The Difference Between Film and Video

I may not have always known it, but I always wanted to be a filmmaker. Ten-year-old me commandeered my dad’s VHS camcorder to shoot my own Brittney Spears music videos (I only liked her for her looks), GI Joe adventure shorts (a la Robot Chicken), and a documentary welcoming newcomers to my secret fort (I’m the only one who ever watched it). Proud as I was of my creations, I would always lament that “they don’t look like the real movies.” And they didn’t. Not even... Read More