Noted mobile moviemaker Cassius Rayner has been documenting life in London in the Covid-19 era. In May he filmed graffiti artist creating a mural honor the National Health Service (NHS). The movie’s content is certainly timely and significant. But Rayner’s cinematic mastery elevates this mini-doc. Note techniques such as the establishing sequence, a high-angle shot,…
read more →Next time someone tells you that there’s nothing new under the sun, direct them to “Alaska Glacier FPV fun,” a drone thrill ride about biking down a glacier. Yes, biking! This video was directed by Anchorage-based Jake Sloan, who travels throughout Alaska, uncovering amazing locations. A drone expert, Sloan shares some of his secrets in…
read more →Who can count the ways that Covid-19 has changed our lives? While it’s easy to dwell on the negatives, people around the world are coming up with inventive alternatives to the old ways. For a touching example, we bring you “We made a supermarket at home for my 87 year old mum.” This four-minute docudrama was…
read more →In 1722, Daniel Defoe published “A Journal of the Plague Year,” a novel based on his uncle’s first-hand accounts of the Great Plague of London (1665). To capture the reality of the calamity, Defoe focused on specific places. Carrying on that tradition, for the past few weeks, Cassius Rayner has been filming the impact of…
read more →In 2002 Aleksandr Sokurov directed “Russian Ark,” a fictional travelogue through the Russian State Hermitage Museum. The 99-minute film was astonishing for its intricate plot and memorable performances. And even more astonishing is that it was shot in a single take. Any glitch in the filming or the performance would have been catastrophic. But the…
read more →When the Taliban threaten Afghan filmmaker Hassan Fazill, he, his wife Nargis, and their two young daughters flee the country. Filmed over the course of several years, “Midnight Traveler” thrillingly documents the family’s escape and subsequent search for a safe haven. A creative wrinkle is that Hassan, his wife (also a filmmaker), and their children shoot…
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