Want to shoot better footage? Edit your own work. Philip Bloom divulges how being his own editor made him a better filmmaker, and discusses the influence of the Canon 5D…
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Seven of the best GoPro videos ever
We’ve rounded up some of the best GoPro videos of all time to give you some filmmaking inspiration. In the decade or so since their launch in 2004, GoPro have…
Nine incredible videos for some timelapse inspiration
Time-lapse is a tricky art to matser. If you need some inspiration, check out nine people who are doing it right – the best time-lapses on Vimeo right now.
Watch: Amazing 10K timelapse video of Rio De Janeiro
Yes you read that correctly – a timelapse at a whopping resolution of 10328 x 7760, courtesy of photographer and timelapse artist Joe Capra
The famous movies and TV shows filmed on Canon gear
The camera company has put together the above footage to show off how enthusiastically Hollywood and popular television shows have filmed on Canon gear. The showreel splices together clips from movies…
Watch: Inception-inspired drone filming
You’ve saved up your money for ages and you’ve finally purchased that drone you’ve been after for so long, so what now? Well why not take inspiration from best directors…
David Newton: 5 top tips for shooting video with DSLRs
Photographer, filmmaker and imaging tutor David Newton was one of the guest speakers at The Video Mode’s recent two-day filmmaking workshop held at the world famous Pinewood Studios. We caught…
Game of Thrones: How the special effects are created
From spectacular landscapes to fire breathing dragons. Game Of Thrones has some of the most jaw dropping, and realistic (well, as realsitic as a fire breathing dragon can be) special…
Next level filmmaking: Quit your job and live in a van
It’s a good week for people who fancy quitting their jobs and travelling the world. First we shared the story of Walter Chang and his three-year adventure after he packed…
New Yorker travels around the world to create awesome timelapse
Following a three-year journey that took in far-flung places from Macchu Picchu to Namibia, Walter Chang can safely call himself well-travelled. Stifling in a stressful job he hated, Chang spent…
Red Bull 360 VR video takes you inside a volcano
It’s part adventure and part sceintific expedition, but it is 100% crazy! Red Bull’s latest 360 degree adventure video follows a scientific expedition inside an active volcano on Vanuatu in…
Get inside Hong Kong with this travel film, packed with creative camera techniques
Going somewhere nice? Take a few minutes to watch this short film by travel filmmaker Brandon Li packed with visually exciting shots for a bit of inspiration
Watch the winners of the Food in Film competition
The recent winners of the Food in Film competition, sponsored by unearthed®, saw three very different films – shot by Carl Pendle, Mandy Mortimer and Jignesh Jhaveri – catching the…
Amateur filmmaker wins Nikon Film Festival crown with ‘powerful’ 911 short
Take a couple of minutes to watch this powerful short film, shot by an amateur - landing first place in the Nikon Film Festival
DJI Inspire 1 Pro versus Jaguar XJ
Can a DJI drone keep up with a Jaguar XJ in a run around a tough racecourse? The two firms appear to have agreed that there’s only one way to…
Go inside the shoot for OK GO’s incredible zero gravity video shoot
Even if the name of the band OK Go isn’t familiar to you, you’ve probably seen some of their videos. From treadmills to Rube Goldberg machines, the group have made…
Create a Bullet Time shot – Swing an iPhone around your head whilst shooting slow motion!
They say it is a fine line between being clever and stupid. On the surface putting an iPhone on a piece of string and hurling it around your head whilst…
Five filmmakers tell stories of European cities using 4K Sony Xperia Z5 Phones
Titled “Fleeting Moments from Sony”, the short films show off the cities of Paris, Berlin, Milan, Barcelona and London, with all footage shot using the 4K capabilities of the Sony…
Short Film: The Boy with a Camera for a Face
Be honest: how many videos have you shot and never watched? How many blurry firework displays languish on the SD card of your smartphone, it seeming so vital that you…
Videographer reveals his monster timelapse rigs
As much as we love timelapse, you can probably agree that it does sometimes get a little samey. Clouds. Rivers. Sunsets. Cars. When it’s well-executed it’s always a blast, but…