Go Behind the Scenes on JC Chandor's Epic Second Feature 'All Is Lost'
Two years ago, JC Chandor's first feature film Margin Call did the unthinkable. It humanized the people responsible for the banking disaster of 2008. His second feature, the devastatingly titled All Is...
View ArticleOver $70k of Prizes Are up for Grabs in the 'My Røde Reel' International...
Røde’s latest promotional effort brings together top companies from every corner of the film industry to offer $70,000 in prizes to encourage filmmakers to get creative. By submitting a short film of...
View ArticleThis Video Might Be the Most In-Depth Exploration Into the Making of...
It's no secret that we at NFS (primarily me) have an affinity for Stanley Kubrick's 1980 horror/ chrisangelmindfreak/ familydrama/ paulruddromcom, The Shining, an adaptation of Stephen King's classic...
View ArticleFootage, BTS, & Workflow Videos for the $3500 KineMINI 4K RAW Camera
We talk an awful lot about cameras here on No Film School. Why? Because new cameras are absurdly exciting. However, there's one camera company that might make some of the most intriguing and...
View ArticleThis Might Be the Most Entertaining, Informative, & Inspiring BTS Video Ever...
BTS videos and films can be many things. Sometimes they're just that, a brief glimpse behind the scenes of your favorite films. Other times, they're a harrowing account of productions that, by all...
View ArticleThis Incredible Short Film & the Impressive BTS Videos Will Leave You Feeling...
Credit: Henry WhiteheadSummertime in Perth, Australia might be the least likely time and place for a team of filmmakers to create a 1940s period film about a war-torn part of the Soviet Union in the...
View ArticleHow to Build a Realistic-Looking Beach Inside a Studio
Swedish director Roy Andersson has built some impressive sets for his films, and for his latest work A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence — which recently won top prize at the 2014 Venice...
View ArticleTurning Shia LaBeouf into an Actual Cannibal: Behind the Scenes of the Viral...
With almost 11 million views on YouTube, the music video for Rob Cantor's "Shia LaBeouf Live" is clearly a viral success. If you haven't seen it before, let me give you a visual. Imagine tons of...
View ArticleBehind the Scenes of Super Bowl Commercials, Including That Depressing...
You may not have noticed, but there was actually a football game being played between commercials. For some time now, the Super Bowl has become the place for companies to buy expensive airtime for...
View ArticleFirst BTS Footage from the Shot-on-35mm James Bond Film 'Spectre'
The behind the scenes footage isn't necessarily that enlightening, but it's interesting to see that the new film is being shot on 35mm (though thanks to the Kodak deal, directors and DPs will have the...
View ArticleThe Multi-Country Production of 'Game of Thrones' Is Just as Epic as the Show...
Game of Thrones is excellent television. We know this. However, the production process might just outdo the actual show in terms of intensity and complexity. In a recent behind the scenes featurette,...
View ArticleGo Way Behind the Scenes of the Insane 'Power/Rangers' Bootleg Fan Film
While the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers television show was pretty tame, the new "bootleg" fan film directed by commercial and music video director Joseph Kahn is anything but (he also directed...
View Article'Don't Give Your Money to Rich People on Kickstarter' Says 'Power/Rangers'...
Commercial and music video director Joseph Kahn and producer Adi Shankar of the recent Power/Rangers bootleg fan film recently sat down with Collider (you can see the timeline and questions at that...
View ArticleSee All the Crazy Stunts They Pulled Off for 'Mad Max: Fury Road' in This BTS...
Director George Miller, who has been at the helm of all three previous Mad Max films, has returned for Fury Road, and claims that a majority of the effects in the film were practical. Check out some...
View ArticleYou've Probably Never Seen a Stop Motion Music Video Quite Like This Before
Sometimes the simplest concepts are the most beautiful, and the most painstakingly difficult to achieve. That's the best way to describe the new music video for Change Is Everything from...
View ArticleBehind the Scenes of Conan's Hilarious New 'Mad Max' Parody (Which Was Shot...
Nobody parodies post apocalyptic films and TV shows like Conan O'Brien. Nobody. First it was The Walking Dead. In one of my favorite posts that I've written for this site (and that's really saying...
View ArticleNew 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' BTS Clip Shows Off Massive Sets &...
While we're likely going to be overloaded with Star Wars films in the next few years, anticipation is ramping up for the J.J. Abrams helmed Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens. During Comic...
View ArticleThe Chase: A Tribute to the Impressive & Dangerous Car Chases in Cinema History
Car chases in movies are as American as apple pie, but it took an Australian-directed film to inspire this tribute video. Michael Mirasol, an independent film critic and blogger, put together this...
View ArticleBehind the Scenes of Highly Suspect's 4-Minute Long Take Music Video Shot...
Two weeks back, we shared a sublime music video shot in a single 4-minute take at the bottom of a pool. Now the BTS video has been released to the world. The video for Lydia, the latest single from...
View Article'Ghostbusters' Featurette Explains the Science Behind Proton Packs
For the past few days, the internet has been abuzz with the first trailer for the reboot to the Ghostbusters franchise. When the trailer for the upcoming all-female reboot was released, then recut by...
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