A study on one of my favorite camera movements in cinema found in Noah Baumbach’s “Frances Ha”. This explains the difference between motivated camera movement and unmotivated camera movement and…
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Sam Kench of Brickwall Pictures wrote, directed, shot and edited the short, experimental, black and white, horror film ‘Schlaflahmung‘, which first showed publicly at the Coolidge Corner Theatre’s Open Screen –…
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We wanted to start making really quick micro-action shorts semi-regularly to add to our current content. Minimal story, bare-bones crew just to make more. This is the first, a fight…
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An experimental horror short film from Sam Kench that captures an abstract vision of a nightmare. The film was accepted into the Live Free or Die Film Fest and the…
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Sam Kench and James Lown review ‘Nosferatu‘ the 1922 silent film from F.W. Murnau. Part one of the Nosferatu triple feature in this year’s Macabre Month of Horror. When director F.W. Murnau…
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Deep in a remote part of the Appalachian Mountains, a fun caving trip turns disasterous for a group of female friends. They soon realize they are trapped below the earth’s…
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This video essay focuses on the editing of The Wire’s opening credits, particularly the season 4 intro sequence. The Wire is quite possibly the best television show ever created so…
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