Fresh Out documents life after prison

I've never been incarcerated, but prison has always been a part of my life. My dad was a corrections officer for 25 years and about a half dozen friends and…

Doing Guerilla Creative Work? Better Know Your Rights

Street performer Philippe Petit was arrested immediately following one of his most famous acts of performance art. Poet Alan Ginsberg was taken to court over over Howl.  Artists such as…

9 Ways to Feed A Hungry Film Crew For Free

Working on an indie film is so exciting and so fulfilling, who needs to get paid, right? Right? Anyone? Not exactly. As a producer of many low-to-no-budget short films, I…

When Doing Free Work Can Launch Your Career

There's a never-ending debate among creative professionals centering around one seemingly simple question: Should you work for free? There are valid arguments on both sides. Those in favor tout the…

Lance Bangs on Not Making the Same, Boring Thing

Lance Bangs, an accomplished artist, filmmaker, documentarian, producer, and music video director, mines intimate space. He collects ephemeral, essentially impossible to capture moments and turns them into artifacts. There’s surprise…

The 180 Degree Rule, Explained by LEGO Star Wars

The rules and theories of cinema can seem pretty abstract without concrete examples — though few film schools opt to use LEGO Star Wars characters to do the explaining. Filmmaker…