Exploring the intersection of cinema, game development, tech, and AI, alongside personal notes from the director's chair.
How Silence, Emptiness, and Absence Drive Storytelling in Film and Games We’re so used to thinking about stories in terms of what fills them, dialogue, action, music, mechanics, that we sometimes forget the power of what isn’t there. Silence. Emptiness.…
The Editor as the Second Director: Film Editing Techniques That Shape Every Great Film In the world of filmmaking, there’s a saying that resonates deeply with anyone who understands post-production: the editor is the second director of a film. While…
How I Became a Filmmaker Without Film School I’ve been making films for the past 15 years. So far, I’ve directed 6 live-action feature films and acted as the animation head in two animated feature length films. And I did…
Whether you’re an aspiring filmmaker, content creator, or marketing professional looking to elevate your video production, understanding the fundamental rules and techniques of filmmaking is crucial. These principles have been refined over more than a century of cinema and remain…
For years, I used Adobe Creative Cloud without really thinking about it. Then I discovered Blackmagic Design’s DaVinci Resolve, and I realized I’d been accepting a model that didn’t have to be the only option. The transition wasn’t something I…
After years of teaching filmmaking to bachelor students in university classrooms, I decided to test a different approach: a three-hour online crash course. The goal wasn’t just to teach, but to validate whether my teaching style could translate to the…
Every time I open Discord, I’m transported back to the early 2000s, sitting in front of a chunky monitor, the distinctive ping of mIRC echoing through my room. For those of us who grew up in IRC (Internet Relay Chat)…
Feedback, Friction, and Finding the Emotional Center Creative projects rarely emerge fully formed. Whether you’re making a film, building a game, or designing an experience, the process is often a cycle of building, breaking, and rebuilding. Iteration is the lifeblood…
Why Logic Still Rules Game Development? I need to get this off my chest. When I first started out, one of the big questions I had was, “Do I really need to know how to code?” It’s a fair question.…
The last time I walked into a cinema, there were eleven people in the hall. Eleven. I sat there in the dark, watching the work of dozens of crew members, months of effort, millions of rupees, flicker across the screen…