We're here to keep you informed and ready to be your own bottle rocket as you launch a career into the ever-changing landscape of film, video, and content.
Runway
Most Runway users use Gen-4.5, Motion Brush, and the basic editor. Here's what else is in the platform — Act-Two, Aleph, Inpainting, Lip Sync, Workflows — and when each one is actually worth using.
Camera Gear
Insta360 confirmed two mirrorless ILCs are in development, built around making interchangeable lens cameras easier for beginners.
AI Filmmaking
MiniMax H3 is an open-weight video model getting a different kind of buzz. Here's what it is, how it works, and how AI video got here.
Camera Gear
Used camera prices are climbing in Japan, and discontinued DSLRs and mirrorless bodies are leading the increases.
ai tools
Fal launched a LoRA trainer for MiniMax H3 and released an open-source photorealism LoRA to show what it can do.
ai tools
A developer built h3.c, a free Metal engine that finally runs MiniMax H3 natively on Apple Silicon.
business & industry
Spider-Man: Brand New Day is closing in on $1 billion domestic, and Sony's 5-year sequel gap may be why it's outperforming the churn-out-content model.
AI Filmmaking
Higgsfield's Global Film Festival puts up $1 million across 14 winners, judged by an Oscar-winning jury, for 3-to-5-minute AI shorts.
documentary
Documentary editor Mark Johansson's six principles for editing a 10-minute film: start with a bad first cut, cut to one message, and choose visuals over interview dialogue every time.
artlist
Artlist pulled unlimited Seedance 2.5 access just days after a heavily-promoted launch. The compensation offer sounds generous, until you do the actual math on what it delivers.
Camera Gear
Nolan's crew gutted a Pentax 67 to build a director's viewfinder for The Odyssey's IMAX cameras, a trick going back to Dunkirk.
AI Filmmaking
Higgsfield's $2 million AI feature film is now free to watch, with every prompt and asset behind it made public.