Osamu Tezuka's classic manga Midnight -- which ran for a short period between 1986 and 1987 -- has been adapted into live-action. Directed by Takashi Miike, the whole film was shot entirely on iPhone 15 Pro.
Photographer and filmmaker Vadim Sherbakov, whose work PetaPixel has featured on numerous occasions, recently forayed into HDR video with a brilliant short film, Creation.
I’ve been in the camera review game for a decade and a half and while the pleasure of checking out new gear hasn’t diminished, it’s very rare for me to be truly excited about a new camera. Well, that happened two years ago with the DJI Ronin 4D release, and now we have an impressive new 8K version to check out.
March 19 marked the fifth anniversary of the death of Sudan, the last known male northern white rhino on the planet. Photographer Ami Vitale's film "Remembering Sudan" explores the efforts to bring the species back.
"SCARS" is a powerful short film about the role that lying can play and the effects it can have in our lives. My team and I had a wonderful -- albeit fast -- weekend working alongside the film crew to help create the visual content to help promote this story, from in-character social media profiles to microsites and, of course, the movie poster.
Photographer and artist Darren Pearson has released a stop motion project called "Fiat Lux." It consists of 686 individual photos, all of which were meticulously light-painted and shot across multiple locations.
Filmmaker Vadim Sherbakov has created a short aerial film called "Spirit of Altai," exclusively shot with DJI Air 2S drone that showcases the beautiful landscape of a West Siberian region in Russia.
Iceland's erupting Geldingadalir volcano has been the subject of some exciting aerial footage and up-close images, and photographer Jeroen Van Nieuwenhove created a set of images and a short film that frames the natural event in a beautifully dramatic context.
Wildlife photographer Dani Connor was photographing red squirrels in Sweden last year when she discovered four baby orphaned squirrels. In this beautiful 30-minute short film she made, titled The Squirrels & Me, Connor shares how she rescued the baby squirrels and then befriended a family of them.
The DJI Pocket 2 is a travel vlogging device and using it outside that sphere is rarely considered by those who own one. Given the restrictions on travel from 2020, Vadim Sherbakov decided to see if he could make use of the little camera beyond its original intent.
Commercial film director Nate Townsend produced this compelling short film that reminds viewers about the value and importance of capturing moments. Made as a reminder to his deceased father, Townsend's film is based on the dedication of preserving the passion of photography.
As part of a series by filmmaker Myles Matsuno, photographer Terry Fouche explains why he loves the art of photography. His words might resonate with those of you who pick up the camera just for the love of the craft.
German artist Roman De Giuli created this beautiful short film titled "SATELLIKE." His goal was to recreate the look of satellite views of Earth's water flows using ink and paint on paper.
Film photography has enjoyed a significant resurgence in the last several years despite the expansive growth of digital cameras. In this 11-minute short documentary, Exploredinary interviews a few analog photographers to see why they stick with the aged format.
"Dry Out" is a new short film by Vienna, Austria-based photographer Christian Stangl. Using macro lenses and a microscope, Stangl shot timelapses showing various organic things drying out.
Photographer Taylor Jackson made this 7-minute short film titled "Bad Photographer" that may resonate with you if you find yourself often struggling with self-doubt and negative thoughts about your work.
Need a chuckle? This 8-minute tongue-in-cheek short film titled "8x10 | My First Exposure" tells the story of a photographer's first experience in large-format photography in the excessively sentimental style often seen these days.
What if the gangsters in crime movies battled it out with cameras instead of guns? That's the premise of this new 5.5-minute parody short film titled "Camera Wars."
My long-awaited timelapse film about my current hometown Amsterdam is finally finished! This film consists of footage shot during a 2 year period (mostly before COVID), has all different seasons transitioning into each other and even has a lunar eclipse above the city skyline.
North Carolina-based filmmaker Jeff Hartman of Rapid Motion Camera has put together a funny, oddly touching little short film that stars... his automotive camera crane. It's the story of how this expensive bit of technology is trying to 'reinvent' itself so it doesn't get sold during these tough times.
When people ask me my favorite places on Earth, typically I respond like this: the best food is in Ethiopia, the best historical sites are in India, but the best people are in Kurdistan. For that reason, I have been pulled back to Kurdistan as a photographer again and again.
Spanish photographer Xavi Bou has spent years capturing the movements of murmurations (or flocks) of starlings through chronophotography, a type of stacked long-exposure. His latest effort is this 2.5-minute short film titled "Murmurations," which traces the mesmerizing flight patterns of the synchronized birds.
"Concatenation" is a new experimental short film by artist Donato Sansone, who overlapped a large number of video clips into a mind-numbing flow of motion.
Paris-based artist Roman Hill explores the microscopic world as a way to capture the immensity of the universe. His latest short film, titled As Above, looks like a mesmerizing display of cosmic gasses, stars, and galaxies, but it was shot on a tabletop.
San Francisco-based landscape, aerial, and timelapse photographer Michael Shainblum made this gorgeous 3-minute 4K star trail timelapse titled "Drifting Through The Night." It features years of Shainblum nighttime shoots presented in a "time-blended" way.
This beautifully-shot film from 2017 has been making the rounds again this morning, showing the making/assembly of the Leica M10. And like all "making of" videos that take us inside a camera or lens factory, it offers a mesmerizing look at the attention to detail that goes into assembling each digital rangefinder that Leica makes.
Singapore is known to be the most light-polluted city on Earth, so it's not exactly the go-to destination for astrophotography. But there are talented astrophotographers working on the island city-state, and this 3-minute documentary titled "Galactic Paint" is about one of them.
Here's an inspiring 7-minute video by SmugMug Films titled "Imagination Unbound." It looks into the life, mind, and work of Russian photographer Kristina Makeeva and follows her as she visits Lake Baikal in southern Siberia, Russia.
Photographer and cinematographer Jeff Hutchens recently filmed a pair of dancers using a thermal camera. What resulted is this ethereal short film titled "X, Y" (Note: certain parts may not be work-friendly).
British fine art photographer David Yarrow visited the island of South Georgia in the southern Atlantic Ocean to photograph the "mind-blowing" wildlife scenes found there. His trip and creative process are captured in this new 4.5-minute short film, titled "Yarrow: The Virtues of Monochrome."
Lizzy Gadd is a self-portrait landscape photographer. After finding awe-inspiring outdoor locations, Gadd steps into the frame and becomes a human element against a backdrop of wilderness. Smugmug Films just released this 7.5-minute short film that takes us into Gadd's mind and work.
The Great American Eclipse was a total solar eclipse that was visible from the US back on August 21st, 2017. Nearly two years later, astrophotographer Phil Hart has just released this 2-minute short film of it, titled "The Moon in Motion."
Here's a 6-minute short animation by The Royal Ocean Film Society that offers a cynical and tongue-and-cheek account of how the camera came to be.
"Streets in Mind" is a new short film by SmugMug Films that looks at the life and work of London-based street photographer Alan Schaller. Walking the streets of NYC, Schaller offers thoughts and insights on shooting street photos in major cities.
"Process" is a 3-minute short film by director Will Campbell that looks into the mind of a large format photographer.
The asset library Quixel has released this new 2.5-minute cinematic short film titled "Rebirth." It's an eye-opening look at how photorealistic real-time rendering in video game engines is now.
ILFORD PHOTO just released this 15-minute short film that looks at the work of Brendan Barry, a large format photographer, lecturer, and camera builder who does unusual work with cameras and photography. It's titled, "The Camera Maker."
If you've ever pre-ordered some camera gear, you may know the struggle of spending days, weeks, or months waiting and wondering about when you'll ever hold the equipment in your hands. That's the pain that's captured in this 3-minute tongue-in-cheek short film by SkyVista Productions.
Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated areas in the world, with an overall density of an estimated 6,300 people per square kilometer. More than 7 million people live on about 1,108 square kilometers (427 square miles) of land, and 29.1% of the Hong Kong population lives in public rental housing estates.
Growing up as a skateboarder and BMX biker, Peter McKinnon never thought he would one day become a creative. But after he received a camera, he was bitten by the photography bug and got hooked. This 23-minute short film, titled "The Bucket Shot," tells the story of McKinnon's life journey to shooting the photo of his dreams.