AI Filmmaking
The Tech Behind fal's Infinite Livestream Is Now an API Anyone Can Use
fal released H3 Max Director, turning the tech behind its infinite AI livestream into an API anyone can build with.
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AI Filmmaking
How to Use AI to Find and Research Filming Locations
AI compresses the research phase of location scouting significantly — here's how to use it for concept generation, permit research, light analysis, and building a virtual scout package.
AI Filmmaking
What Is Hugging Face? A Plain-Language Explainer for Filmmakers
Hugging Face is where most open-weight AI models and LoRAs actually get hosted and shared. Here's what the platform does and why it matters.
Camera Gear
Is the Fujifilm GFX Eterna 55 Medium Format or Large Format? Both, Sort Of.
The Eterna 55 gets called medium format and large format, and both are technically correct. Here's why the terminology genuinely conflicts.
ai tools
Nvidia Just Bought Hugging Face for $12.9 Billion. Here's What That Platform Actually Does
Nvidia just confirmed a $12.9 billion acquisition of Hugging Face. Here's what the platform actually does, and why it matters to AI filmmaking.
business & industry
Markiplier Invests in Strada, Backing an Alternative to Cloud Storage
Markiplier invested in Strada, a cloud-free remote editing platform, continuing a pattern of backing accessible production infrastructure.
AI Filmmaking
Runway's Next World Model Can Be Directed Like a Film, or Played Like a Game
Runway's GWM Worlds 2 generates real-time interactive worlds that can be scripted like a film or played like a game, using the same underlying model.
commercial directing
How Director Aidan Cullen Shot a Cosmos Commercial on Film — and Built a $100M Crew Platform on the Side
Director Aidan Cullen breaks down the Cosmos commercial shot on film with Odessa A'zion — and the $100M freelance crew platform he built alongside his directing career.
business & industry
This Travel Blogger Is the Next YouTuber Netflix Is Betting On
Travel YouTuber Drew Binsky is joining Netflix, the latest in a fast-moving wave of creator deals reshaping where YouTube's biggest names actually live.
Camera Gear
A Year Into the GFX Eterna 55: Has Large Format Found a Place in Cinema?
A year after launch, Fujifilm's large-format Eterna 55 still hasn't broken into the ARRI/VENICE conversation. Here's why, and what it actually offers.
AI Filmmaking
MiniMax H3 Can Now Be Steered Like a Game, Using Barely Any New Training
H3-World turns MiniMax H3 into a keyboard-controlled simulator by retraining just 0.199% of its parameters.
Camera Gear
Should You Buy the Mission 1 Pro ILS? The Complete Guide, Company Risk Included
Everything on the Mission 1 Pro ILS: full specs, what to buy alongside it, how it compares, and the real company risk behind it.