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What developing ELIAN taught me about protecting original IP, listening across cultures and turning a screenplay into a film project other people can actually enter. When I completed ELIAN: Through Silence and Ash, I thought I had reached one of the hardest milestones: finishing the screenplay. In reality, I had arrive
January 2005: Hot Aussie summer. I was scrolling through my emails and came across one requesting volunteers to help out on a music video. It was to be produced in Sydney and starred N’Fa, who, at the time, was the lead singer of Australian hip-hop group 1200 Techniques. The production company was Babyfoot Productions,
How a Marvel fan edit that inspired and challenged me, creative debates with Adela, and two years of after-hours experiments turned a side project into a personal laboratory for rhythm, emotion and story. “For me, music-driven editing became less about cutting on the beat and more about hearing when to cut – and, somet
Kling 3.0, announced by Kuaishou on February 5, 2026, has held the #1 Elo benchmark score among AI video models since its release, built specifically around narrative control and consistency, Kling Video 3.0, Video 3.0 Omni, Image 3.0, and Image 3.0 Omni all launched together with that same positioning. Gemini Omni Fla
AI filmmaking has moved from experimental to standard practice in under two years. AI-generated footage has appeared in major commercial campaigns and screened at real festivals, and productions with genuine budgets are now shipping AI-assisted work at scale. A recent example: Bitcoin: Killing Satoshi, a $70 million fe
Getting a SaaS product on camera sounds simple until you realize the product has no physical form, the value proposition takes four sentences to explain, and your audience scrolls past anything that doesn’t click in three seconds. The agencies that specialize in this space have learned to turn abstract software concept
September feels more like a new year than January. January brings resolutions. September brings sharpened pencils. There’s something about the end of summer that makes us want to learn again—new notebooks, new teachers, that mix of excitement and dread about what comes next. For filmmakers, September is exactly that mo
A call sheet can be beautifully formatted and still fail at its most important job: giving each person the current information for the shoot day. The problem usually appears after the first send. A cast member’s call moves. Parking changes. The first setup shifts. A company move gets a new address. Someone exports a re
When people talk about careers in film and television, the conversation tends to revolve around the same handful of roles. Directors, Actors, Writers and Producers are the people interviewed on red carpets and discussed in the press. But anyone who has stood on a working film set knows that the credits at the end of […
Ben Tan is an exciting new director marked by Bresson and Haneke; he discusses his powerful short Dog, inventive video for Sophie Thatcher and the artistic solutions he came upon. As a young filmmaker, I’ve seen my fair share of recent short films; none have equalled Ben Tan’s Dog. It tells the story of 19-year-old […]
We are drawn to stories of secrecy, deception and truth-seeking because they speak to universal experiences that exist everywhere: who can we trust, what is real, and how much does authenticity determine value? Audiences are increasingly drawn to investigative documentaries because it is no longer satisfying to just be
Costume jewelry can tell audiences a surprising amount about a film character before the character even speaks. A ring, necklace, bracelet, or pair of earrings can suggest wealth, personal history, relationships, ambition, or a carefully constructed public image. Independent films often use visual details strategically
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