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An Untold Look at the “Debacle” of FCP7 to X
A rollout that split the editing world in two
Cannes Confidential: Badges, Backrooms, and Blacklists
For all its talk of celebrating artistic freedom, Cannes itself is a fortress of gatekeeping
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Video Stack: How David F. Sandberg went from No Budget to Hollywood
If you’re waiting for someone to hand you a golden ticket to the industry… buckle up.
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Muybridge: The Man Who Shot a Horse, His Wife’s Lover, and the First Frame of Cinema
Before he made a horse fly, he made a bullet fly through a man

April 2025

The Cut That Changed Everything: Supercuts
Before the supercut was a style, it was survival
Future Cut: Clouds, Cameras and Callsheets
Early signals of what’s coming next
Gareth Edwards and the workflow behind shooting a $80M Sci-Fi epic on a $4K camera
What happens when you throw out the old production playbook and still aim for spectacle?
The Hidden Hand: Galyn Susman, the Woman Who Saved Toy Story 2 From Deletion
You won’t see her name in big lights. But the lights stayed on because of her.
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March 2025

February 2025

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