere like a lightbulb over the head. Or rather it does, but it's usually a dim light...
New Mexico’s Tax Credit
New Film Production Incentives In New Mexico Are Now In Effect New Mexico is delighted that you are considering their beautiful state to film your next project. They have an incredible film community of crew members, actors, directors, writers, editors and producers...
Breaking! Tesla Is Making a Battery That Can Last a Million Miles: Take That, Duracell Bunny!!
Elon Musk At It Again! Elon Musk promised Tesla would soon have a million-mile battery, more than double what drivers can expect today. This past Spring, Elon Musk announced that Tesla would be able to power its electric car for more than a million miles. But, there...
A PA Solution For You And Me!
Production Assistants With Minivans! Hire a professional Production Assistant with a vehicle, by the hour. Love the film business, but hate the stress of getting your gear from place to place?One Way PA is NYC’s first all-in-one solution to getting your gear...
Marvel: What Comes After The End?
Now that some time has passed, we can talk about Avenger's Endgame, right? Were we shocked? Surprised? Intrigued by the story, the effects, the drama of it all? And that ending, oh dear! Well, I won't provide you with detailed spoilers in this one. Just in case ...
Joker: Joaquin Phoenix Takes Joker Seriously
Spooky Season Is Looking Like a Lot Of Clowning Around.Joaquin Phoenix views this new Joker movie more like a low-budget character-study than all the CGI heavy films we've come to know in the DC Universe. This, to be honest, is to be expected from an actor of his...
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