Since we started LVJ things have changed a lot. We’ve gone from short films and a dream of making an epic scifi feature to  multi-million dollar films and we’ve learnt a lot along the way that we’d like to share  with you

The varied tips, techniques and lessons learned here apply to micro-budget filmmaking, multi-million budgets and often to both. We're not saying they are the only way to do it, but they sure worked for us and others

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Many subjects have a general article for a rough overview and an advanced article which digs deeper into the topic. If there is any subject you would like to see featured please get in touch and we will see what we can do

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