The best online film school.

The best online film school.

If you’re serious about learning practical filmmaking and cinematography then you’re come to the right place. This is the best online film school. Just keep scrolling down. It gets better and better!

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Learn Filmmaking

If you’re a beginner, start with the basics and work your way down (some videos and articles are only available to Wolfcrow Lifetime Access members):

The Low Budget Filmmaker’s Production Kit

Nine real world templates and checklists refined over 18 years of filmmaking. Multiple formats available!

This kit is available stand-alone or as part of Wolfcrow Lifetime Access.

How to Make a Movie you can be proud of

Nine powerful videos to help beginners make their movie on a low budget. 3+ hours of videos and more.

This guide is available stand-alone or as part of Wolfcrow Lifetime Access.

How to Shoot a Scene

Learn to film a scene with a single camera. For beginners. 2.5+ hours of downloadable videos.

This guide is available stand-alone or as part of Wolfcrow Lifetime Access.

Filmmaking essays

What is a personal film and why Aftersun is a great example of one

Why Christopher Nolan hasn’t made a Personal Film yet

Why is Seven Samurai a Great Film?

Should filmmakers care what film critics think?

The 10 Best Giallo Films

How to appreciate film. A 10-step system

Squid Game. Storytelling Done Right

Why The Godfather: Part II is Better than Part I

Why every film director owes John Ford

Why is Citizen Kane a Great Film?

Why are Films Shot in Two Colors?

Inspiration for Film Directors

Why is 2001: A Space Odyssey a Great Film?

Pure Cinema: 2001: A Space Odyssey “Dawn of Man” Sequence

Alfred Hitchcock’s Four-step System to a Great Scene

Why Good Looking Movies use the Three Color Rule

Welles vs Soderbergh: Masters of Modern Low Budget Filmmaking

Deadpool: How the Camera can Tell a Joke

10 Great Edits in Film that Inspire Me

7 Animated Films that Should be Taught in Film School

How the Camera shows you who the Killer is

The three great hypnotic film scenes

Why it takes half as long to make a movie today than 50 years ago

How to make a movie about nothing

The Marvel Cinematic Language Explained

Filmmaking and Cinematography techniques of Kagemusha, by Akira Kurosawa

Why is Rashomon a Great Film?

Rashomon | How to Make an Art Film + Solution to the Mystery

The Secrets of the Slasher Film

Why is Mulholland Drive a Great Film?

Mulholland Drive Solved. What Really Happened in David Lynch’s Head

10 Horror Movies that Should be Taught in Film School

Guillermo del Toro: How to Master World Building

John Carpenter: How to Master Single Location Filmmaking

Why is Amélie a Great Film?

20 Iconic Musical Motifs in Film

Why is Barry Lyndon a Great Film?

Film Appreciation Course

Learn how to appreciation film using our ten-step system. For beginners. 2 hours of downloadable videos.

This guide is available stand-alone or as part of Wolfcrow Lifetime Access.

The Ultimate Guide to Shooting Dialogue Scenes

Learn how to master dialogue scenes – shot divisions, casting, lighting to post production. 5+ hours of downloadable videos.

This guide is available stand-alone or as part of Wolfcrow Lifetime Access.

Learn Cinematography

If you’re a beginner, start with the basics and work your way down (some videos and articles are only available to Wolfcrow Lifetime Access members):

The Beginner’s Guide to Lighting for Film

Learn how to light films with cheap and DIY equipment. For beginners. 7+ hours of downloadable videos.

This guide is available stand-alone or as part of Wolfcrow Lifetime Access.

The Guide to Lighting Night Scenes

Learn how to light films at night on a low budget. For advanced beginners and intermediate level filmmakers and cinematographers. 4.5+ hours of downloadable videos.

This guide is available stand-alone or as part of Wolfcrow Lifetime Access.

For customers of WLA:

Driving Miss Digital

Driving Miss Digital is a primer that explains, from first concepts, the basics and basis of modern audio and video technology.

It is so huge it requires a menu of its own. This is the very first content I wrote for this site – a whole novel written as a fictional love story!

Interview Lighting Guide for Interiors

Learn how to master interview lighting for interior locations using cheap and DIY lights. 15+ lessons and 5+ hours of downloadable videos.

This guide is available stand-alone or as part of Wolfcrow Lifetime Access.

Guide to Lighting Products on a Low Budget

Learn to create impressive product videos with cheap lighting equipment. Eight downloadable videos and lighting diagrams.

This guide is available stand-alone or as part of Wolfcrow Lifetime Access.

15 Amazing Wolfcrow LUTs for Cinematic Videos

Learn how to light films with cheap and DIY equipment. For beginners.

7+ hours of downloadable videos.

Understanding the Cinematography of Great Cinematographers

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