Josias Jensen 
In Praise of Natural Lighting
By Josias Jensen As independent filmmakers we are always on the look out for ...
Forgetting the Impossible
By Josias Jensen Life Lessons from a Film Set Working in the film industry ...
Contrast in Cinema: 500 Days of Summer
***spoiler alert*** In my previous article on contrast in cinema, I dove into the ...
Shame On You, Mean Tweets
4 years ago Jimmy Kimmel launched one of the most successful segments of his ...
Contrast in Cinema: Gravity
***Contains spoilers from the 2013 movie Gravity*** “In space, no one can hear you ...
The Visual World of Wes
There are very few directors that have an instantly recognisable visual style. Wes Anderson ...
Lighting for an Interview
Recently we shot an interview for an episode in our web series about the ...
5 Ways to Stay in Shape as an Actor
Acting is a strange profession. It is a profession in which you need to ...
Shaken, Not Stirred: How to Make Drinks For Film
“I’ll have a vodka martini…” Many memorable scenes in cinema feature drinks as an ...
Is Trainspotting Still Relevant?
In 1996 Trainspotting hit theaters. It quickly gained a cult following among the troubled ...
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