If you want filmmaking to be more than a hobby, you need to make money from it. In this weeks episode, we discuss the hard truth of how filmmakers make money, and how you can make more of it.

For almost 2 decades, camera manufacturers have been trying to imitate a 35 mm film camera, and have largely succeeded. What are the next frontiers for cinema camera technology? Today we explore what is needed to take cameras into the 21st century.

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Filmmaking can be incredible, but it can also be unforgiving. When you pour your heart and soul into a project and it goes nowhere, you can question if it's all worthwhile. Today, we're talking about how to recalibrate after burnout and how to get excited about filmmaking again.

It's usually not what happens to us on set, but how we react to it that determines our success and the success of our project.

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Even though the producer is responsible for logistical and financial parts of the film, the greatest contribution is something entirely different: The ability to make the hypothetical a reality.

With Blackmagic's Ursa Cine line, and Fujifulm's upcoming ETERNA, Medium Format Cinema is upon us. In this video we investigate the pros and cons.

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It is a lot more work to excel at filmmaking that it is to do well.

But the top performers, get a far larger piece of the pie.

Often 5x the work results in 100x the result. In this episode, we talk about what it takes to be really good at your job and how to deal with the people that hold you back.

Doing the things that others won't is the only way to get success that others aren't.

In this episode we talk about finding the difficulty that you enjoy and taking smart risks to separate yourself from the pack.

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This is what I look for as a film director when I'm casting. In order to embody a character people admire, you yourself need to have done something worth admiring.

So many actors are just actors, and all they've ever done is act.

Get out and live a life worth living, then you'll have something to bring to the material.

Great actors like Gene Hackman, Charles Bronson, Jimmy Stewart and Harrison Ford all have incredible experiences before embodying heroes on screen.

Satré said ‘Hell is other people’, but that doesn't mean you can't get the most out of those you work with with some smart communication and the right choices.

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