It seems that everyone and their mother is talking about the HDSLR revolution these days. Do a search on the web and you’ll find industry leaders such as Philip Bloom and Vincent Laforet talking up the system as a possible leap in indie filmmaking. I began thinking, what does this mean for me? I’ll be honest,... 

This is the 2010 Nightowl Pictures selected cinematography compilation. Most of our work is available by request in its entirety, and much of it is available right here on the website. Many of the selected shots come right from our own short films. All of the selected elements presented here were either designed or... 

My style as a writer is to create massive amounts of content during the initial drafting stage. I rapidly write pages upon pages of script, anticipating a later edit. This allows for all ideas I come up with to make it onto the page, regardless of merit. This is what I refer to as ‘bulk content’. In order... 

Working on the steampunk script this weekend. While reviewing it I noticed there were too many stingers… or whatever you call those bits that go at the end of scenes that really underline the idea that “this is the end of the scene.” I didn’t do it on purpose, really, it just ended up that way. Nate... 

This is the 2009 Nightowl Pictures selected motion graphics compilation. All of our work is available by request in its entirety, and much of it is available right here on the website. Many of the selected motion graphics elements come right from our own short films. All of the selected elements presented here were... 

Two scripts down. Don and I worked pretty hard on conceptualizing Sam’s short screenplay – getting into the characterization, tearing apart the themes and whittling down the dialogue to a more humanistic, less stage-y approach. Sam loved it. Hopefully she’ll now find money for the project so we can... 

This is my first post here, so let’s see how well it works. I finished editing a script for Sam today (she’s the principal staff member showing off her car accident scars). There was a sex scene in it, which was interesting from a screenwriting perspective. How detailed should these be in script form? My... 

Produced By: Elizabeth Malcolm Shot and Edited By: Nathan Bezner Produced by Elizabeth Malcolm, this footage was shot at Snug Harbor in 2009 for a music video for Don Dixon and the Jack Rabbits. This particular edit only uses the footage shot by Nathan Bezner and his camera. There were several other shooters on set,...